Sampler

Text inscription reads:

Composed by a young clergyman as he stood over a little girl working her sampler

Jesus permit thy name to stand, As the first efforts of my youthful hand, And as my fingers on the canvas move, Egage my youthful thoughts to seek thy love, With thy dear children let me bear apart, And write thyself dear Lord upon my heart,

John 14th Chapr 6th verse Jesus saith unto him, I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me

Reference on back on frame: 514/H30/WET Reference on reverse: Presented by J. Addy, Great Grandson of the executant, 1959. Tivy Dale Church School Cawthorne, 1840 [Barnsley]