The Helmet
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Helmet
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 31 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A mother kneels in the to place a helmet on her child, while another woman with arms outstretched in a protective gesture and an older child look on. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing and etching this emblem and for the brief poem that accompanies it (below). The attendant Scripture texts are Psalms 31: 23-24, 40:11, 141:3-4, 146:9; and Proverbs 2:6-8.
Motto:
Protect the tender bareness,
From painful fall or bump.
Poem:
Now the Child shall learn to walk alone,
And yet not hurt himself,
Thus his Mother has protected him:
Oh Lord! Do so protect our Heart
From the evil of sinful pain
And the harming of the tender Mind!
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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