The Child Warned
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Child Warned
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 11 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The father points at the sky and addresses two children before him, while the mother with infant sits nearby. In the background a family with young children watches a stork sitting on her nest on a church roof. 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 Ps 11:4-5; 26:2; 33:13-15; 94:8-11; Pvb 15:3; and 17:3.
Motto:
He who fashioned Eyes and Ears;
Be aware, that he hears and watches.
Poem:
The Child must not forget,
That everything done by him,
Though his Parents don’t know of it,
Is seen by Our Dear Lord;
Who can see all and hear all,
Of everyone who has been born.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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