The Child Studies
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Child Studies
Scripture Reference:
- Job 28 (further images / scripture text)
Description: Under the watchful eyes of their parents, two youths carrying their books tied together with a strap embark on their studies. In the left background is a building, with a garden and gateway in the front, where three youths are about to enter. 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 Job 28:28; Pvb 9:10; 26:12; Isa 5:21 and Jas 3:13-18.
Motto:
He who can separate the Best from the many,
Has the Highest Share of Wisdom.
Poem:
The careful parent allows his child to Study,
So that he will acquire Mastery;
But if he doesn’t attend the Highest School,
Where Virtue is taught to his Soul,
So that he keeps God’s Laws,
Then with all his Wisdom he will go Astray.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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