The Little Child Being Washed
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Little Child Being Washed
Scripture Reference:
- Psalms 51 (further images / scripture text)
Description: The mother sits on the stoop and washes her protesting infant, as an older child holds the washbasin and the dog barks at the scene. 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 Psalm 60:1-4; Isaiah 1:16-18; Matthew 5:8; 2 Corinthians 7:1 and 2 Timothy 2:21.
Motto:
Endure the distress,
For cleanliness.
Poem:
To the Mother it rarely happens,
That the child lets himself be washed,
But impatience is labor’s reward:
Many Old ones would rather have dirtiness,
With wantonness and weeping,
Than before God’s Eye, a clean Heart.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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