The Child Must Be Obedient
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Child Must Be Obedient
Scripture Reference:
- 2 Kings 6 (further images / scripture text)
Description: As a child walks along, angels and cherubs watch from a cloud. In the background of this city scene a family takes a walk with three young children, a boat can be seen on the canal, and a stork sits 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 2 Kings 6:15-17; Matt 18:10; Acts 12:15; Col 3:20; and Heb 2:13-14.
Motto:
Like keeps company with like;
Virtue attracts Joy from the Kingdom of Heaven.
Poem:
He who wishes to be the Angels' Companion,
Must fear our Dear Lord,
And live in obedience;
Not learn Mischief on the streets,
But do all and refrain from all,
That Father and that Mother said.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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