The cross-stitched verse of this sampler reads, (sic) "hatty shairk is born in the Year of our lord Jesus Christ 1818 the 19(?) of days of February. hatty shairk is borne an amarican in de ProFinc Pennsylvania hemfilts township in lancaster county. her Parince was Jacob shairk and salama sPringer./ salama sPringer is borne in the year of our lord Jesus Christ 1781 the 15 June salama sPringer is borne in an amarican in de ProFince Pennsylvania hemfilts township in lancaster county. her Parince was Jacob sPringer and barbara sPringer. this work was made by hatty shairk in the year of our lord Jesus Christ 1837./ and i am borne to die to lay this body down and must my trembling sPirit fly into a world unknown soon as from earth i go what will become of me eternal happiness or wo must then my portion hell behold that great and awful day of parting soon will come when sinners must be hurld away and christians gatherd home perhaps the parent sees the child sink down to endless flames with o Father see my blazing hand Mother behold your child To headlong down to hell and/ our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy/ Kingdom comethy will be done in arth as it is in heaven."