4169. About little children
There are certain and numerous societies that take care of little children, especially of the feminine sex, who had tenderly loved little children in the life of the body. Little children whom they declare to be of an upright nature, and whom they called beautiful, they offer according to a certain custom to the Lord, and as I have been told and shown, are accepted. 1749, 12 Mar. 1
Footnotes:
1. Astrological symbol of the sun, meaning Sunday.
4169. CONCERNING INFANTS.
There are certain and numerous societies which have the care of infants. These are principally composed of such of the female sex as loved infants most tenderly in the life of the body. Infants which are of what they call an upright nature and which are beautiful, they dedicate in a certain way to the Lord, and they are accepted; which was both said an shown to me. - 1749, March 12.
4169. De infantibus
Sunt certae et plures societates quae curam infantum habent, imprimis ex sexu faeminino, quae infantes in vita corporis tenerrime amarunt; infantes qui probi, quos dicebant, qui pulchri, certo more offerunt Domino, et acceptantur, quod mihi dictum, et ostensum. 1749, 12 Mart.