Lamb and Baby A little lamb, a very popular theme for children’s graves—referring to innocence, purity, and to a “lamb of God”—sits next to a child’s stone, who is presented sleeping. The terrible reality of losing a child could be softened by taking comfort in the thought that a child had simply fallen asleep, or was with the angels, waiting for the inevitable reunion in Heaven.

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