Turning now to the south wall of the south transept, we see a series of three windows celebrating Easter, the second of our great Church festivals.

Tall and slender, these windows are known as "Lancet" windows because of their shape. It is obvious that these windows are the product of a different school and other studios. Created and installed during an earlier period of our Church's history, they are representative of an art era that has suffered periods of neglect but which, in recent years, has attracted renewed attention and interest. The center window came from the famous New York studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany, and the two lancets on either side were made in the studio of his famous arch-rival, John La Farge.

Both artists were fascinated by the new "Opalescent" glass which achieved interesting effects by varying the thickness of the glass and by deepening or lightening shades of colors in the swirling backgrounds. Examine these windows closely and note the rather rough surface and uneven thickness of the bits of glass. This bumpy surface, seen from a distance, gives an interesting effect of depth and movement to the scene.

The central figure, the Resurrection Angel, seems almost to rise on her wings against the shimmering blue background. Mr. Tiffany developed a special process which added ground bits of ancient colored glass to the opalescent glass mixture and created a unique luminosity. So in almost any light, the lily which the angel holds in her hand shines and glows as if a candle burned behind it.

The scene at the left shows the golden-robed figure of the risen Christ with four angels above His head. Beneath Christ's feet a fifth angel guards the black cave opening of the empty tomb. In the lowest lefthand corner are two figures who appear to be two disciples sorrowfully approaching their Master's tomb.

In the right lancet window, the figure of Mary Magdalene stands in the garden of the tomb, seeking the body of her Master. She looks up at an angel in a robe of a lovely and rather unusual shade of lavender as she hears the joyous news that He is risen.
Location: South transept, south wall.

Studio: Risen Christ and Mary Magdalene—John La Farge, N.Y.C.
Resurrection Angel—Louis C. Tiffany, N.Y.C.
Memorial Inscriptions and Dates:
Risen Christ—In Memoriam David Hoadley. Christ the first fruits, afterward they that are Christ's at His coming. (I Cor. 15:23) (Mr. Hoadley was an early Elder of the Church) Date: 1885.
Resurrection Angel—In Memoriam Katherine N. Miller, Died October 6, 1914. (Miss Miller was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Livingston K. Miller) Date: 1914.
Mary Magdalene—Behold I send an angel before thee to keep thee in the way and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. (Exodus 23:20) In Memory of Elizabeth Stockton Green, daughter of Ashbel and Louisa Green, Departed this life June 23, 1885. Date: 1889.

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