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Turn again and face the north wall of the north transept where you will
see three window portraits of three famous figures from the Bible, one
from the Old Testament and two from the New.
The center window is the oldest stained glass window in our Church.
It is believed to be imported glass, possibly from Germany. It shows
King David, dressed in a rich red royal robe and wearing a crown which
seems to weigh heavily on his head as he plays the harp rather pensively,
perhaps recalling his simple life as a shepherd-boy or possibly composing
a new Psalm.
On the left as you face King David is a lancet window dominated by the
single figure of a gaunt hermit in a rocky wilderness. Dressed in a
furry skin, he leans on his staff and with burning eyes and open mouth
reproaches us. Obviously this is John the Baptist, the voice crying
in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord—make straight
in the desert a highway for our God."
On the right as you face King David is the figure of a handsome young
man in a red robe as bright and rich in color as the poppies growing
in the garden beside him. This is John the Beloved Disciple and he holds
in his hands the scroll of his Gospel on which we read the words, "My
peace I give unto you . . ." (John 14:27)
The windows representing John the Baptist and John the Beloved Disciple
are probably products of the La Farge Studios and make use of the same
rippled, uneven opalescent glass as that used in the Easter Windows.
Location: North transept,
north wall.
John the Baptist: La Farge Studio, designed by Chester N. Loomis; Memorial
Inscription—In grateful remembrance of the founders and the officers
of this Church; Date: 1906.
King David: Studio unknown; Memorial Inscription—In Memoriam,
Come Let Us Sing Unto the Lord, Charles Edward Humphrey (Mr. Humphrey
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries A. Humphrey); Date: 1882 (oldest
window).
lohn the Beloved Disciple: La Farge Studio or possibly Tiffany; Memorial
Inscription—William Walter Phelps, August 24, 1839, June 17, 1894;
Date: 1895.
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