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This
page completes the tour of the stained glass windows at Calvary
Presbyterian.
CLICK ON A PHOTO TO SEE AN ENLARGEMENT.
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The
newest addition to our stained glass windows is in the
Narthex. This window was given by the members of the church to
recognize the twenty-seven years of loving service to Calvary
Presbyterian Church by the Reverend Carlos R. Lantis on his retirement
on September 28, 2003. The windows was created by church member
Sue Young and is a recreation of one of the many hand colored bulletin
covers Rev. Lantis created during his years at the church. Click
on the thumbnail to read the interpretation of this work by the Rev.
Lantis as well as to see an enlargement of the window in its location at
the church.
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The
memorial above the pulpit was given in loving memory of Eliza Raynor,
wife of J. Adriance Bush; she died January 30, 1884, at the age of
27. It is created in pure white Italian marble, which compliments
the exquisite colors of the stained glass.
The
lovely Rose Window shows Jesus visiting the home of Mary and Martha and
their brother Lazarus in Bethany. At the top, and angle is holding
the crown of Victory. Angels in the town upper semi-circles
represents Worship through Music, one holds a zither and the other a
violin. The lower left angel holds a scroll reading "Law, Alpha and
Omega." the scroll of the angel on the lower right reads
"In the Beginning was the Word." In the bottom
semi-circle, the angel with two writing quills represents the importance
of Scripture as the Word.
The
sculptured head on the left below the Rose Windows is "Vita"
(life) with a trumpet; and to the right "Mors" (death) with a
scythe. The letters in the circles are Alpha and Omega (first and
last letters of the Greek alphabet) meaning that "God is the
beginning and the end of all things" from, Rev. 1:8. God is
eternal. The jar of lilies on the left represents Peach, and the
jar of roses on the right are for he Beauty of Christ.
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On the west side, north of the pulpit, is a
beautiful window in memory of Sarah F. Sistaire, given by her niece,
Fannie Sistaire. There is represented thereon the Lamb and Scroll,
encircled by a Crown of Thorns.
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In the north side of the addition is a
beautiful window which was removed from Calvary Presbyterian Church on
Liberty Street and installed in this building. The picture
represented in the is window is of the Cross embellished with the Crown
of Thorns. Underneath the Cross are depicted clusters of grapes on
vines and the inscription around the windows reads: "I am the vine,
ye are the branches. He that abideth in me and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing."
It is given in loving memory of Peter Ward, born September 30, 1827,
died May 10, 1891 and Mary Hannah Logan Ward, born December 5, 1828 and
died April 19, 1888.
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The pattern-glass window to the rear of the south
aisle was donated by Frederick Withers and contains an upper-circle with a fancy
W.
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Clearstory windows, which consist of foiled
circles set in deep reveals and run the length of the nave arcade are
original. They alternate in five and six-point star patterns for
Old Testament star of David and New Star of Bethlehem.
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