The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-29
ST. MATTHEW'S CATHEDRAL.
Another Beautiful window.

The largo window for the Commerce street
front of st. Matthew's cathedral has been
placed in position within the past three days.
A description of it may be of interest to our
readers, and is therefore given. The window
ia large Gothic arch, twenty feet high, IN
which are three lancets or pointed openings,
the centre being nineteen feet high, the two
side lancets twelve feet. The centre window
has been filed with beautiful designs, and is
erected as memorial to the first born son of
Colonel @. s. Mitchell, of Dallas
AT the bottom is the inscription. "To
the glory Of God and in memory
of Rector Mitchell, born December 18th,
1866, fell asleep June 25th, 1876. Around
the window is an exquisite border of white
lilies. typical of the purity of childhood.
Just above the inscription is medallion
with the representation of font. Above
this are geometrical designs in richly color
ed tints, and still above this Is life-size COPY
of one Of Murillo's pictures-the Guardian
Angel. The angel is leading a child by the
hand, and points upward to the light beam.
ing from the gates of Paradise The faces of
the angel and child are very beautiful.
Above this is medallion contain
ing representation of the dove, an en-
blem of the Holy Spirit. Separating
all these designs are bright tints Of
crimson cobalt blue. The side windows
are alike in design, with the exception
of tho texts running through them. The
borders are of green and brown leaves inter-
tp,,p I'D A tha ton of H. T.,
stalk of lilies encrcled by crown. Through
the window on the left runs the sentence,
Good 80 loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him, should not perish, but have ever
lastlng life" The sentence in that to the
| right is, God sent not His Sou into the
world to condemn the world. but that the
world through Him might be saved ALE.
lula" The ribbons on which these sentences
are seen are of tinted glass. The remainder
Of these windows are Of rolled cathedral
glass. cut into very small squares, on
which alternately are illuminated the
| l. ID. B., the crown, the cross, and the "Rose of
Sharon" One of these windows was pre-
sented by Mrs. NJ. A. Buckley, of Rye, New
York, the other by Mrs. A. Douglass, of
New York, at a cost of 800 each. 1t is
earnestly hoped that as all the windows are
in the cathedral the building will be com.
pleted. We are sure that little systematic
effort on the part of so large congregation
will effect a great change in both the
interior and exterior Of the cathedral.
1t may not be generally known that the
handsome altar placed in the sanctuary last
Easter was made in Dallas. 1t is beautiful
piece of workmanship, and reflects great
credit on Mr.. Steiner, of the Clark planning
mills, who partially designed and entirely
executed it. The carving was done
by Mr.. Blatter, and part of the
marble work was furnished by Middleton
Bros. The chsncel walls were decorated by
X. Shields and Young, and the marble front
was made some time ago by Middleton Bros
The ladies of the church furnishing society
have ordered new and handsome gas fixtures
for the chancel. The window is the work of
M. 9. Gully and Miles, of Chicago, who also
furnished the Davenport memorial window
over the altar, description of which was
given at the time it was erected.