The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-04-25
THEBEAUTIFUL WINDOWS
DONATED AUGSBURG EVANGELI-
CAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
Each Serves as a Memorial and Many
are Silent but Impre Ssive Teachers
of Most Important Truths.


Of Most Important Truths.
The following is brief history OF
the beautiful windows in the Augs-
burg Evangelical Lutheran church. all
Of which were donated as memorial
windows and are strictly Protest
ant in their teachings:
In the North end Of the house are
pair of windows, intended to be
silent sentinels, commanding all in the
audience to ''resist the devil and he
will fee from them" The one is
donated by the w Fl and f. NJ Con-
vention of the E. L Synod Of North
Carolina and shows a woman's
| head, with helmet on, and
the sentence or text '"Iake
| the helmet OF Salvation" The
other ls donated by the Board of
! Church Extension Of the North Caro-
/ lima Synod. The design in this win
| dow is a red cross, ,suchas Constantine,
! theGreat, Thought he saw in the clouds,
and ii sword, with the text, "And the
sword Of the Spirit which is the
word of God. This is st. Paul's warn
ing to the followers of Christ.
Eph. 6:17.
| A large triple window, in the West
| gable. presents another warning to
/ the congregation. 1t is St. Paul at
Athens, rebuking idolatry. There
| the peop.e spent their time IN nothing
else than either to tell or hear some
| thing new. Acts 1874. There are
many Athenians in every city, hence
| the Appropriateness Of this design.
This is a very fine window and Is do
mated by 1.-The Lutherans In Elkin,
n. c."
Opposite this. in the East gable, is
The Good Shepherd" window; the
design based upon Psalms 23:1-2. The
art displayed Ia this window is to be
| admired. This elegant triple window
| is donated by the Sunday School Of
sacrifice of every person connected
| with this Sunday School; as 1t Is paid
for by their free will offerings. This
is silent monitor to every one who
| worships in this house, urging them
| 10 be content to rest under the care
aud guidance of our Saviour. Near
| this, in the East side OF the house, is
another pair of windows. The one
| donated by Col. ]. A. Biting in honor
of his grandparents Bitting's, who
! were members of the first Lutheran
congregation in this country. The
design in this is the anchor, the
emblem Of hope, which grace was so
| prominent in the lives OF the early
German settlers. The other window
is donated by Frieden's E. L. church
Gibsonville, n. @. The design In this
is beautiful harp. This congregation
had been 10 a state Of unholy con-
| fusion among themselves and Pastor
Lutz went among them as peace
maker, and returned with money
enough to put window In the
church. This silent monitor says to
the church member: Cease to have
confusion among yourselves. but
praise God with your voice and your
hands
In the West side of the house is an
other pair of windows. The donors
are two ladies. The one is donated in
honor Of that good woman, Ursula
Gotta, the foster mother of the lad,
Martin Luther. Luther's father was
very Door, and could not give his son
enough to pay his school expenses at
Eisenach. When Luther was IA years
old he and many OF his schoolmates
were compelled to sing, at night, be-
Eisenach to gather their food. In the
winter of 1497-98, while he was thus
begging his daily bread, they sang be-
fore the door Of Conrad Gotta, in
Eisenach The night was very cold
and the ground covered with snow.
While they were singing, the door
opened, and Ursula Gotta took this
her house, out of the cold, saying: ''It
Is a pity to have so sweet a voice
cracked by this cold" The boy, get
ting to a good fire, soon fell asleep,
and this kind woman gave him bed
on the floor. While looking at the
sleeping form she resolved to give him
home and board him while he was
there In school. Thus she became
the foster mother of the great reform
er. The design..in the window Is the
cross, the anchor, the crown and an
open Bible with the motto, Faith,
Hope and Charity" on scroll.
| The other is donated in honor Of
Gustavus Adolphus, king Of Sweden,
| and hero of Professionalism, who in
| the year 1880 went out at the head Of
| 20, 900 brave men to rescue the perish
| ing cause of the Protestants in Ger
| many. For sixteen years the Roman
| cities, Towns and estates of the
Protestants. He began every day by
singing Luther's battle hymn, "A
| Mighty Fortress is our Cod" reading
the Bible and prayer; then they sang
a hymn composed by himself. At
Breitenfelt, September II, 1881. he de-
feated the imperial general Tilly.
| the n6Ab year uC IlCU OuC kICdU WdI
rior and imperial commander Wallen-
stine. at Lutzen, ard defeat ed him,
thus gaining freedom and tolerance
for the cause Of Protestantism. He
fell in battle, mortally wounded, but
the cause for which he fought still
lives. The design in this window ie
the royal crown and the cross.
In the East tower Is very nne
window, put in by the noble little
band Of women In the congregatier
who constitute the w. 81. s. T. M
In the West tower is a window
! equally nne, placed there by the
Luther League Of the congregation
In the first the design Is cross and {
crown; while In the second IL Is the
unclaimed Bible lying open.
The finest window, as to design
material, art and workmanship, Il
the window in the front or South enc
of the church. In the center stand
the life-siZe figure of Jesus Christ
looking down upon the worshipers
On His right Is the great reformer
DR.. Martin Luther. at the Diet q
Worms, uttering that remarkabl
sentence: "Here I stand, upon I b.
, | Word OF God. / cannot do otherwise
God help me- Amen" This cut hin
off from any further hearing from tn
| Roman Catholic church. On the lef
Cl,rfr% c<onao that dfcoin1o on,