The San Francisco call., 1896-04-16
ST, PAUL IN THE GLASS,
Two Magnificent Windows for
the Chancel of st. Mary's
Church.
The Most Elaborate and Artistic Eff
fort Ever Made Here-Beauti-
flying the Interior.

The Paulist Fathers have begun the reno
vation of st. Mary's Church on California
street, and expect to so completely trans
form the external appearance of the old
building that it will be an ornament to the
City.
For the last two or three days a force of
men have been at work on the two large
chancel windows. The old plain glass
windows have been removed and frames
adapted to stained-glass lights placed in
the open spaces. Already a magnificent
window, presenting a historical picture, is
being erected on the Dupon t-street side of
the chancel, and it is hoped that both the
new windows will be in place by Sunday
next.
These windows are said to have the larg-
est single stretches OF stained glass with
figures ever made in San Francisco. The
subjects represent on one side the CONVEX
sion of st. Paul on the road to Damascus.
and across the chancel st. Paul preaching
in Athens. IN the first window the cele-
brated painting by Rubens has furnished
the motive, while tor the latter the equally
well-known masterpiece of Raphael has
been chosen. While the grouping and at
tltudes of the principal figures have been
carefully preserved the landscape and
other accessories have been freely treated
to CONFORM with the requirements of
stained. glass art.
The windows each measure eight feet
across by twenty feet in height, They are
divided into three compartments by mar
row mullion5. Each center compartment
measures four feet four inches in width in
the glass-much beyond the usual width
of stained-glass windows. The work has
all the appearance OF having been executed
IN the best style of modern staine ed-glass
art. 1t certainly is a long stride forward
for California, for nothing like it was ever
before attempted here. In the older win
doWs OF the European cathedrals color ef-
fects alone were regarded, while a present
the drawing and design are as carefully
studied as in an oil painting. Such care
has been bestowed on the two windows for
the chancel of st. Mary's. The whole
work has been executed in San Francisco.
in the works of John Mallon, by resident
artist trained in the schools of France, and
been produced under the supervision of
Bryan J. Clinch.
In the picture of ST. Paul preaching the
background has been changed from an
Italian village to the Acropolis of
harmonic well with the group OF
life size figures in front. St. Paul
stands erect, with one hand raised, and
around him are gathered the Athenians,
whose expressions and postures are elo-
quent OF attentlveness, mingled, perhaps,
with curiosity, while something approach
ing awe, or at least a CLEAN of realization,
is depicted on more than one of those up
turned, eager countenances.
The Paullst Fathers purpose at an early
date TO fill all the windows of their church
with stained glass presenting subjects OF
equal merit. These subjects will be drawn
from the missionary history of the Catho-
lie church, and one will be used for each
window. AT present the subjects selected
are: st. Patrick preaching at Tara, the
seats OF the Irish Kings; st. Boniface
preaching to the pagans in Germany, ST.
Louis Bertrand as a missionary among the
Indians of North America, st. Francis
Xavier in Hindoostan, st. Augustine, the
illustrious Bishop of Hippo, ST. Francis de
Assist. Other subjects of similar char
acter will be represented in the remaining
windows, but they have not yet been fully
determined.
The Paulists are also preparing for the
renovation OF the exterior of their church.
All the weather-worn, decayed stone work
Will be replaced with galvanized iron, and
the cleaning and painting process will be
extended TO the brickwork. This will prac-
tlcally make the time-worn edifice new
and handsome church building.
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