The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

tersburg. end the necessity for eyacuating
Richmond that night. Repeated inquiries
and expressions or surprise from disap-
pointed strangers finally led MIR. car
michael 10 take active steps in the mat
ter. and he requested Mrs. George Ross
to accept the Craftsmanship for the work,
appoint a committee and To try, II pos
sible. TO have put in its appointed place
a handsome stained glass window. Mrs.
Ross consented TO do so. and appropriate
" appointed a her committee representa-
tives Of the families of those gentlemen
who composed the vestry Of the church
during Mr., Davis presidency as follows:
Mrs. Archer Anderson. Mrs. Nirginius
Newton, Mrs b. L. Purcell. Mrs James
Grant. Mrs. Isaac Davenport. Mrs. Pen
dleton Rogers Miss Anne G. Bentley.
Later it was thought that it would be
best TO make the movement a general
one and to this end a committee repre-
senting all the Confederate memorial so
cietics ia the city was invited 10 cooper
ate with the committee from 81. Paufs
church. The names of these were as fol
lows:
Mrs Joseph Bryan. Mrs z. G. Minor,
representing Hollywood Memorial Asso-
citation: Mrs IL. y. Christian. Oakwood
Memorial Association: Miss X. G. Levy.
Hebrew Memorial Association; Mrs. +.
d. Hotchkiss. Confederate Memorial Lit
erary Association: Miss Alice V. Loehr.
Ladies' Auxiliary OF George T. PICKETT
Camp, G. Y.
A circular setting forth the object was
printed and copies sent all over the coun-
try. response coming from all directions.
The beautiful window 10 be unveiled
to-day is the result Of admirably d.
rected effort on the part OF the Commit
tee.
THE WINDOW.
! II is a transparent glass mosaic or great
merit. composed wholly OF IiHany ia
Vrle glass. through which the light plays
! a symphony OF exquisite color tone ioi-
| lowing tone. light melting into shadow
| and all immersed In beauty ne co'oIs
| are perpetually changing in their tones
| and signincauon by the momentary
/ changes of light. and even the forms are
! enhanced in beauty by these mOdinca-
| tions of color. through the aniagonism
| or the assimilation Of the varying hsht.
| Independent Of the subject OF the me-
| mortal there surely is lesson 10 be
| read from the beauty OF its color, even
| bv those who are dead TO the theme
| represented. for, as the author OF Fes-
| tus says:
some souls lose all things but the love
Of beauty;
| And by that love they are redeemaDle;
For IN rove and beauty they acknowledge
good
! And good is God"
All must feel when standing in the
! resence OF this wondow and contemplat-
ing its beauty that color can be used
as a medium 10 express devotional
thought as well as form.
The composition is the work
of Mr.. Frederick Wilson, portrays
that memorable scene where Paul
announced the truths of Chris
tianity to the grandson of Herod
the Great. IT will be remembered how
the mob at Jerusalem hated Paul and
| conspired TO have him condemned 10
! death by the Sanhedrin; how he was
| rescued rom their fanatical hate by the
| Tribune Lysias; and ow the apostles
| claimed his rights as oman citizen.
upon which Lysias sent him TO Caesarea
| and PLACED him in the hands OF the
| Procurator Felix an unprincipled man
with the soul of slave cruel and dis
solute vet fmbued with the judicial in
stincts of a Roman; how Paul pleaded
| his case against the lawyer Tertulus
that the High Priest had brought from
/ Jerusalem. and was practically acquit-
fed bv Felix. although the latter put
off the final decision and held the apos-
| tie in captivity fir two years; IN fdc'
until he was deposed and one Pontius
1
shin. II viii also be remembered ina
this Festus was a very different sort OF
man from Felix; that he made II his
! business at once TO search into the mat
ter of the reasons for Pauls continue.
Imprisonment. and that he found there
was really nothing or which 10 hold in
except tat Paul had appealed his case
from the Court of Caesarea 10 that o.
| caesar at Rome. Again IL will be re
rnembered that all OF this came TO th'
/ ears Of horod Agrippa H. as well as hi
sister the Prencess Bcrnice, and ina
| they desiring 10 hear what Paul had q
say about the doctrine Of the Nazarite-
Fcstus fnvited them TO Caesarea, wner'
he brought the apostle before them
II IS this last scene which is depicted II
the lower half OF the memorial window
The composition. the grouping and IN
costuming Is everything that could b
desired. When Agrippa and Bernice ar
rived IN the city Of Casearea they enter
"a the Hall OF Audience or Tribunal
together with the principal men OF IN
city. and Paul was thus brought befor
| them.
rho artist has fully realized the mo
mentous event and has portrayed IN
King aud bis sister enthroned, win IN