Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-17


The window il a transparent glass Mo-
| sale OF great merit. composed wholly OF
| Tiffany Favrile glass. through which the
! light plays a symphony Of exquisite color
! tone following tone. light melting into
! shadow. and all immersed in beauty. The
colors are porpetuaily changing In thcir
tones and Specification by the momcn-
tary changes OF light, and even the forms
are enhanced I'm beauty by these modiflca-
| lions Of color. through the antagonism
or the assimilation OF the varying light
| All this must awaken to fresh delight
those who watch these changes and va
! riatiOns.
Independent OF the subject OF the memo
! rial, there surely il a lesson 10 be read
| from the beauty Of It's color, even by
| those who arc dead 10 the theme repre-
sented, for. as the author of Festus says:
Some souls lose all things but the love
OF beauty;
! And by that love they are redeemablc;
For in love and beauty they acknowledge
! good,
! And good IS Cod"
All must feel. when standing IN the
presence OF this window and contem-
| plating It's beauty OF color, that there is
| something higher than merely sensible
! things. that there lies concealed in them
a great and living truth, that speaks 10
the soul Of a Divine intelligence; and
hence that color can be used as a medium
TO express devotional thought as well
as form.
THE DESIGN OF THE ARTIST
The composition, the work of Mr.. Frcde-
rick Wilson. is q design Of great interest
and portrays that memorable scene
where Paul announced the truths OF
Christianity TO the grandson Of Herod the
Great II viii be remembered how the
mob at Jerusalem hated Paul and con-
spired to have him condemned TO death
by the Sanhedrim. and how he was res
cued from their fanatical hate by the
Tribune Lysias, and how the Apostle
claimed his rights as a Roman citizen
upon which Lysias sent him 10 Caesdfed
and placed him In the hands OF the IlC-
curator Felix an unprincipled man, WIN
the soul Of a slave, cruei and dissolute.
vet imbued with the judicial instincts or
a Roman. and how Paul pleaded his case
AGAINST the lawyer, Tertullus, that the
High Priest had brought from Jerusalem
and his practical acquittal by FellN' al
though he put off the final decision ana
held the Apostle I'm captivity Tor TWO
years-in fact. until he was deposed' ana
one POntius Festus succeeded nm In me
procuratOrship. II will also be reneIhDeI-
ed that this Festus was very diHerent
sort of man from Felix, and That ne mace
IL his business at once 20 search INTO
tho matter of the reasons for Pauls con-
tinued Imprisonment. and that ne Iound
there WAS really nothing to hold MN Ior'
except that Paul had appealed his case
from the Court of Caesarea 10 that OF
Caesars at Rome. Again 1t Will DE re-
membered that all Of this came 10 tne
ears of Herod Agrippa IL, as wen ms
sister. the Princess Bernice, and that they'
desiring TO hear what Paul had to say
about the doctrine Of the Nazarlte, festu5
invited them to- Caesarea, where no
brought the Apostle before them. 1t Is
this last scone which is depicted IN lhe
lower half of the memorial window. Inc
coroposition. the grouping, and the cos
tuning is everything that could De ue-
sired When Agrippa and Bernlce ar
rived I'm the city Of Caesarea, they enter
al the Hail of Audience or Tribunal, 10
gether with the principal men OF the CITY
and Paul was thus brought peloro 'HeH''
A STRIKING CONCEPTION.
The artist has fully realized the mo- mo-
mentous event, and has portIayeu ~
King and his sister enthTOned, with me
nohio Festus at their right, holding in his
hand the written report Of the previous
examination of tho Apostle, while Gaul
stands In front of the throne, chained 10
a Roman soldier on the left: the rest or
tho GROUP is made up of scribes. soldiers
and court officers. The insignihcant
Hebrew. Paul. has just been eApoundinB
Win great holiness to the representa-
lives Of the Imperial Roman and jewish
kingship the truth as It is in Christ; words
which will live as long as history exists,
words which are as truthful to-day as
v,ban spoken. and will continue TO Do 10
rnborn generations. long after the ms,
dcads and shortcomings Of Agrippa ana
Lis most impious sister will have beeh
rorgotten. The words of Paul were lost
ON his auditors: 10 the Roman they were
foolishness. Paul, thou art beside my Il,
SELF. much learning doth make thee mao,
and TO the Jews they were but baoblings.
As we look at the picture, we can near
the irony of Agrippa when ne salu'
Almost thou persuadest me to be
CHRISTIAN" and the reply OF Paul so
fan Of love. tenderness, and yearhihs
for the soul Of the King and all those
tbat stood about the throne: i wouiu 10
cod mat not only thou, but also all ina,
hear me this day, were both almost ana
altogether such as 1 am, except these
bonds
,-rrr- TTrAT. INTEREST