Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-15
WEST CORNWALL.

The following clipping taken from |
the Cleveland Leader of recent date will |
possess much interest for many of the |
readers of your interesting paper as
the subject of the sketch was a native of
our town and lived here after he had at
tanned manhood days. He was brother
of our townsman w. H. Bingham. For
several years he was in business in AL
bion, n. Y. where his brother Eugene was
connected with him. From there he went
to the beautiful city of Cleveland, Ohio,
here he made many warm friends and en-
joyed pleasant home with his wife
and daughter Lottie, an only child and
where he died lamented and mourned by
his family and by all who came in con-
tact with him in business relations or
socially. The tribute which follows tells
better than words of mine could do the
place he held in the esteem of his friends.
His daughter is organist and director in
the church where the memorial windows
placed, and she arranged the Easter exer-
cises which were of high order and en-
braces an elaborate programme but too
long for space here. The dedication of
the window was an interesting feature
of the exercises AS work of art and
creation of surprising beauty the new
memorial window presented by the
family of the late Lucien w. Bingham
to Calvary Presbyterian Church, and
designed by Tiffany, of New York, the
inventor of the favrie glass method, can
not be praised too highly
1t represents 1.-The Angels of the Resur
rection" standing in the midst of Easter
lilies near the tomb of Christ, with an
expression of celestial composure reflect
ed upon the face. From the shoulders
r l. .f,,1 f,.1.1 l.
and the arms, slightly distended from
the sides, are expressive of the informa-
ton given by the heavenly messenger to
the women of Jerusalem as they ap-
preached the empty sepuicher and are
! told that the Savior is risen from the
dead. The color effects in reproducing
| the dawn of an oriental sky reflect nature
as it is seen there, and no place else in
the world The deep blue of the heavens
/ is partially yelled by fleecy clouds,
through which the golden sunshine soft
| " streams, and the blended coors of blue
and gold absorb the surrounding scene
with an ethereal beauty. The face of
the angel portrays a richness of beauty
that earths fairest can seldom approach.
The eyes are large and dark brown. The
features are oval, and heavy wealth of
dark brown hair with light covering
falls IN WaVy clusters TO tne shoulders.
The natufalness of the whole scene i'm
presses the beholders with the illusion of
reality. The lilies one feels tempted to
pluck and the ears expects to hear an
angels voice, so perfectly has the artist
reproduced THE Morning of the Resur-
recton."
The window is four feet wide and
eleven feet high. 1t will be dedicated at
this mornings service and seen for the
first time by the parishioners of the
church. Although the order was given
some time ago for the memorial, the
story suggested made it peculiarly. ap-
propriate for an easter dedication"
Mr.. Lucien w. Bingham. in whose
f memory the window is presented, was
4 closely identified with the affairs OF
Calvary Church during his life, He was
superintendent of the Sunday school fol
about seven years. having been appoint
ed in 1880. In July of that same year
under Rev. Rollo Ogden, then assistant
pastor and now editor in-chief of the
) New York Evening Post, services wert
held in little frame chapel on the cor
ner of Euclid and Madison avenues
where the present edifice stands, ant
Mr.. Bingham was made elder and clerl
of the session, which offices he held un
til his death, which occurred Decembe
5, 1898.
} On the base of the window are en-
graved the date of his birth, Septembe
3, 1881, and the date of his death. Ais
the family motto, which reads, "Spe
Mea Christus"-"My hope is Christ"