Westminster Presbyterian Church - Table of Contents .......................... Stained Glass - Table of Contents
Narthex windows -
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
724 Delaware
Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Westminster Presbyterian Church - Official Website
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Dedicated: |
1950 |
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Design, Fabrication: |
Burnham Studios |
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Style: |
Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic) |
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Audio: John McClive, Summary and Location of Westminster Window |
 Exterior view of the narthex windows  Left - "Acts of Mercy" window ... Center - "The Great Invitation" window ... Right - "Gifts of the Spirit" window |
| "Acts of Mercy" window Acts of Mercy: Matthew 25: 35-36: "For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me." To these six Acts of Mercy, Christian tradition has added a seventh - to bury the dead and comfort those who mourn.         |
| "The Great Invitation" window The Great Invitation: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." - Matt. 11:28  In the window over the center doorway is a large figure of Christ with outstretched arms inviting us: "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." On either side of his head are the Greek letters, Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, the traditional symbols from the early church for Christ as the beginning and end, Before him is a group of seven people representing mankind, healthy and afflicted, at various stages of life and times of need: childhood, youth, middle age and old age, those who mourn, and are crippled and blind.      |
| "Gifts of the
Spirit" window Gifts of the Spirit: Isaiah 11:13: "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might and the Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord"   Solomon  St. John the Baptist  Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5: 3-12 Surrounding the spirit of True Godliness, as symbolized by Christ's Sermon on the Mount are the six Gifts of the Spirit based on the Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 11- 1-3: "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might and the Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord."  John 3: 1-22 The Pharisee, Nicodemus, visits Jesus at night and hears that he must be born again of water and the Spirit in order to enter the Kingdom of God.  St. Stephen  Daniel 5: King Belshazzer's dream and downfall are interpreted by Daniel ... Matthew 5 (The Beatitudes)  Genesis 28: 12-22 Jacob dreams of a staircase, with angels on it, that reached from earth to heaven. Upon awaking and realizing he had seen God, Jacob named that place, Bethel, the "House of God." |
