KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20174, 11 August 1927, Page 6

KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL.

ANOTHER MEMORIAL WINDOW. PARABLES ILLUSTRATED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, June 29. Another memorial window, executed bj the artist, Mr A. L. Ward, is now readj for shipment to Auckland for King’s Cob lege Chapel. Both Colonel C. T. Major, D. 5.0., and Mrs Bruce (wife of tin founder of the school) have been to sea it, and expres themselves much pleased with the design. The window is the third of four illustrating the parables on the north side of the nave, and the two lights are in memory of Robert Horatio Roy Bayley, killed May 20, 1915, and George Duncan Mains, died August 16, 1912. On the left the parable of the Lost Sheep is illustrated. A shepherd clad in a robe of ruby and brownish yellow stands in the foreground among his sheep, whicn are within the fold. He looks across a stream, shading his eyes with his hand, and searches the meadows for the lost sheep. In the far distance on the banks of the stream is the lovely animal unseen at that moment by the shepherd. The si ream is lost beneath the trees in the background, and over the tops of these ar* the spires of a city on a hill. The most striking colours in the picture are shown in the shepherd’s robe. In this there are 20 tones of ruby and five yellows. This is set off by the green ot the meadows, of the rowan trees, and the yellow tone is carried on in the leaves of the palms. A certain unimportant symbolism is found in the flora depicted. For instance, the rowan stands for protection ; hawthorn for hope; the purple water dock for patience; the bullrush for docility ; forget-me-not for remembrance ; the flowering rush for confidence; and water lilies for parity of heart. THE PRODIGAL SON. On the right the parable of the Prodigal Son is illustrated. Thepicture show* the father standing on the steps of his house and holding a ring in his hand. Behind are two servants carrying a robe and shoes. The son is kneeling at his father’s feet. The not-ovcr-pleascd elder brother is seen, coming round the corner of the house, his crook in his hand. Over the door of the house is an orange tree, the fruit making bright spots of colour. The father’s robe is deep rich blue, fringed with mauve; the son’s rough garment is a brownish yellow. A splash of bright colouring in the foreground m made by the owers of the wood sorel, denoting joy. Verbenas beside it stand for parental tenderness; and lilies of the valley, the return of happiness. In the middle picture are red and white rosea together denoting union ; and the oranges ‘ Sl gnify generous and devoted affection, i, , a , rd now has the completed sketch of the west window, the five lights traceries, and five bass lights depicting one large study—“ The Reception of the Souls of the Blessed.” The central figure not as a i"dge, hut in the attitude of svmpathy and reception. Behind is a choir of angels. The great company of the blessed are represented hr Adam and Eve, the patriarchs, prophets judges, apostles, martyrs, saints, cbnfes’ sors, and very unobtrusively among tbs company may be seen a nurse, a sailor and a soldier. The text on which this work is founded is: ‘‘Make them to h« numbered with Thv saints i n Morv everlasting.”