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Building Name: First Presbyterian Church BrightonStudio Name: Omnibus Studios
City: Brighton
Window Shape: 3 (arched)
Date of Window: 1989
Subject/Title of Window: Government Window
Brief Description of Subject: The government window draws a parallel between American government and the Presbyterian denominational structure. At the top of the window are images of Old Testament judges: Samuel, Deborah and Gideon.
Next is an image of the Declaration of Independence, superimposed with the signa-ture of John Witherspoon who was a Presby-terian clergyman, and the only active clergy-man to sign the document.
Beneath that are images of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland, and the phrase “Let justice roll down like waters”. (Amos 5:24).
Then we go to the bottom image. At the top is a snare drum and underneath the statement “Righteousness, like an ever flowing stream” (Amos 5:24).
Beneath that are the images of Benjamin Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan”.
Inscriptions: Let justice roll down like waters
Righteousness, like an ever flowing stream
Condition of Window: Very good shape
Type of Glass and Technique: Glass Paint
Government Window
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