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Building Name: Chapel in the Woods; Starr Commonwealth

Studio Name: Burnham (W. H.) Studios

City: Albion

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1950

Subject/Title of Window: The Temptation by Satan

Brief Description of Subject: "The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him." Mark 1

Here Jesus stands, head erect, his left hand holding his cloak, his right hand pointing to the heavens. Satan, done in green glass, is a handsome horned fellow with amber eyes. He holds a piece of ready gold and he works all his blandishments. The vulture sits in a dead tree above the devil.

How perfectly etched are the vulture's feathers and the sinister long fingers of the devil's pointing hand.

From "May All Who Enter This Chapel-in-the-Woods Rejoice and Be Exceeding Glad in The Love of Jesus Christ Our Lord," by Starr Commonwealth For Boys, Albion, Michigan.

Inscriptions: Carl H. Jobse


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 4'

Width: 2'

Type of Glass and Technique: Antique or Cathedral Glass, Lead Came, Silver Stain

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