Window
Building Name: St. Paul Lutheran ChurchStudio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass
City: Flint
Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)
Date of Window: 1968
Subject/Title of Window: Ambassador in Chains
Brief Description of Subject: From "The Life of St. Paul," booklet.
Two aspects of Paul's story are parallel here. It will be seen that the color scheme alternates panels of warm and cool colors. The reds and golds symbolize the love, the glory and power of God. The panels in these hues portray the temporal life of Paul as he lived it on earth and as described in the Book of Acts. Those openings in cool greens, blues and purples with very little nuance or contrast express the hope and salvation of manking, and symbolize the spiritual life of St. Paul illustrating symbolically some of his words largely from his Epistles.
The ninth window on the left side of the church shows the hands of the potter molding the clay. It is based on Paul's letter to the Romans, chapter 9:21, "Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for beauty and another menial use?"
This window was given to the glory of God by members and friends of Saint Paul Church in memory of loved ones.
Height: 132"
Width: 42"
Type of Glass and Technique: Slab or Faceted Glass (Dalle de Verre)
Potter Molding Clay
The Story of St. Paul, L12-L9
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