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Building Name: Kirk in the Hills

Studio Name: Burnham (W. H.) Studios

City: Bloomfield Hills

Window Shape: 5 (gothic arched, 2 vertical sections)

Date of Window: 1959

Subject/Title of Window: David

Brief Description of Subject: From "Welcome to the Kirk."

Surrounding the altar in Melrose Chapel are nine windows portraying great figures of the Old Testament, together with the outstanding events in their ministries. Providing a riot of color in a quiet chapel, these towering panes form a semicircle of Biblical history that illumines the mind and enriches the spirit of all who worship at the Kirk.

Since Moses is the central figure in the Old Testament, he is pictured in the center window over the altar. Reading from left to right, the windows depict events in the lives of Isaiah (half-size over side aisle), Daniel, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Elijah and Jeremiah (half-size over door). The four windows on the south side and one-half of the Moses window were designed by Mr. Reynolds; the others were executed by Mr. Burnham.

Elijah:
1 - Elijah before Ahab (I Kings 21:17-20);
2 - Elijah at the Brook of Cherith (I Kings 17:1-7);
3 - Elijah sustained by the widow (I Kings 17:9-16);
4 - Raising the widow's son (I Kings 17:17-24);
5 - Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal (I Kings 18:19-39);
6 - Elijah's vision of the rain cloud (I Kings 18:43-46);
7 - Elijah's flight (I Kings 19:1-16);
8 - Elijah at the Cave at Mt. Horeb (I Kings ).

Inscriptions: Elijah before Ahab
Elijah at the Brook of Cherith
Elijah sustained by the widow
Raising the widow's son
Elijah's contest with the prophets of Baal
Elijah's vision of the rain cloud
Elijah's flight
Elijah at the Cave of Mt. Horeb
Wilber Herbert Burnham Boston Mass. 1959


Condition of Window: Good

Height: 31'

Width: 4'

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

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