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Building Name: First United Methodist ChurchStudio Name: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass
City: Birmingham
Window Shape: 3 (arched)
Date of Window: 1959
Subject/Title of Window: Old Testament Prayers
Brief Description of Subject: This window was installed in what was originally named the "Prayer Chapel." After the retirement of Pastor Arnold F. Runkel, it was renamed in his honor as the "Runkel Chapel." The window is signed and dated "Willet Stained Glass Studio Phila, PA 1959."
The following description from the book, "The Windows and Symbols of First Methodist Church Birmingham, Mich. edited by Dr. Arnold F. Runkel and privately published by the Church for its members in 1966.
CHAPEL SIDE WINDOWS --- PRAYER
Three instances of prayer, as related in the Old Testament, are illustrated in this first window. At the top, Moses prays for the children of Israel, after they had created and worshipped the golden calf. In the center, Daniel is pictured praying in the lion's den. In answer to his prayers, Abraham, below, was promised descendants as numerous as the stars. The symbol at the top is a Chi Rho, ancient Monogram of Christ. [The monogram sits atop a censer with rising smoke --- Psalm 141:2, "Let my prayer rise before you like incense.]
This window was presented in remembrance of Andrew Morison by his wife and son.
Three instances of prayer, as related in the Old Testament, are illustrated in this first window. At the top, Moses prays for the children of Israel, after they had created and worshipped the golden calf. In the center, Daniel is pictured praying in the lion's den. In answer to his prayers, Abraham, below, was promised descendants as numerous as the stars. The symbol at the top is a Chi Rho, ancient Monogram of Christ. [The monogram sits atop a censer with rising smoke --- Psalm 141:2, "Let my prayer rise before you like incense.]
This window was presented in remembrance of Andrew Morison by his wife and son.
Height: ~8'
Width: 2'
Old Testament Prayers
Moses
Daniel
Abraham
Old Testament Prayers signature
Old Testament Prayers outside
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