The Tower Room Window

The significance of the windows in the Tower Room is taken from the fact that the room is a passageway.  The story of the stained glass is the story of man's passage from birth to death.  The life of the Christian is represented in eight modern scenes.

Beginning at the base, the first medallion shows the infant at baptism.  Next is the child at play and above that the youth graduating from school.

At the base of the upper portion the fourth medallion in the series represents Christian marriage.  The next above shows the family together.  The sixth pictures the man at the height of his powers practicing his profession, in this instance medicine.

The next-to-the-last medallion shows man at the age when he can render many voluntary services to his community.  In the scene,  a red cross is visible together with symbols of other humanitarian agencies.

The last medallion, at the top, takes its symbols from Bunyan's story of Mr. Valiant-For-Truth, who, at the end of his earthly pilgrimage,  came to the final river to cross; when he had passed over "all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side."  And so the Christian pilgrim marches into the dawn.

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