Sites and Monument Record: Grahamston United Church (SMR 952) - stained glass
Description
1946: At her death in 1938 Mrs Taylor, the widow of the minister, left money for a window, which could not be completed until after the war. It was designed by the Glasgow artist, Douglas Hamilton, and depicts the Madonna and Child. Two side panels portray attendant angels in an attitude of adoration. The central figure is surmounted by a star which shines from above the manger recalling the visit to Bethlehem of the Wise Men from the East, while in the foreground the artist pictured a lamb, the symbol of the presence of humble shepherds from the Judean hills. The entire scene is depicted in exquisite and varying shades of colour in which blue and red predominate. The inscription beneath the memorial records that the window is dedicated “To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Rev. Andrew Ross Taylor, MA, who ministered here from April 1881 to March 1926. Gifted by his widow.”
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