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The five lancets of the Great East Window are filled with subjects in the glorified life of our Lord, with Old Testament types of its four great events; the Resurrection, the Commis- sion of the Apostles, the Ascension, and the Sending of the
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Holy Ghost. The central lancet contains in the upper panel the figure of our Lord in glory, holding in His hand the world with the cross upon it. The middle panel represents the worship of "the Lamb as it had been slain," with the four living creatures kneeling down before him. And in the lower panel are the four and twenty elders worshipping. On the left, in the upper circle, the Annunciation is represented, and on the right, in the upper circle, the Baptism of our Lord. The four upper panels of these four lancets on either side contain four archangels. The middle panel on the extreme left represents the resurrection of our Lord, and underneath that, in the lower panel, the raising of the widow's son by Elijah. In the next lancet, in the middle panel, our Lord appearing to the apostles in the upper room, and underneath that the figure of Elijah with the sons of the Prophets telling him of the "taking away of their Master from their head." On the right hand side, in the middle panel of the first lancet, is the Ascension of Our Lord, and underneath Elijah with the chariot of fire. And in the next lancet the gift of the Holy Ghost on Whitsunday, and underneath that, Elisha taking up the mantle of Elijah, these being treated as types of our Lord's life.
The following inscriptions are on the window :
SEDENTI IN THRONO ET AGNO BENEDICTIO ET HONOR ET QUATUOR ANIMALIA DICEBANT AMEN ET GLORIA ET POTESTAS IN SECULA SECULORUM EGO SUM RESURRECTIO ET VITA AIT ILLI EN VIVIT FILIUS TUUS DICIT EIS PAX VOBIS EGO SUM NOLITE TIMERE QUI RESPONDIT ET EGO NOVI SILETE ELEVATIS MANIBUS SUIS BENEDIXIT EIS ASCENDIT ELIAS PER TURBINEM IN COELUM REPLETI SUNT OMNES SPIRITU SANCTO PERCUSSITQUE AQUAS ET DIVISAE SUNT
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And on the wall of the Ambulatory, under the window, is a tablet bearing this inscription :
" The window in the east end of this Cathedral was erected as a Thank Offering to God by friends of the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, D.D., LL.D., the first Bishop of Albany, in loving recognition of the great work which he has accomplished for the Diocese and the Church in the building of the Cathedral and the founding of the various institutions of Education and Charity which find a centre therein."
In the Ambulatory is St. Agatha's Window, given by St. Agatha's Guild, with the inscription: "The children crying in the Temple 'Hosanna to the Son of David.'"
IN THE SOUTH CHOIR AISLE
The Crucifixion Window: The gift of many friends, through Miss Mary H. Seymour, in memory of George Washington Dean, Priest, first Chancellor of the Cathedral. March 29, A. D. 1887. Aet. Ixvi, "They that be teachers shall shine as the brightness of the firmament." Prophets, Daniel and Jonah, with the texts, " Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself," and "Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest me." The Apostles are St. John and St. Thomas, with the last two clauses of the Creed, and the legend on the angel's scroll, "I, when I am lifted up, will draw all men unto Me."
The Transfiguration Window: To the dear memory of John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, who entered into Life Novem- ber 21, 1877. Aet. lxvi. This window is given by his sur- viving children, John Van Schaick Lansing, Harriet Langdon, Hibertie Lansing Pruyn. Prophets, David and Elijah, with the texts, "The Lord hath said unto me, thon art my son," and "Go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord." The Apostles are St. James and St. Bartholomew, with the next two clauses of the Creed, and the legend on the angel's scroll, " The glory as of the only begotten of the Father."
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The Presentation Window: To the dear memory of William Bliss Baker. November 20, A. D. 1686. Aet. xxvii, " Who loved in this life whatsoever things are lovely, and entered early into the beauty of the Life Eternal." Subjects, Hannah and the child Samuel in the Temple and the Presentation. Prophets, Samuel and Malachi, with the texts, "My heart rejoiceth in the Lord," and "The Lord shall suddenly come to His Temple." The Apostles are St. Simon and St. Jude, with the next two clauses of the Creed, and the legend on the angel's scroll, "Mine eyes have seen Thy salvation."
The south transept window and wall is a memorial given by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hilton. This consists of a Great Rose Window, 20 feet in diameter, and a series of nine arches on small shafts, forming a band across, the wall beneath the window, and the finishing of the rest of the wall with cut stone and with a certain amount of carving and ornament. The composition is all the later Gothic or decorated style, following the plan adopted of finishing transepts and the crossing with this more elaborate treatment. The round window has very delicate tracery in flower-like pattern, mak- ing it correctly what is described as a Rose Window.
The Priests' Window, on the west side of the Baptistery wall, is a memorial to Leland Stanford, given by Charles Stanford. Its subject is St. Columba, one of the earliest of the saints of the British Church, who died about the time St. Augustine landed in Kent (A. D. 597), having done much to establish the Catholic faith in Britain before the missionaries from the Roman obedience arrived there. The middle panel gives St. Columba and his twelve companions landing at the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland, where he made his head- quarters. The lower panel shows him uttering his prophetic blessing on Iona just before his death (the church seen in the distance and the Celtic crosses are still extant). "This little spot so small and low shall be greatly honoured not only by the Scottish Kings and people but by foreign chiefs and barbarous nations and it shall be venerated even by the saints of other churches."
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The next window at the west side of the Baptistery is the Bishop's Window, given "in loving memory of Charles and Jane E. Stanford, by Charles Stanford." Its subject is St. Aidan, a disciple of St. Columba's, who had received his training at Iona and became a missionary to Northumbria (c 635 A. D.), establishing a monastery at Lindisfarne and working hand in hand with the then King, Oswald by name. The lower panel shows the King and the missionary who worked together in such good spirit, the middle panel depicts St. Aidan teaching the group of English lads whom he gathered about him at Lindisfarne and who later were to carry on the Message.
The Martyrs' Window at the south side of the Baptistery is " in grateful memory of George Washington Doane, Bishop of New Jersey, A. D. 1832-1859, from some of the old Burling- ton College boys." The subject is the martyrdom of St. Stephen. In the lower panel is introduced a scene from the life of a martyr of modern times, Bishop Patteson, who was murdered by the Maoris at Nukapu, September, 1871.
Following the south side of the nave the first window, the Deacon's Windows, has the name Pruyn, 1665, and represents St. Athanasius as a Deacon, at the great Council of Nicea. He was born A. D. 296, and suffered severe persecution for the Faith. After many years of vicissitudes and exile he was made Archbishop of Alexandria, and lived to see the doc- trines for which he contended accepted. The middle panel shows him among the hermits of Egypt, writing his great treatise on the Faith, defending the doctrine of the Trinity. The lower panel gives his return as a Bishop to Alexandria, after his banishment. The legend is the great truth for which he contended, "The express Image of His Person."
The next window, called the Confessor's Window, bears the name of Van Rensselaer, with the date of 1630, commemorat- ing the year in which the first colonists were sent to this country by Kilian Van Rensselaer, the first patroon. The upper part of the window contains the figure of St. Gregory
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the Great, Bishop of Rome, A. D. 590. Below he is shown finding the Saxon slave boys in the market-place. His play upon words, when told that the children were Angles from Deira, are the legends inscribed above, "nou Augli, sed Augeli." (not Angles, but Angels ) and " De ira Dei," (from the wrath of God), the latter referring to the sending of St. Augustine, A. D. 597, for the conversion of the Angles. There was already a church established in England with eight Bishops, provinces and dioceses, but he did much to strengthen and improve it. Another panel represents him as composing and arranging what are known from him as Gregorian Chants for the Psalms.
The last window, that nearest the southwest door, bears the name of Hun, with the date of the arrival of this family in Albany, 1645. This window is called the Doctor's Window, and is meant to tell the story of Venerable Bede, the great church historian and doctor who was born A. D. 672. The upper panel represents him as a boy, studying in the monas- tery at Wearmouth; the middle panel as finishing his trans- lation of St. John's Gospel into Anglo-Saxon, at the end of his life. The lower panel pictures his tomb in Durham Cathedral, with the angel finishing the inscription with the word Veucrabilis, which the monk, who began the carving, found added upon awakening from a sleep into which he had fallen while at work. The last words of Venerable Bede. "It is finished," and " the Gloria " are inscribed upon the glass.
THE PILLARS
The pillars in the Cathedral are also memorials or com- memorate some special gift. Pursuing the same order as the windows, they stand as follows :
THE BURHANS PILLAR
To the memory of Benjamin Peck Burhans, a faithful lay- man of the Diocese, to whom are due the establishment and the building of the church in Warrensburg. 1798-1875.
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THE ST. AGNES PILLAR
The St. Agnes Pillar, in grateful recognition of what many daughters of St. Agnes' School owe to the Cathedral of All Saints.
THE CHADWICK PILLAR
A memorial to William Newton Chadwick and Lucretia Ann, his wife, loyal and devoted members of St. John's Church in Cohoes, whose best and highest interests were advanced by their gentle and consistent lives.
THE PUMPELLY PILLAR
To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Harmon Pumpelly, a man of faith and integrity; for many years Vestryman and Warden of St. Peter's Church, Albany; who filled with fidelity eminent positions of public trust, and in his eighty-ninth year entered into rest, September 28, 1882. This pillar is erected by his wife, Maria Brinckerhoff.
THE EDMUND GAY PILLAR
This pillar bears the honored name of Edmund Gay, A. D. 1799-1875. The tribute of his daughter's love.
THE GOVERNOR KING PILLAR
In memory of John Alsop King, Governor of the State of New York, 1857-1858.
THE CUSHMAN PILLAR
In loving memory of Julia Ann Blackwell Cushman, who passed from death to life September 5, A. D. 1888. Her hus- band, Paul Cushman, and the children whom the Lord hath given them, record her dear name here and the name of Paul Jr., A. D. 1882. " He giveth His beloved sleep."
THE CORNING PILLAR " OF THE LAND"
The land on which this Cathedral stands was given by Erastus Corning in loving memory of his father and mother, Erastus Corning, December 14, 1794-April 8, 1872; Harriet Weld Corning, July 31, 1793-May 26, 1883.
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THE GOVERNOR FISH PILLAR
This pillar commemorates the public services of Hamilton Fish, as Untied States Senator from New York, 1851-1857; as Governor of the State of New York, 1849-1850; as Secre- tary of State for the United States, 1869-1877.
THE GAY PILLAR
In loving memory of Lucinda Chamberlain Gay, 1811-1871, whose unfailing love and self-forgetting crowned her true motherhood; a daughter consecrates this pillar. Spes et fides.
THE GOVERNOR SEYMOUR PILLAR
This pillar commemorates the name and public services of Horatio Seymour, twice Governor of the State of New York, 1853, 1863.
Turning into the North Transept will be found
THE PARKER PILLAR
To the glory of God and the beloved remembrance of Cornelia Kane Strong, wife of Amasa J. Parker Jr., of Albany. Born December 4, 1846; died December 18, 1883. Her dear memory and her holy influence and example live on in the lives of her children "who rise up and call her blessed." Amasa J. Parker 3d, Lewis R. Parker, Louisa Parker, Grace Parker, Anna Parker, Harriet L. Parker. "Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me."
THE DE WITT PILLAR
A memorial to William Henry De Witt, a benefactor of the Church and Diocese, who built and endowed the Church of the Holy Innocents in this city. 1798-1872.
In the North Choir aisle is
THE LATHROP PILLAR
To Dyer and Jane Lathrop, in loving memory by their daughter Jane Lathrop Stanford. 1888.
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THE CORNING PILLAR
This pillar is erected to the beloved memory of Gertrude Tibbits Corning, whose noble womanhood fulfilled with rare completeness the graces of the Christian life. 1830-1869.
THE BARNARD PILLAR
Her daughter's loving memorial to Catharine Walsh Bar- nard, whose forefathers were among the founders of the English Church in this city, herself a faithful member of the Church, and of this Cathedral congregation from its begin- ning.
THE MEADS PILLAR
To the honored memory of Orlando Meads, first Vice- Chancellor of this Cathedral, to whose wise counsel, conse- crated learning, constant liberality and high example the Cathedral, as well as the Church in the Diocese, the State and the country, owes a grateful debt.
The pillars in the Ambulatory are
C. C. C.
"Perfect through sufferings."
THE KINNEY PILLAR
Thomas Talmadge Kinney 2d, A. D. 1872-1885, the second son of Thomas Talmadge and Estelle C. Kinney. A precious name and memory commemorated here in faith and hope and tender love.
THE MARGARET PILLAR
To the dear name and for faithful love of Margaret Harrison Doane, second daughter of the first Bishop of Albany. 1858-1883. Fac cum sanctis tuis gloria munerari.
THE STACEY PILLAR
To the glory of the Master whom she loved and served and in thankful remembrance of Mary Weyman Stacey, in whom, and for whom, love is stronger than death. "Fecisti nos ad te."
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THE TRASK PILLAR
In memory of the short life on earth of Alanson Trask 2d. 1875-1880.
THE FORSYTH PILLAR
This pillar fitly bears the name of James Forsyth, of Troy, a generous benefactor of this Cathedral, loyal and helpful to his Bishop and most useful and faithful to every interest of the Church which he enriched with his learning, his liberality and his love.
THE BENEFACTOR'S PILLAR
The first Bishop of Albany, William Croswell Doane, in the year of our Lord, 1904, the thirty-third year of his episco- pate, makes permanent record in the stones of this Cathedral that the completion of all the structural part of the Choir. including the sacristies and vestries for clergy and choristers, is a personal gift to him from a beloved friend whose gener- osity limits itself only in withholding his name. For genera- tions yet to come the benefactor will be held in grateful remembrance by those whose privilege it is to worship within these walls. The Dean and Chapter join in this due tribute to a munificent giver-not now for the first time-and in grateful recognition of the added adornment which has grown out of his gift in the windows and the organ and the carved work from many givers.
Pillar inscribed
E. M. S.
THE FORBES PILLAR
In loving memory of Valeria Forbes. 1888.
THE BARNARD PILLAR
The Bishop and Chapter set apart this pillar in the Cathedral and record on it their loving and grateful memory of Sarah Walsh Barnard, who dearly "loved the habitation " of this "house of God," and ministered abundantly to it in her life and after her death. "Remember her, O God, con-
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cerning the good deeds that she hath done for the house of God and for the offices thereof."
THE FULLER PILLAR
The name of Joseph Wiltse Fuller, of Troy, is recorded here in loving and lasting memory by his wife and children to tell to the generations to come how true and generous he was to the Church, the Cathedral, the Diocese, and to every best interest of man and every highest service of God.
THE ROGERS PILLAR
In loving memory of Hamilton Fish Rogers and Violet Mabel Rogers. "Their Angels do always behold the face of my Father."
THE NICHOLLS PILLAR
To the lovely and beloved memory of Julia Louisa Phelps, wife of George Huntington Nicholls, Priest. "The patience of the Saints."
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE PILLAR
This pillar, in his son's Cathedral, is a memorial to George Washington Doane, Second Bishop of New Jersey, 1832-1859, the founder of St. Mary's Hall; a token of reverent and grate- ful love from many daughters for whom he worked and prayed that they might become "polished corners of the temple " of God. "Right onward."
THE SNAITH PILLAR
John Snaith, born February 14, 1841; died October 6, 1896. George Lionel Snaith, born February 10, 1866; died August 18, 1876; and Goldwin Auberon Snaith, born January 22, 1870; died March 3, 1871, the dear children of the builder of this Cathedral, who gives and carves this pillar in their loving memory.
In the South Choir aisle are the following pillars :
THE GEORGE EVANS PILLAR
In memory of George Evans, from the first a member of the Chapter of this Cathedral, and to the last, loyal and
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liberal to its best interests, in whom "patience had her per- fect work."
THE EVANS PILLAR
This pillar commemorates Mrs. Catharine Brinckerhoff Evans, whose long and lovely life adorned her honored lineage and name.
THE WARREN PILLAR
In loving memory of Mrs. Mary Warren, who founded the Mary Warren Free Institute for Girls, and the Mission Church of the Holy Cross in Troy, A. D. 1844, thus advancing Christian education and the worship of God in the beauty of holiness.
THE STANFORD PILLAR
To Josiah and Elizabeth Stanford, in loving memory, by their daughter-in-law, Jane Lathrop Stanford. 1888.
In the South Transept will be found
THE TROWBRIDGE PILLAR
A memorial of Charles Christopher Trowbridge, whose long life, begun in Albany, but lived chiefly in Detroit, brought him both love and honor in all its human relations, and highest esteem in the Church, of whose General Council he was a member for half a century.
THE CLEMISHIRE PILLAR
His wife records here her loving memory of John Clemi- shire, A. D. 1816-1886. For many years a worshipper in the Chapel of this Cathedral, which he fitted for its sacred use. " A workman that needed not to be ashamed."
Returning to the south alley of the nave the order is as follows :
THE GOVERNOR DIX PILLAR
A memorial of John A. Dix, Governor of the State of New York, 1873-1875. Major-General in the war for the Union, 1861-1865. A servant of God.
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THE GOVERNOR THROOP PILLAR
This pillar is erected in loving memory of Enos Thompson Throop, Governor of this State, 1829-1832. Integer vitae, scelerisque purus.
THE BRUSH PILLAR
To the memory of Henry Nelson Brush, a pioneer of the Church in the northern part of the Diocese, and the founder of St. Peter's Church, Brushton, 1810-1872.
THE VAN VECHTEN PILLAR
This pillar records the loving efforts of Mrs. Abraham Van Vechten, who secured the first subscriptions for the Cathedral Building Fund.
THE MANNING PILLAR
A daughter's love makes this memorial in the Cathedral Church of his native city, of the public services of Daniel Manning, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, 1885-1887.
THE PRUYN PILLAR
To the glory of God and in loving memory of John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, LL.D., born June 22, 1811; at rest November 21, 1877; and of Harriet Corning Turner, his wife, born June 18, 1822; at rest March 22, 1859. They were mar- ried October 22, 1840. Both glorified God in lives given to good works. The one, a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of this city and State, was Senator of New York, 1861-1863; Representative in the Thirty-eighth and Fortieth Congresses of the United States; Regent of the University of the State of New York, 1844-1877, and its Chancellor, 1862-1877. The other, a descendant of the early settlers of New England, was a woman of rare beauty of person and remarkable strength and loveliness of character, D. O. M. (Deo optima maximo).
THE CLARKSON PILLAR
A memorial to Thomas Streatfield Clarkson and Elizabeth, his wife, generous benefactors of the Church, faithful mem- bers of the Trinity Church, Potsdam, where their names and influence will long live in grateful remembrance.
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IN THE NAVE AND TRANSEPTS
The pillars' and many of the pilasters are carved as memorials. Two of the latter in the north Choir aisle are specially beautiful. They are carved in memory of two dear friends who died within a month of each other. A molding carved with palm branches and the legend, " Nihil longe Deo" (never far from God) connects these pilasters.
Below the Gansevoort Window on the north side of the nave is a bit of carving from the ancient abbey of St. Albans, England, about A. D. 1100, the gift of Lord Grimthorpe.
At the base of a pillar at the entrance to the Choir from the north Ambulatory on the left is a stone from the Church of Dunfermline, A. D. 1062, which Queen Margaret founded and where she was buried.
The large door in the North Transept is called the Bene- factors' Door, and is a memorial to all who contributed to the cancelling of the Cathedral debt. The carving was given by members of St. Agnes' School. The inscription is as follows :
"A memorial of benefactors and a thank-offering for monies vouchsafed on the day when this Cathedral is freed from debt. March 15th, A. D. 1892."
Three small doors on the north side are memorials to the Rev. G. W. Lewis, of Burlington, N. J .; Rev. Mr. Schofield, of Unadilla, and Miss H. M. Johnson, for many years a teacher in St. Agnes' School.
The Baptistery Door, on the south side, opposite, is sur- rounded by a wealth of beautiful symbols and decorations. At the top of the arch is the dove over the head of Christ, symbolizing the baptism of our Lord. On the left side are the pelican, two pigeons, the dove hovering over the water, fishes, and a bird upon her nest. On the right side are the breastplate, helmet, shields, sword and sandals, emblems of the Christian armor (see Ephesians vi: 11-18). Wreaths of olive and grape vines complete the whole.
The arcade beneath the Rose Window in the South Tran- sept has elaborately carved capitals and corbels, and the
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heads have delicate tracery and cusping corresponding with those of the window. The purpose of the arcade below the window is not only ornamental; it is intended to break up the wall surface with recesses, so as to avoid the extremely hard echoes which are deflected from flat surfaces of the stone wall and which injure the acoustics of many such buildings, and for this purpose the backs of these recesses are lined with cork in the same way as previously done in some other parts of the building.
THE FONT
The Font is a large, square bowl, resting upon a solid cen- tral pillar, which stands, with four pillars grouped about it, upon three stone steps in the south transept aisle, made into a Baptistery. The face of the stone is covered with carved
foliage and the waving lines which always stand for water. On each side in the panels are carved four Scriptural scenes, representing the "saving by water"; two Old Testament types-the Ark and the cleansing of Naaman, and two New Testament facts-the Lord's baptism in Jordan, which " sanc- tified the element of water," and the little children suffered
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" to come unto Him," and taken up in His arms and blessed. It is "the gift of Mrs. Robert S. Oliver in the name of her children, John Rathbone, Elizabeth Shaw, Cora Lyman, Marion Lucy, children of Robert Shaw and Marion Rath- bone Oliver. Deo gratias, M. R. O., All Saints, A. D., MDCCCLXXXII."
THE PULPIT
The Pulpit is a tribute to a most generous supporter of the Cathedral, Mr. James E. Craig, and is given by his widow and children. It is of Carlisle stone, richly carved, very
tunt
large, supported on seven variously carved pillars, like the " House which wisdom hath builded," typifying the seven- fold gifts of the Holy Ghost; and bears the inscription, with the text, " Speak unto the people all the words of this life."
THE LITANY DESK
The Litany Desk is the work of Mr. Alfred Robinson, of London, and is the gift of Mrs. Clarence Corning, "to the
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glory of God and in loving memory of her husband, Clarence Howard Corning." The idea represented in the Litany Desk is of supplication and intercession. On the one side are two hands clasped tightly in the intensity of prayer, and on the other is the upward-looking dove; while in an open arch in the front is the figure of our Lord, kneeling in the Garden of the Agony. The legend is from the collect, "Pardon and Peace," asked for by supplication, pleaded for by the passion of the Redeemer, and by the Intercession of the Holy Spirit of God, with "groanings that can not be uttered."
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