Fitzwilliam Account Book 1892 Moses & Burning bush and the burial of Moses 80 Cartoon currently untraced.
The Burne-Jones Windows : The oldest windows are now the two stained-glass windows placed in the east wall of the church as a memorial to the late Mr James Russell who died suddenly in November 1877. A writer and agent of the City of Glasgow Bank in the High Street, he was a member of the Parish Church, but he was a most liberally-minded Christian as is evidenced by the fact that four ministers took part in his funeral service. The windows were designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, a famous stained-glass artist, and were executed at the works of William Morris, Merton Abbey, Surrey. The association of Sir Edward Burne-Jones with William Morris, D.G. Rossetti, Madox Brown and other pre-Raphaelites, produced the distinctive artistic emphasis evident in the decoration of these windows. Michael Donnelly, an expert in this field, described them on a recent visit as perhaps the finest Burne-Jones windows in situ. The tinted glasses give a well-balanced scheme of colour and are valuable illustrations of the application of decorative art to window glass. The windows were dedicated by the Rev Professor Milligan, DD, of Aberdeen on 19 September 1886. The south window is considered to be the finer of the two and depicts the Biblical character Ruth, with sheaves: the immigrant who showed what a full love is like. Below is a scene at Bethlehem with Joseph, Mary, the infant Jesus and the angel. The Biblical quotation underneath is: My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke, chapter 1 : 46) Beside Ruth stands Miriam, sister of Moses, celebrating the defeat of the Egyptians with song and dance. (Exodus, chapter 15 : 20),with, below, Moses - and the Egyptians engulfed in the Red Sea. (Exodus, chapter 14 : 27) The Biblical quotation here is - Fear ye not; stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. (Exodus, chapter 14 : 13) On the other side of the organ pipes stand two famous Old Testament figures: Elijah, religious prophet and political leader, and Moses with the tablets of stone on which are written the Ten Commandments. Underneath Elias (Elijah) is a vignette of Elijah restoring to life the widow's son at Zarepthah. The story is found in 1 Kings, chapter 17 : 17-24. The familiar quotation below is from Psalm 23, the Shepherd's Psalm : In the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for Thou art with me. (Psalm 23) Moses also has a story depicted below him : the Annunciation, as the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear a child, Jesus. (Luke, chapter 1 : 26-38) Underneath, the Biblical quotation is : I cried unto the Lord with my voice and He heard me out of His holy hill. (Psalm 3, verse 4.)