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| Chancel Henry Wood Young Augustus Saint-Gaudens John LaFarge |
| The marble altar
was made by S. Klaber & Company from a design by Heins and La
Farge, architects. The design incorporates many types of marble from
different areas of the world, including Vermont, Georgia, Belgium,
Africa, Italy, and France. The altar cross is bronze covered with
a dull rose gold. The cross is richly ornamented in Gothic style with
grapevine motifs symbolizing the blood of Christ. It is studded with
garnets and amethysts. The cross and candlesticks were made by Gorham
& Company. The reredos is made of caenstone. Its three cherubim hold a banner bearing the words And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, the manifestation of the Incarnation of God. On either side of the scroll, four angels rejoice at this Incarnation message and play msical instruments in celebration. A central mural, above the reredos, continues the theme of an angel choir. They are singing Gloria in excelsis Deo. The mural is by Henry Wynd Young. On either side of the central mural are two murals by John LaFarge, who painted them in situ. They depict the Adoration of the Magi at the manger in Bethlehem. High above the altar alcove are three sets of clerestory windows by Henry Wynd Young. The center set features a sacrificial lamb standing on the scroll of the Seven Seals, as described in the Book of Revelation. The flanking north windows to the left show examples of the well-known post-Reformation figures Martin Luther, John Knox, John Bunyan, and Florence Nightingale (note her nurse's cap). On the south (right) side are three pre-Reformation saints: Elizabeth of Hungary, Edward the Confessor, and Francis of Assisi (with a rabbit). Also shown is John Rogers, an English Protestant martyr. To the north of the chancel area, you will find the baptismal font. It has an inlaid shallow bowl of Sienna marble supported by an inlaid marble pillar inscribed with a Greek cross and the legend In hoc signo spec mea (In this sign is my hope). Standing in the middle of the bowl is a bronze statue of a youthful John the Baptist. He holds a reed cross in his left hand and is raising his right hand as if to speak. Behind the font is a broad entablature containing a passage that begins Even baptism doth also now save us. The angels represent the Church militant and the Church triumphant. The baptistry group of statues was made by the Irish-born American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who also was reponsible for the statue of General Sherman at the entrance to Central Park. |
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