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This
window bears the dedication:
“in affectionate memory of The Hon. Maurice Berkeley
Peel, B.A.,M.C., Vicar of this Parish 1915 – 1917,
who, when Chaplain to the Forces in France, was killed while
tending the wounded, May 1917.
As with it's neighbour, it was designed by Henry Holiday,
who describes it as follows:
“The face of the figure in the first panel, representing
‘Man toiling up the stony road, and overcoming obstacles
in his way, ‘is the face of the late Vicar. The Wind,
which is rich alike in colour and symbolic meaning, depicts
‘Life, Death and Resurrection, are accompanied by
three angelic beings, representing Faith, Hope and Love.
In the first panel Man is seen toiling up the stony road,
overcoming the obstacles in his way. Pleasure on one side,
and Care and Riches on the other, are pulling him by the
skirts of his garment, but ‘We walk by Faith,’
and it is Faith, who with one hand is guiding him, and with
the other is removing an obstacle. In the third panel, Death,
Man is going through deep waters. ‘Out of the depths
have I cried unto Thee,’ through which Hope is guiding
him, and he already sees a vision of the clear light beyond.
‘The righteous hath hope in his death.’ In the
centre panel man is rising above the clouds which had obscured
his vision in the material world, fulfilling the words,
‘This mortal must put on immortality.’ ‘He
is made perfect in Love,’ who raises him with both
hands into the Divine Light.”
In the tracery lights are emblems representing the badge
of the regiment to which Mr. Peel was attached, his family
crest, and crest of his college. |