East Nave

 

	Left Panel	Middle Panel	Right Panel
In Stained Glass	JOHN WESLEY	BLESSED ARE THEY	CHARLES WESLEY
In wood below window	IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM JOHN BEATTIE	PLACED HERE BY HIS WIFE NINA, HIS SONS AND DAUGHTER	DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD DECEMBER SECOND 1951

Description:
The central panel of this window depicts Jesus' teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. The other two panels reflect our traditional background, our inheritance through Methodism.

Detail from windowIn the left side is John Wesley, the preacher. The image above his head may be St. Mary's Church where he first preached, and in which churchyard he is buried. At the bottom of the right hand panel is John Wesley on horseback, because serving as an itinerant minister, he did most of his travelling in this manner.

In the right hand panel is Charles Wesley, John's younger brother, who was a partner with him in the evangelical revival of the eighteenth century and was, of course, the great Hymn writer. Above Charles is depicted a musical instrument and some sheets of music.

At the bottom of the left hand panel is a drawing of Christ Church College, University of Oxford, the college which both men attended, and the college where Methodism had its origin.

This window, therefore, reflects our Methodist tradition in the United Church.

Notes:
Mr. Beattie was an original Trustee of the congregation and a very active member of the congregation and of the Session as well.

 

	Left Panel	Middle Panel	Right Panel
		IHS
In Stained Glass	I AM LIGHT WORLD FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS		COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT LABOUR AND ARE HEAVEN LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST
In wood below window	THE GIFT OF ALICE AND CLIFFORD ELVINS	DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD	ON SUNDAY JUNE 9TH 1946

Description:
The central panel shows the figure of Jesus with outstretched hands. The nimbus (halo) around his head indicates His coming as The Light of the World. Jesus welcomes the weary soul who is bowed before him at His feet.

Notes:
This was the third window to be donated to the Church. The first was the East Transept and the second was the Sanctuary/Chancel.

 

	Left Panel	Middle Panel	Right Panel
In Stained Glass	1934		1942
	FOLLOW ME	AND I WILL MAKE YOU	FISHERS OF MEN
	UT OMNES		UNUM SINT
In wood below window	IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE REV. GEORGE WESLEY BARKER, D.D.	THE FOUNDER OF THIS CONGREGATION 1934-1942	DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28TH, 1954.

Description:
Dr. Barker had been a devoted minister of the Church for many years. This window depicts his devotion to Christ. The central figure is Christ inviting men to follow in His service.

On the left is the figure of a fisherman, since many of the early disciples were called from among the fishermen of Galilee. On the right panel is a farmer sowing his seed, symbolizing the preaching of the Word. Down below the central panel is a fisherman seated in a boat, pulling in his net.

Crest of United Church of CanadaDr. Barker had been an important person in the formation of the United Church of Canada in 1925. Therefore, the window shows the symbols of the United Church—the Latin phrase, "Ut Omnes Unum Sint" (That All May Be One), the Dove, the Alpha and Omega, the burning bush and the open Bible. These symbols are all part of the shield of the United Church.

Notes:
Reverend Dr. George Wesley Barker, D.D. was the original minister of this congregation from its founding. He was minister from 1934 to 1942. The window was given by a number of his friends in the congregation who contributed to a fund following his death, as a memorial tribute to him and his service to the congregation and as part of the building he had helped establish.