Launceston, Wesleyan Institute (Dingley Hall)
North
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 5
- Maker
- Fouracre & Son
- Main subject
- Jesus telling Parable of Sower from a boat in the Sea of Galilee.
- Subject type
- Narrative
- Dedicatee
- John Dingley, Mayor of Launceston three times, died in Madeira.
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee, , .
- Unveiled at opening on , (detailed description of window), (gives maker), , , .
- Launceston Methodism (includes drawing of Chapel and Institute).
- Similar depictions of the seed that fell on good ground and the seed that fell among thorns in Lydford, St Petrock, , left- and right-hand lights.
To the glory of God, and in loving memory of John Dingley, for 19 years President of the Mens’ Bible Class, this window is dedicated by the Members and their friends
First light. Christ, in the garb of a Judean peasant, expounds the Parable of the Sower.
First light tracery.
But other [seed] fell into good ground
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Detail from the first light. Christ, in the garb of a Judean peasant, expounds the Parable of the Sower.
Second light. A woman, sitting on the grassy slope, draws the attention of two wondering children to the Saviour.
Second light tracery.
Some fell upon stony places,
where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away
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Detail from the second light. A woman, sitting on the grassy slope, draws the attention of two wondering children to the Saviour.
Third light. Several men listen with attention to the teaching.
Behold a sower went forth to sow ().
Third light tracery
Detail from the third light. Several men listen with attention to the teaching.
Fourth light. A mother thrusts her children forward to catch the words of the Master, and behind her press forward men of various ages.
Fourth light tracery.
Some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up
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Detail from the fourth light. A mother thrusts her children forward to catch the words of the Master, and behind her press forward men of various ages.
Fifth light. An old man, sitting under a sycamore tree, ponders the deep meaning of the parable.
Fifth light tracery
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them
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Detail from the fifth light. An old man, sitting under a sycamore tree, ponders the deep meaning of the parable.