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14 RACINE JOURNAL - TIMES Wednesday, February II, 195#By Harriet W rattenIN this penitential season of Lent the gregarious children of the church are a little more tender toward her motherly solicitude for their secular distractions. The spirit, searching its insufficiency, turns oftener toward the cross-crowned spire; the voice is lifted oftener in praise and adoration, the heart refreshed in the peace ofspiritual security.Although Racine has sometimes been called the City of Churches, relatively few persons have occasion to know more than the exteriors of most of them. Yet within, to the greater glory of God and the memory of others who have walked this way in love and service, are treasures meant to enrich not only the individual congregation, but the community as a whole. The- thoughtful season of Lent offers appropriate opportunity for the consideration, in turn, of at least a few of these numerous memorial gifts.* •IN THE EASTER SEASON of 1931, shortly after completion of the present Holy Communion Church, high on Luther Hill looking eastward over one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, that congregation dedicated a magnificent window comprising 240 square feet of Cathedral art stained glass andlt;$ installed above the large eastentrance door of the church. The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Zahn, it was planned and presented in memory of Mr. Zahn’s parents,Edward and Harriet Zahn, whose names are significant in the development of Racine.The morning sun pouring through this beautiful window reveals more than the mere glory ofcolor; it highlights the teachings of the Old Testament, fulfilled in Christ as the Saviour of the world. The top grill work is filled with such symbols of life and salvation, as the ‘ three combined circles, containing the crown of life, symbol of the Trinity; the open Bible, the lantern; lotus flowers, emblems of eternal life; the rose of Sharon, joy of salvation. Intertwining all is the vine, symbol of a life abiding in Christ.TWO LIFE-SIZE CENTERFIGURES of Christ show Himblessing little children, and bidding the sick to find rest in Him. Surrounding the Christ are the life-size figures of the four Major Prophets: Isaiah, the Law in one hand, the torch of the Gospel in the other; Jeremiah, with the staff of authority; Daniel, with the scroll of prophecy; Ezekiel, with the completed temple.The left outer panel shows the figure of an angel in armor, holding a scale in one hand and a flaming sword in the other, representing Law and Justice. In the right panel is the figure of an angel of the Gospel holding the staff of peace in one hand, Easter lilies in the other. Below are the figures of six angels symbolic of worship. Two kneel in prayer, two hold the harp, two signify the joy of service.SINCE 1931AND MRSZAHN have given several other stained glass windows to the church, including the window in the south transept, a memorial to the parents of Mrs. Zahn, August and Marie Bulgrin. Opposite, in the north transept, is the window they presented in memory of the young men of the parish who gave their lives in the service of their country.Three of the stained glass windows which beautify the nave proper are their gifts also. To the forefront, on the south wall, is the memorial to their niece, Virginia Turnbull. Next to it is the window dedicated in her lifetime, to the late Mrs. Julius Krenzke, in tribute to her long years of service as organist of the church. On the north side of the nave, the front window was presented as a memorial to Major Jack Jerstad, who was a member of the congregation when he entered the Second World War, in which his heroism was recognized by the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Honor.had been spending the previous two and one-half weeks with her parents, the Gordon Guilberts.Mr. and Mrs. Guilbert are planning a motor trip south in the near future, to visit their daughter, Jean, and her husband, the Vance Currins, who live at Fort Lauderdale. Fla.2nd Hatchet Story Reaches A Climax V/ithout CherriesLJ1STORY, for the most part, has** confined the hatchet episodes in the life of George Washington, to his early encounter with a cherry tree and a moral decision. But, in the writings of J. T. Headley, author of “Washington and His Generals,** the Father of His Country is revealed in at least one other dramatic incident with a hatchet.At the age of 21, according to Headley, Washington took the field with his militia to repel the French, who were establishing settlements on the Ohio. But first he was sent as commissioner by Governor Dinwiddie to demand of the French commander why he had invaded the king's colonies.“FOR 750 MILES, MORE than half of the distance through an unbroken wilderness, accompaniedonly seven personshisftmid1c\iIt1i(111i11iiaftinf1kelt;mewoer,in§10swupwatheByovlt;sh(sersaldie of December, after 41 days of travel across rivers and morasses, over mountains, through fearful gorges and amid tribes of Indians, the historian relates, he reached his destination.Having concluded his mission, Headley reports, Washington “set out in the dead of winter to retrace his weary route. The horses, after a while, gave out, and the drivers were left to take care of them.** Together with one man of his company (Gist), the young Washington “made his way through the deep snow and over the frozen ground without a path to guide his footsteps or a sound' to waken the solitude, save the groaning of trees swinging to and fro in the storm, or the cry of some wild animal in search of prey.“. . . Coming to the Alleghany River, they found it only partly frozen over and here the two friends lay down upon the bank in the cold snow, with nothing but their blankets over them . . . the next morning they set to work with a single hatchet, to build a craft on which they might cross the river. They worked all day long on the frail thing, and justJc T«JolbeanincsetcitL.Scftth(Ra“VPr“LcoiPrlasWcKiketiaMJePoWthlt;gii
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