Schoonover
had the concept for this window, but Margarite Gauden, an artist from
Willet Studios, did the art work. She started working with Willet in
1931 and died in 1991. The window was dedicated September30,
1962,asagiftof George C. Walker in memory of his parents, George and
Elsie Clower Walker. It is in contrast to the War Memorial but
harmonizes in design and coloring. There was great concern on the part
of lmmanuel that the Peace Window be produced as soon as possible
after the War Memorial. Consideration was taken that this window shine
more brightly during the morning service, and so it was placed on the
southeast side of the building. The window's theme is Service, the
dignity of labor, and the use of talents to the greater glory of God
and to help build a peaceable kingdom. The medallion on the left shows
St. Joseph and the Christ Child. Under Joseph and Jesus are the words "We
are laborers together with God" and in the right "Let every man take
heed how he buildeth." (1 Corinthians 3:9 and 10) In the right
medallion is St. Mary with household items. An2els above these
medallions bear symbols of the Acts of Christian Mercy: food, drink,
clothing, shelter, and books. At the top center is a priest,
representing Holy Orders. In the top left Adam is "delving" and on the
top right is St. Paul, the tentmaker. Bees are on the far left and a
wagon wheel on the far right. On the left side beneath the medallions
are a judge, a physician, a chemist, and a clerk, grouped around a
ship symbolizing commerce; on the right are a housewife, a teacher and
nurse, around a spinning wheel symbolizing homemaking. The border has
symbols of various arts, crafts, and guilds: saddle, ballet slippers,
microphone, rolling pin, and so on. The right predella shows Solomon,
the builder of the temple, and Suger, Abbot of St. Denis and the
patron saint of the Cathedral. Peter the Venerable was thrilled to see
St. Denis. He asked to meet Suger and found him in a cell in straw. He
said, "This man Suger puts us all to shame. Whereas we have built for
our own glory, he has built for the glory of God above." Theophilus
and St. Dunstan, the patron saints of Art and Architecture, are shown
on the left predella. In the center of each predella are buildings,
starting with medieval ones and progressing to religious and secular
ones of modern times and the atomic age. They' form a background for
symbols of the United Nations and the World Council of Churches,
showing the need for Christ by all conditions of people. The United
Nations symbol is a large disk surrounded with olive leaves. The World
Council of Churches' emblem is the sailing boat carrying a cross with
the Greek word OIKOUMENE over it, from which comes the word "ecumenical."
