Word: saints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...copies), Christ at the Round Table, The Christ of Every Road, The Christ on the Mount, Christ and Human Suffering. In 1928 the Methodist Episcopal Church elected Dr. Jones a bishop. He immediately resigned, preferring to pursue a calling which kept him in contact wi:h Brahmin Saint Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Poet Rabindranath Tagore. the Maharaja Gaekwar Sir Sayaji Rao III of Baroda...
...applied to the Cathedral Chapter forthwith for stained glass commissions, was investigated, put in charge of all the Cathedral's glass. Drawing on his exhaustive theoretical knowledge, Lawrence Saint tried to construct an oil-pressure glass furnace at Huntingdon Valley, got nothing more than a sinister blast of smoke & flame which alarmed his neighbors. Such technical difficulties were soon smoothed by professional advice, and Artist Saint successfully produced his first batch of colored glass. Gathering a hatful of samples, he hastened abroad to make a comparison with the glass in Chartres Cathedral. Perched on a teetering, 50-ft. ladder...
Thoroughly wedded to his work, Artist Saint is in his early 50's, likes to give studio visitors bits of brightly colored glass, potters nervously about his workrooms with sparse reddish hair on end and reddish-grey beard wagging, continuously jots down memoranda, hopes someday to "write the whole Bible in living colors," works with unceasing self-criticism to see that his craftsmanship is perfect, his meanings clear. With true medieval literalism, Artist Saint likes to use genuine prodigals for his Prodigal Sons, combs missions for repentant sinners when one is needed for a window...
...Artist Saint's seven sons include Sam, 24, writer, licensed pilot and glassmaker; Phil, 23, a '"cartoonist-evangelist" who last year contributed a religious comic strip to The Presbyterian Guardian (TIME, Oct. 28); and David ("Scelp"), 19, who blossomed out as a self-taught sculptor at 15. Most commercial member of the family is Xathanael ("Thanny"),11, who has a Philadelphia Bulletin paper route. Their mother & sister keep house, supervise some 30 meals...
Deeply religious, Lawrence Saint attributes his artistic success to trust in the Lord, has for 15 years faithfully discharged his duties as elder at the Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church, rests after Sunday service, sleeps with black goggles to shield his candid blue eyes, which are abnormally sensitive to light. For recreation, he interprets handwriting and plays such hymns as Oh Happy Day that Fixed My Choice and I Was a Wandering Sheep on his mouth organ...