MacKenzie Window

Post 1929, this stained glass window was designed by Luxfer Studio Ltd., Concord, Ontario. It is located at the North Aisle of Trinity United Church and honours two sons of parishioners who died in service during the Great War. The window was restored in 2005.

In this window a young knight in mediaeval armour holds a large broadsword passively by the blade as he turns to Jesus. The sword is similar to those engraved on stone cenotaphs across the Empire. The background of the picture, elegantly contained in Gothic style architectural filled with leafy ornamentation, is dark and ominous. Jesus is standing on a layer of cloud and both figures are next to the water, perhaps a reference to Prince Edward Island. Jesus holds in his hands a magnificent crown which he is about to offer to the young soldier, who has already begun to incline his head as he approaches.

[top]
They have fought a good fight they have finished their Course, they have kept the Faith

[above soldier]
Be thou Faithful unto Death and I will give thee a CROWN of LIFE

[left/gauche]
To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of Mary Mackenzie, died February 23rd, 1928./John T. Mackenzie died June 4th, 1929

[right/droit]
And their two Sons Lieut. Charles Spurgeon MacKenzie killed in Action May 8, 1917/ and Lieut. Theodore Cuyler MacKenzie died of wounds February 19 1919