Ascension with Scenes from the Parables

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about 1872 Three-light window. Ascension with scenes from four parables of Christ: the labourers in the vineyard, the parable of the talents, the good Samaritan, and the tares among the wheat. technique: stained glass size: 55 cm (width of each light) [approx] artist: Charles Alexander Gibbs Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham west wall of the south aisle Upper left text: 'For many be called but few chosen' (Matthew 20:16;22:14); upper right text 'Well done thou good and faithful servant' (Matthew 25:21); left lower text: 'Go and do thou likewise' (Luke 10:37); central lower text: 'And a cloud received him out of their sight' (Acts 1:9); right lower text: 'But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tare' (Matthew 13:25). Dedication: In memory of William Jones of Plas Newydd d.1872 Agent on the Wynnstay Estate.  (ObjectID=1011 ImageID=2107) Original File Name=_MG_5854.jpg

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• a Samaritan tending the wounds of the traveller - the good Samaritan  [Luke 10:33-34]
• after the return of the lord the servants account for their debts and are rewarded accordingly (Christ depicted as the lord) - the talents or pounds - parable of Christ  [Matthew 25:19-30; Luke 19:15-26]
• at the end of the day the lord pays all the labourers equally; those that worked all day object - the labourers in the vineyard - parable of Christ  [Matthew 20:8-16]
• Christ ascends into heaven; apostles (and Mary) beneath  [Acts 1:9-11; Luke 24:50-51]
• while the sower and his servants slept, his enemy (the Devil) sowed tares among the wheat - tares among the wheat - parable of Christ  [Matthew 13:25]

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 269.

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