Acts of Mercy
detail from Scenes from the Bible

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

1886 Three-light window with Ruth clinging to Naomi, the building of a synagogue and a man and a woman, probably Lord and Lady Londonderry performing acts of mercy. technique: stained glass patron: Londonderry (family) firm/studio: Ward & Hughes Church of St Peter, Machynlleth, Powys south wall of the chancel Signed Ward & Hughes London 1886. Texts: Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God (Ruth 1:16); For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue (Luke 7:5); As ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:40). Given in memory of George Henry Robert Charles William, 5th Marquess of Londonderry (d.1884) by his 'Welsh friends and neighbours'. Lord and Lady Londonderry were benefactors of the church which explains the reference to the centurion from Luke 7.  (ObjectID=1468 ImageID=4192) Original File Name=_MG_9455.jpg

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• clothing the naked - one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy  [Matthew 25:31-46]
• Naomi sends away her daughters-in-law: Orpah returns home, Ruth stays  [Ruth 1:7-18]
• the Synagogue (as building and place of worship - Jewish religion) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 154.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales