With Remembrance Day coming up, I though it was timely to profile the
links between the Royal Military College of Canada and St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kingston) in e-veritas (alumni journal everitas.rmcclub.ca).
The church features two stained glass windows, in a similar style, dedicated to RMC and Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Check out the photos on the first website listed.
Cheers,
E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003)
Did you know?
A stained glass window at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (1889), 130
Clergy St., Kingston features the Arms of the Royal Military College
of Canada. The window includes the line 'Dulce et decorum est pro
patria mori' by Roman lyrical poet Horace's Odes (III.2.13) which
translates as: "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country."
A companion window, in a similar style, includes the text 'to the
glory of God and in immortal memory of officers, noncommissioned
officers and men of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery who fell in
action the Worlds War 1914-18'. It includes the motto 'quo fas et
glorius ducunt' wich translates as "Whither Right and Glory Lead."
St. Andrew's played a key role in the history of Kingston. The
congregation and leadership of St Andrew's supported the establishment
of Queen's University (1840). The second St. Andrew's minister,
Reverend John Machar, served as Principal of Queen's University from
1846 to 1853. St Andrews features many stained glass windows
commissioned from Castle and Sons, many of them dating back to the
building of the Romanesque Revival style second church in 1889.
Readers are encouraged to check The Rock and The Sword (2004) by Dr.
Brian S. Osborne or contact the serving ministers Chris & Marie Walker
for a much more complete history of St. Andrew's.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiless/...760781/detail/
http://www.standrewskingston.org/
http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Ontar...spx?ItemID=780