This window was given in memory of the Rev. Ame Vennema, D.D.,
fourth president of Hope College (1911-18). The donor is unknown.
(left) A stern-faced Apostle Paul is depicted
delivering a now famous speech at Mars Hill: 'Now what
you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim
to you. The God who made the world and everything in it
is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples
built by hands.'
(right) The Apostle Peter is depicted holding the key to
the kingdom of heaven while his other hand is held in submission
over his heart. A distinct difference
from other portrayals in these windows is Peter’s bushy white beard and
curly white hair. Story has it that an early sketch of Peter was rejected by
the college because he had been drawn thin, scrawny and bald-headed.
The symbols, from left to right, are The Chalice, The Winged
Torch, and The Holy Bible.