This panel depicts a woman missionary with a cluster of native children in a rural setting. The woman is holding up a flower revealing God through the beauty of nature. At her feet is a basket of fruit, and many of the surrounding shrubs are in flower. In the apex of the window, at the top of the panel, the Holy Spirit is represented as coming down in the form of a dove. The image is one of idyllic peace and beauty—a blessed country regarded favourably by the Spirit of God. This is Maynard's theme of Beauty at its simplest; a view of Eden and innocence, the origin from which all else flows. |