LHS 8  (Situated  on the LHS  of the top Altar)
Depicts:- The Patron Saint of the Cathedral, "Saint. Paul."
Designed And Installed By:- Philip Handel  1979
In Memory Of:- Alan Ferguson

Biblical Significance:
Men of Athens, God is not far from any of us.
Acts 17: 22-31.
The Book of Acts, written by Luke, opens a series of windows and gives us vivid glimpses of the great moments and personalities in the early Church.

This window refers to Paul's visit to Athens. There were many altars to unknown Gods in Athens and Paul wanted them to know that God who made all things couldn't be worshipped by anything made by the hands of men.
Man instinctively longs for God and Paul told them that the days of groping in the darkness for God had gone because in Christ the full knowledge and revelation of God had come. God was close to them all and because of the Resurrection it was not an unknown God they had to deal with but a Risen Christ.  

Gift Of And Wording:- This window was a gift of Shirley Ferguson in memory of her husband Alan who died on 5th August, 1977.

The Ferguson's family history dates back to the very early days of settlement when the large original cattle stations were subdivided following the demand for land by the early pioneers about 1850's. Peter Drummond Ferguson who was an assayast selected a part of McFarlane's - Seaton Station and settled his family on a rich Glenmaggie Creek Flat called "The Meadows". From here he travelled to the Long Tunnel gold mine at Walhalla and became prosperous. His son, also Peter Drummond succeeded to the property and farmed there for many years. Later his son Alan assisted until the Second World War when he joined the army. After his demobilisation he selected an irrigation block at Nambrok and farmed there for some years. He married Shirley Sunderman whose family had also been early settlers in the Seaton district and some of the family are still on the land in that area. Alan was always a keen Anglican and served for some years as a Vestryman at St. James - Heyfield prior to retirement in Sale.

Shirley became a very hard worker for St. Paul's and served the Cathedral in many ways.  She was a member of the Cathedral Chapter for some years, the first female Lay Canon at St Paul's and did much to assist in the maintenance of the Church.

This window featuring St. Paul is one of two one in the Cathedral featuring our patron saint, (the other in the top part of the back window) It was generously donated by Shirley Ferguson in memory of her husband Alan. The window was dedicated on Sunday 3rd June 1979 by Bishop Delbridge who had taken a keen interest in its design and erection as he had seen a similar one on his recent trip to England.

The wording on the window is as follows.
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Alan Ferguson died 05.08.1977
The gift of his wife Shirley and family