The Eagle Lectern was given in memory of Cicero H. Lewis by his 11 children in 1898. Lewis was a prominent Portland merchant, a long-time Trinity vestryman, and was married to Clementine Couch, the second daughter of Captain John Couch and Caroline Flanders Couch. A son, David C. Lewis, was the architect of our current church, and a daughter, Francis Lewis Fairbanks, donated the altar in our current church.
The eagle, a symbol of St. John the Evangelist, sits atop a crown, symbolizing the sovereignty of Christ. All four evangelists are symbolically depicted on the panels around the base of the lectern: St. Matthew, the winged or divine man; St. Mark, the winged lion; St. Luke, the winged ox; and St. John, the eagle.
The lectern was made by J&R Lamb Studios in New York.
