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Pulpit
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Lea Memorial Pulpit and Canopy were also carved by Edward Maene from
designs by Horace Wells Sellers. The pulpit was erected in memory of George
Lea, for many years a vestryman. It was blessed by the famous Bishop Manning
of New York on the Sunday in the Octave of S. Clement in 1921. Bishop Manning’s
wife was the sister of Mr. Lea. A few years later the canopy was given by
the Lea children in memory of their mother. The pulpit was polychromed by
Robert Robbins.
The figures are:
- S. George, Patron of England
- S. Clement, Parish Patron
- S. Paul, Apostle, missionary and writer, holding pen and scroll, and sword (both a symbol of his martyrdom and a reference to his Epistle to the Hebrews: “The word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword”)
- S. Denys, Patron of France and of the Lea family, a gargoyle from Notre Dame Cathedral at his feet
- An allegorical figure, showing the Old Testament represented by the broken tablet of the Law and the New Covenant represented by a rustic cross and facing the North Wall
