This lecturn was to the left of the nave. The minister who was hanging out talking to tourists explained that it had been given to them on the 100th (or was that 150th?) anniversary of the Declaration of Independance (or something like that). The donor was some high autority in the Old World. It was a very beautifully designed piece, with lots of symbolism in the details. For example, the world is supported by an Eagle and a Lion, the Eagle symbolizing the USA and the Lion symbolizing the English Crown. I sort of think it would have made more sense to put the Eagle under the new world, but the sculptor obviously didn't see it that way.