The President of the Church will say:
"We desire to ordain you and install you. . . . We look to you by your life and your prophetic voice to promote truth and righteousness in the world. . . ."
The church members will rise and repeat: "We the congregation ... do hereby ordain you. . . ."
Next week, in this simple ceremony at the First Unitarian Church of Essex County (Orange, N.J.), Pierre Van Paassen, anti-fascist and best-selling author, will become a Unitarian minister. Van Paassen will not have a church. He plans to write and preach throughout the country in the...
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