Unordained

The little Luther Memorial Church, in West Philadelphia, has a faithful pastor, one Julius F. Seebach. This summer, the Rev. Mr. Seebach took a much-needed holiday in Europe. No other preacher was engaged. Instead, Mrs. Julius Seebach, long rumored to have been the author of her husband's eloquent sermons, took the pulpit. Irritated female parishioners filed a protest with the Rev. Frederick H. Knubel, President of the United Lutheran Church.

Said Mrs. Seebach: "I see no reason why I should discontinue occupying my husband's pulpit. I am doing no more than students who take pulpits but are not ordained ministers. I am not assuming pastoral duties. I shall only preach."

Said President Knubel: "It is true that an unordained person may fill a pulpit. . . ."