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...effort; his ideals, no matter how laboriously he is trained and sheltered, remain those of a clown...
...That Big Clown." Seeking well-known names for his pulpit, Glenesk has lured to Spencer speakers as different as Theologian Paul Tillich and India's agnostic ex-Defense Minister Krishna Menon. His own arts-conscious sermons are more likely to refer to Edward Albee than to Cain and Abel...
...professional teacher, actor and social worker before his ordination. He was called to Spencer in 1955. It was then a staid little parish faced with the prospect of expanding or closing shop. Much to the dismay of oldtimers at Spencer-one of them calls him "that big clown clunking around the church in leotards"-Glenesk decided to make a play for the newcomers in Brooklyn Heights, many of them arts-conscious, church-shy refugees from Greenwich Village. Glenesk has lost some veteran members of the congregation, but he has also brought to Spencer hundreds of people who never before bothered...
ratings with care, But Clown Jerry Lewis was still...
...sizzle. Still the clown no doubt thought...