Unison Affirmation
(recited every Sunday during the Worship Service since 1929.)
Unto the Church Universal,
Which is the depository of all ancient wisdom,
And the school of all modern thought;
Which recognizes in all prophets a harmony,
In all scriptures a unity,
and through all dispensations a continuity;
Which abjures all that separates and divides
And always magnifies humanity and peace;
Which seeks truth in freedom, justice in love,
And individual discipline in social duty;
And which shall make of all persons, sects, classes, nations, and races,
One Beloved Community;
Unto this church and unto all its members,
Known and unknown throughout the world,
We pledge the allegiance of our hands and hearts.
~ Keshab Chandra Sen, 1895