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Show II tv. Father Wissel, a prominent Redemption of New York, has Get bis facn against the tiufulness of round-dancing. In tho course of a sermon in S: Alphonsua' church, last week, ho dciiattd the practice as "the drstrttytT oi hanpines, human and diviun," and en id: "Shun it, young man; do not go near any house where waliz'e n:d sitiiitar dances are allowed, (;;r y.nl ad sure as you doyou will bjcotii" a voluntiry votary to one of the iiic.iu;i which arc employed by tho devil tj ttrny you to hell. In oilier words, you will become a subject sub-ject of S.itan. Don't tell mo there is no harm in round dancing. I know btlter; I havo had experience myself, and I say here it is an abomination, and should not be indulged in." The learned theologian also has not a very good opiuiou of Now York in general. In hia opinion tho entire city, from the Battery to Central Park, and from Central P.-uk to the Harlem river, is one vast work of the devil, a conglomeration con-glomeration of sin from one end of the inland to I he other. |
