| Show n KOll 1011 Some over jealous alous z sectarians profess to be much concerned about the this mom memo members bers hers of the Church h because some of ot lh th m Jn P In Innocent Innocent amusements of ot a I secular character charnet r To T co so o to the theater and to dance Are lire especially shocking to the nerves of ot sonic some of at the critic of ot the Church It Is ot of some somo Interest to notice that n a 1 ev Adams of or Bethel Dethol Coon Conn onn declares that there thero Is III a notable telling falling oft off ot In the tho membership of ot the Methodist church In the East Bast on ac account account account count of the rule prohibiting dancing and amI card rd The reason hen given Is that young ladles ledies Who do not dance Ilance nor Play cards are debarred from Crom the tue best soCiety and an 03 a n a are handicapped In the th matrimonial l race or as the reverend nd l gentleman fOX ex expressed x pressed It cannot Ret get good 1000 hu This opinion was expressed In a conference at Hanson HanlOn Place church Brooklyn and wn was applauded by b the members of ot the conference The only conclusion to be b derived from this statement is II that pastors pastor notwithstanding the rules cf of t their church chur b still lUll consider the young men me I that amuse themselves with 1111 cards and dances OB its the tho best beet society and In ns as do de desirable nimble What consistency Is there thore In ili such a view Hut this ID Is not nil all The Tho ho reverend 1 Oil according to the account told lil his hili hearers that lint mothers moth r pur He HeIy ly Iy keep Ii the tho daughters out of or the tie church C until they are oro married and settled In life lite After that they the can afford arton to 10 corn com comply ply with lie tho church rules as to amuse monte hut but ng ns ft long as liS they are not married they must keep keell away froin church and play their hand I Is III not no hypocrisy what Is It And AnI by W what argument can cun a 1 religious Justify n II code cole that thia cs dIH t Amusements form torm a n part of ot life aa us necessary ns as serious employ employment ment non I To one ono who Is U purified 1 by principles of ot the tIle Gospel recreation cnn can bo b made ns as pure puro nu III devotional exer exercises cilles Jo ro tho the Impure everything IH is Im ira Impure pure nure Amusements that tend 10 away aay care and give glo needful re r rest t t tb mind and bOll are arc both necessary ne o and to tho lie Father of ot of ot men mOil When lien Indulged In with modern lou antI and HO lie n fl as not lIot to with tho the of ot life either ther secular o A r r re they are arc helpful Tho fite of ot religious teachers ought t to tit bl boto to encourage thorn thom to II Juldo Ui ern roin n tho the proper spirit Tho Time Worst u pan pando i ido do Is to prohibit that lint which c does do s not condemn Thin The result rosult will 1111 In ti every eor CHHO bo b either elthor defiance or Q JI still hypocrisy y h A |
