Dancing has ruined millions of lives. There are 800,000 fallen women in houses of correction in the United States. The Chicago Vice Commission says that 75 percent of these women attribute their downfall to the dance. The average life of a fallen woman is only five years. This means that there are hundreds of thousands of new recruits for the underworld every year.
Dancing permits indecent familiarity between the sexes.
Such familiarity, which would not be allowed otherwise, breeds lust which leads to the sins of adultery and fornication so prevalent among modern dancers. The dance ruins one's influence for good. The Christian who plays with dancing or indulges in dancing is always open to reproach, and never fails to bring down upon himself the censure of good people. One cannot take Christ with him when he goes to a dance. Let Thy blessing rest upon this in which I am about to engage.