Our amusements should be characterized by their wholesome social environments. We should know that the pleasures which we enjoy are such as have upon them the stamp of divine approval. . . . Amusements which, in themselves, and in commendable social surroundings, may be proper and wholesome, should be avoided unless associates are unquestionable and the places are reputable and are conducted under proper restraints. There are limits in our recreations beyond which we cannot safely go. They should be guarded in character and curtailed in frequency to avoid excess.
All excess is detrimental.
Temperance should govern in everything. Amusement is not the purpose of life, it should be indulged in only by way of variety When people accustom themselves to constant or oft-repeated rounds of pleasure, the true objects of human existence are forgotten and duty becomes irksome and detestable. Profanity and vulgarity are gross sins in the sight of God. Language, like thought, makes its impression and is recalled by the memory in a way that may be unpleasant if not harmful to those who have been compelled to listen to unseemly words. Thoughts that in themselves are not proper may be exalted or debased by the language used to express them.