The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-05-14
1856
Christinn Dancing.

PREMIUM FOR TRACT ON DANClNG'-
A gentleman hereby Offers a premium o.
$50 for the best Tract, not exceeding
twelve pages, on the question of The
Proprieiy OF Dancing by Church Mems
bers, aud The Expectancy of Teaching it
10 our Children. Committee of Award
Rev. Stephen Fl. Tying, d. d. NewY York;
Rev, e. w. Andrews, Troy, New York;
and Rev. VIM. A. Hailock, 100 Nassau
street, New York, to either of whom
manuscripts, each accompanied by sealed
e~nvelop containing the name of the writer,
may be addressed, (post paid until Nov. /,
1876. WIN A. HALLooK.
IFWe heartily concur in the propries
ty Of the above offer, and trust i. will at
tract general attention. We trust the
tract which will receive the premium will
consider thoroughly the subject of Dane
ing, show how and why the popular a.
domination of dancing in hot, crowded
rooms, from fair bedtime 10 day light,
with a hot and heavy supper after mid>
night. alternating in fimsy garments from
an atmosphere of frost to one of steam,
tricked on, for Vanity Fair, and mixed
up with all sorts of company, ought to be
condemned and Stunned, not only BY de.
vout Christians but by all considerate hui
man beings. We believe the right sort OF
Tract would show also that there is such
a thing as innocent, heallhful, commenda-
Bile dancing, to be prac.iced in family or
social circles, with ten instead of a hun.
dred persons TO twenty feet square of room,
at seasonable hours, and for reasonable
periods only, with but a light supper be-.
fore and none at all after 1.-THE Young
dancing modeslly among their intimate
friends, with their elder relatives looking
on. We trust the Tract selected will conn
slider all kinds of Dlncing, and not sweep.
ingly, recklessly condemn the good for the
fault of the bad.
But the notice copied above suggests 10
US some other subjects on which we think
Tracts are needed subjects which are
beginning to attract the thoughts OF not a
few, and which are, like dancing. ofprac-
.icai moment. We would sugges, premi-
uns to be offered, as follows:
$40 for The best Tract on 1.-The right.
fitness and consistency Of n Christians
spending $4,000 to $4,000 a year on the
appetiies and enjoyments Of himself and
family when there are thousands o: fami-
lies within a mile of him who are com.
PEELED to live on less than 5000 a year.
$40 for the best Tract on the rightful-
ness and Christianity Of a Christians
building a house for the exclusive resi-
dence of himself and family, at a cost Of
$4,000 10 800, 900, within eight of a
hundred families living in novels worth
less than 800.
S. for the best Tract on the CHRISTIANS
ty of building Churches which cost SlO.-
900 each, in which poor sinners can only
worship on sufferance, and in the most
out~of-the-way concerns.
We would not intimate that these topics
are by any means so importan. as that of
Dlncing-far from it. The sums we
suggest will shield US from that impu:a-
tion. Yet we think these subjects may
also be discussed with profit, and, that
there may be no pecuuisry hindrance,. we
will pay the premiums if the American
Tract Society will publish the Tracts.-
". Y. Iri6uue.