St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-04
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f# On our i1rsf page 10 an article On d'n.5
cling. we have lttle space to reply, bat
simply say, that daneing never was any.
part of The Jewishritual Of worship. THO
Virgins went out ny the Red Sea very
rouch asthe women, after our Revolution,
went Out to meet Gen. Washinoto with
music and garans!s OF towers, and hymns
OF thanks giving, for or nn,ional deliver
ance. So, to-, til If sons anil daughters
went ont 10 meet La Fayv,te to do him
honor, gnl return thanks to God for or
national prosperity, "Fxaniner" ought to
remember that Michal was divine|y pun
lshcd Ter 81 akiug contemptuously Of the
{" vain fel?o"s." We do hope the "reward
Of merit " may not have descended TO this
sco1or. What sly you Examiner? Re-
member, that poor Michal, from the day
OF that wicked Speech ceased to he a
mother in Israel. There is No evidence
that the social dancing of the Jews was
confined TO religious festivals, bat if it was,
1t must st,l' have been partly for anuse~
ment, Tor people cannot dance to good
mus: C without being amused and they
did, as We usht 70 Go now, they masniied
the goodness Of God in their social amuse-
mcnts, and exited each other to cheerful
ness and confidence in His love. 1t is
probable the SEXES did not minge in dan
eng at that time, for the Jews were polyg-
amIsts and women Leyer are received as
the social equals Of men in {. country
where wives, ad infuifum, are bought aud
kept as they We're by the patriarchs and
their descendants.
We made no 'personal hits at Mr.
inman, aud the idea Of our being absurd
is a dangerous heresy. There is His Ho.
Illness the Pope, the presen, President of
these United States, and curself, who never
did DO, never. will do, and never can do
wrong, Social a'nusements ought not to
be di9orced from the wrr>hip Of God, for
" whether we eat or drink or whatever we
do, do al 10 tie glory of God,' is divine
command. It is said that'b'rds praise God
in their matin songs, but they sing for
their own amusement. The flowers praise
Him, but they bloom unconsciously. Tue
new born infant is a minister of God bring
i"g JOY, an 4 thankfulness, and gentle affec
tons into many hearts, and all innocent
mrth leads the heart in thankruness to the
gver of life and light, and all tie means of
enjoyment. 1t was doubtless, in this very
sense that David called upon the people to
praise God in tha dance. Meaning that
they should remember him at all times,
thAt they never should be so carried away
By the enjoyment Of the sit', as to forget
the giv;r.
But the daughter of Herodias danced
the head off John the B .ptist. Now, 80
to the root Of the evi! there If Herod had
not made feast, she would rot have
- danced and pleased lierod." AS The
least.makiny caused tie dancing, why not
abolish the prattice Of N king fe2sts -
Thetl, ag in, if there rad been no sol
dlerS, there would have Lean 40 ore to
execute the wicked order, a' if John had
leen in prison they could noS have
reached HIN. IF deere had been no
swords or other sharp instruments the NICK
could not haze been seTereI, and if jhcr:
had been no trcnchcrs the head cou,d nos
''ty@ been brought in one
Now, those who think there should be
n more dancing i,ec2use that was one Of
H.: a@e.,l engaged il Jvh:a:|ing John: are
to"':.', IN consistency, to insist !jat ieasts,
a'.I;@f*, jailorS, prisons and swords lie
'Urcy.r abolished.