The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-07-25
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the Examiner and Baptist Reei %sers-444
astsI hase been yoEihg. ans ami n6x odd
and have discovered great need Of finding
hpHe entertainment for youth about me
Dancing ID d natarM expression OF pleas-
urs DR. ieyl ffany kind eeitaaer laTiitasA Or
spiritaalr Itiselso q gems erator of joy. i4
the glow and excitement which pleasant
exercises OF my descfi ptibh aff0fd. =, fF'''
tssS5W ifasksd the ineaning of the paa4
mges A. kiina to danCeas 1s, should sagIg IL
stood there, because there i a time 10
dance as well as a time TO die,s and 81
time to weep ,.iofT should way the time "a
dance i on theoeyahipggofa rainy day.
whsn all;ths family would have tue blues
| for want of exercise. An hour OF tWU
| dancing, after tea, would send them t'5
their rooms cheerful, happy and If ChGi&
tiansa grateful, and dsgout, ilsatead of
dolefu1, and :, discoptented with home
and home friends f1 s+A'. - '' !'''''''
sEfT should say "a time, to- dance was
any timsgill the day or tsfsTs TN o'clock
at night for all Young women engaged
| in sewing, drawing, designing, or other
sedentary en1pi0yinents, Chat; theg' may
have vitality Ilongh i'm their blood to
bless God, rejoice. With, instead Of .groan-
ing over doubts and fears, begotten. often
| by wretched state Of health "A time
20 dance ,iss SsheAyou take Fifty or y hual+
dred children to the woods on O piG-nic
or excursion; or when shut up on board
Of d ship for weeks together !; or for pa
tignts of a hospital when they, nre eans
| yalescent or when ~ SON. husband, broth
/ er, or friend comes home safe, and with
honor. from the war. Wfien peace ID es-
tabfished, and slavery h abolished, shall
be- To- time, to dance and It Will 4he re
ligious dancing, according to the feelings
and emotions TO thu hearts Of those en-.
New r.. No o. one can look % on Z ssae e.
ingas here described, and OF the eleven
| commandments, including the SaVlonrs
awn new commandment, and ast make
It out breach Of either OF them t1 ,,,l.e me
| real and only difficulty i the great .tas. .s:
eiaad doa of thIs aInusement which ren- a,
ders it so difficult Of contoi. ct Scotch
Presbyterians have danced for centuries;
Swiss Calyenists dance before their own
| cottage doors French peasants dance,
and sleep with quiet conscience; and
| cannot We Americans learn an equal
| am onntsof self-contfoiitf such" tfilattefsf
| There are one or two items worthy
| of note in the Bible view of the Questions
| First, she historic dancings named is not
condemned, but the sidolatFy or aiicens
tiousness connected with it. Now, that
dancing and sin have gone hand'And
| glove from the beginning OF 4 he world
needs no proof; but SO has music .atada
sin, eating and sin. What We "antls an
eye clear enough to discover chat and
,ohicA is the si,., aud 'stFength of will or
grace. enough to leaye the one While
talking to the ether,l ssetal ..rz .yE :,
'In the glorious lists OF graccS and
virtues named by the various Apostles,
,as the ffAaits of the Spirit, dancing ~
not nanaed as one of them, theretpre,
have no faith in religious dancing; but
neither is it named IN any list of the fruits
of the erT1tuf 4ataf.N The just Inference,
| then. seems that it had ,ini itsaf no: @araf
| character whatever, and that its right o.
| ,rroaq its dependent altogether upon
| circumstances St's '". s''
- ..tNbte also, that Solomon nlaSesf no
mention, of.a time 70 ie,' or . time, 70
! blaspheme.t or q time to be drunk =
real itfloralftiees. The fact is. TIE stf,5 feet
of tc hut il sin, and i4oisat il not, is. st1h
Greatly Observation-Disclosures OF men M
~
Yhose conciences are quite easy w1llc
| tf,ose, Who reap down. theft fields receive
lfaught for then work would be horror
stricken to see a son or daughter slli piping
about the parlor to the music OF the pA4tho.
Hundreds Of woman will Keep girls work
inv II, their kitche en- cooking heavy diners
on III Satlath, whip would be shocked not
to lie seem IN their own seats In the church
themselves. !. AMI yet have never pointed
one soul to Christ during all their life,
and not feel condemned " "'.''st
sas2-+Whe en shall We cease tithing mint and
pummun, and attend to the weighler
matters of the law?, ,+-,...,. -
~'Ieto all young persons take especi"ll
notice that ! make no plea or excuse for
i,ulls, nla%k esly ballss seNlRMslve dressing.
and aiway$ 1lduning9 about drrss, .late
Hours, aiid being so fatigued by 'rsfrea4
Etfon' as to require, perhaps, more thau
FAN the next day to. recover from 1t. II lis'
ting in and foF pleasure, IN anny form or
ikhape,. Il often enough itondefh ned b0tll
tby. Moses and C4Irisa; bat learn S0Unsl
friends, TO use the world az your own
and chfist's ssefrq,H resisting all It's at.
ftent}ts!tb owe rcome. "'$.'% .*>'' .s' ''.'-s
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