Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-12-16

DlCk OI LCT HOIsS HSi spun uISNAS alS
stained stresh with the soul-blood Of
manly honor. A female circus rider
always the central object Of attraction at
these dangerous eXbibitions-is morally
leprous from the crown of her head to
the soles OF her feet Every mammoth
circus bill could be truthfully printed
thus:
AT this circus we lift the veil Of de-
cency from corruption. Here Young
men are made captiyes 70 sin and head
suong passion Is presented with the
reins OF reason. Here snow white flow
ers gre blasted ami rak,sh eyes toasted
to satisfaction on lascivious tableauX.
Here boys are taught to lay the founda-
ton broadly for lie Of social shame,
and girls we'll started on career Of in
fanny. Here young and old, black and
white are trained in inwsrd immortality,
disciplined in incipient licen;iousness
and rocked in the cradle ofpublic vice.
To sit and hear man IN clownish
costume pour fourth his vulgar witticismS
-caricature ministers of the gospel
burlesque the religion OF Christ and ut
ter ever aud anon some foolish jest or
smutty satire, must necessarily impair
ones purity, dcpreciate his appreciation
OF piet, and grievc the Holy Ghost.
\ modern circus 1t is the Jerusalem
whittier the painted courtczans and
Urothelltd libertincs love TO go. Not
more eagerly and naturally do vulturcs
hy TO . carcass or ravens TO = corn field
than 90 rakes, gamblers and corrupters
of youth flow to travelling circus
You mightas well tell Of pious devil
or a gentle murder n. 10 talk OF q gen
teel circus. The whole race of these
male and female actors are moral mon
sters whose normal atmosphere In Il
centi0usucSs-whose native instinct Is
corruption and whose one mission IN
lie is apparently the assassination OF
female purity and m"rder OF manly
honor.
am aware that many very excellent
and yirtuous families patron.ze such en-
tcrtanmcnts, and tnat very frequently
LacAslidden members OF the church wan
der into the circus payllion-especially
in country towns-but assert beyond
all questions thai the grcatarny OF pat
rons represent the SCUM OF social lie,
No man or woman struggling after ho-
illness Of heart and life Will care to be
scenabout these cesspools otmoral death.
\ circus actor. No honest tear Will
ever moister his grave. None will en-
balm his name among fragrant memo
rics. But rs his soul hurries from the
tended Elysium OF poisoned pleasure to
pcrditon, It's welcome shall be the
shricks of ruined youth and Hell will
clap with joy its hands of flaming retri-
button As one more assassin OF youthful
innocence plungcS into its hot embrace.
In an;ithesis to the circus pavilion, |
point YOU to ihe tent of COTS hrdd,ths
sanctuary ofhs LorG, House.
The christian church OF Gods Secret
Pavilion" in which David asplred to be
hid The lovcliest young men of earth
find to-day moral security and oupcrla
tive happiness beneath It's shadow. Its
floors are graced with The pure assocla-
ted together for holy purposes. Its
membership, born of the spirit, love one
another and administer mutual sym
pathv, rebuke and prayer. Its throngs
worship the Lord in the beauty Of holi-
ness. Its ordinances are impressive,
and advantageous. In It's communion
| would have each young man OF this
large gecongregation sing with DR. Dwight:
''I love toy church, . God,
Her wan. before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple Of thine eeys.
And craven ou thine hard
For her my tear, shall fall
For her M prayers ascend
To her my tolls and cares hegiven,
TIL toll, and cares shall end
\ fourth trap for the soul against
which warn young men, Is
TIE TKOTrING TRACK
County Race Courses are often called
Trottng Tracks. \ race course and
trottlng track are twin brothers III
mission nofdestruction. ! can see no diff
ference between patronizlng the Jerome
races where Longfellow, Patchcn,
Hclmbold, Lucy, ,Goldsmiths Maid and
other celebrated swift horses run, and
patronizing county trotting track to
witness trials of speed for purse Of mo-
ney, between horse. that move more slow
Is over the turf, because nature and
art have rendered better speed inpossi-
bic.
God never made horse to be raced.
He made him to plow the hclds-to
transport produce to inland places,-to
guide the glittering reaper through the
ripencd grain,-to bear his rider like
Jobs war horse over the field OF battle,
to carry the postInan and his mail
from village to village. God never msde
him to trot I mile in two minutes and
twenty seconds, and for such cruelty 20
animals, God viii hold men 10 q strict
account
The world over horse-r.ceins is pub
licly condemned. About race track 10
usually congregated the graduating
class tor Perdition. Those found at the
ball room, circus and card table are on
ly Freshman, Sophomores aud Juniors
in the College Of Moral Rum Apopu-
lar race brings out the whole Senior
class. In the Py,hian and Olympic
races Of classic Greece there was sense.
These where held from patriotic motiyes
There the flower Of their young men
were trained for physical endurance,