The Osceola times., 1877-06-30
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""s oi""ioH OF ~ any way 10 dilicf
from his views concerning the dra.
ma. As 20 the Association wLiel,
he says has been assailcd by certain
vnlgarians, he informs us that il
was organized regardless of rcll-
gious crceds; yes, aud a strange
mixture il is. In it may bc every
shade OF faith, from good o,fhoJary 10
the very meaSfd biidehty. There
all meet il n fra'crnai compromise
of principle and work IN the same
cause which they say is the improve.
mcnt of society and their own
minds. Now, Is the drama the best
means of improving minI and re-
forming society," The opinion OF
good men in general is that ii Is
not. We have never witnessed any
OF their performances, but have
beard mcn who had, speak in un-
qualified terms against IT. The
dramaiics say they arc ignorant
fools who are incapable OF appre.
ciating anything of literary worth.
They are as intelligent men as the
comfy affords. Public opinion is
against the drama, and is as apt to
be right ~ the opinion of lis sup.
portcrs. We all know the dra.
ma has wrought evil noiwith.
standing the Osceola dramatics
say II has not there, hut, on the con.
irary, hns done more good (somc
say than all the preaching that has
ever been done at Osccola. Fit
has, show us the irnit! Where is
the sinner ii has convcrtedy Yea,
where is the drunkard that il has
oven relormcdY j IT is such II pow
er in working moral reforms and
accomplishing good, that IT'S sup
portcrs claim it to be, the churches
should as soon as possible turn their
Synods, Councils, Associations and
Conferences Into Drnmetic Asso
ciations and set about rcclaiming
the world from immortality aud sin,
winch now stand with insolcrcc in
the face OF the preached Gospel!
Our writer gays the original mem
bcrs were men OF Acknowledged 30
cial standing, and that the society
has zealously guarded the esprit de
corps. II he is one of the original
members, We fear the society have
succeeded too well in preserving
the moral element OF the CORPS"
Tor surely man with any moral
dignity or dcccncy would disdain
TO use such language as he does TO.
wards those men OF God who stand
up in doirnsc ofviriuo and religion.
He says that IL crusade has boen
raised against the Dramatics by the
two principal sccts in the commu
nifty, and pushed forward with more
vim, acrimony aud vindictlveness
than any crusade he has yet seen
waged in Mississippi county against
the devil himself ana then contin-
ues in the following respectful Ian
guage: whether thus actuated
and urged on by ignorance or malice
the Dramatcs care not, but for the
sake of charity prefer attribuiing IT
to the former" and claiming moral,
social and mental equality with
the best of their traducers, says
they can laugh to scorn the Will
fications nnd nnathcmas more beft
ting Billngsgatc and the Five
Points than a christian Pulplt."
Finally, to cap the climax Of auda-
cious insolencc, he advises them to
+" direct their arrows at better and
moro worthy game Now, permit
me to say those men will oppose
nothing but the work of the Devil,
and unless the Drama,ics are acting
under Divine appointment OF sane
tion, they must be actuatcd by n
worldly spirit, aud if they are thus
actuatcd, they are against religion;
for the scripture says :" The friend
ship OF the world is onmity to God
Those ministers were only warn
ing their members against beeom-
ing friendly to the world, aud while
doing so, were in the discharge of
their duty. Our author claims so.
cial. moral and mental equality |
with those whose pure characters
he assais. What do all these
amount toy They are not contend |
ing for m nrality and intelligence
merely, but for pure spiritual reli |
gion, which is rs FAR superior to
mere morality and Intelligence as
reason Is to instinct, Intelligence
viii not save n man 0Seest thou