The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-06
Text:-"Lovers OF pleasure more than lovers Of
GUa."-1l Timothy. III, I.


,rsndeur above no. The sense Of
fearing IL RECALLED with the music Of
'lrds, the signing winds and the mel
'ncholy muru.ur OF falling leaves.
The seas, the forest. the Vegetable
contribute to the pleasure
II taste. Pleasures come from Hea'
70 and are enjoyed every moment.
he pleasure Of food contributes to
,ur physical life. the pleasure Of
to our social life. and the
pleasure Of faith to our spiritual life.
rhe world Of nature and the word Of
God are crowded with pleasing invi'
,stions to fields Of pleasure. The
Wild woods bounding with game In
vite the huutsmen with his ringing,
merry horn, yelping dogs. and pranc'
lng steed; the streams alive With the
flnuy tribe invites the fisherman
With baited hook-and the word Of
God invites the pi0us soul to feast on
lts exceeding great and precious
D promises. Our Creator affords every
possible pleasure q ptous soul could
des're, and all pleasures sought In
means 10 an evidence Of Sin.
We are to enjoy the world and Oil
our Creator has given Ne, but We are
not to enjoy the gift more than the
giver.
The world 10 seeking pleasure 10
one OF two ways, one class are seek:
ing pleasure entirely In the things Of
the world, In money. political promo
ton. or sinful amusements; while
the second class ind their greatest
pleasure, their purest joy 10 tho Ger.
vice OF the true and living God. We
propose to speak OF these two glasses
Of pleasure, to show the folly and ein
IN the siuiul pleasures OF the world !;
and to show the high. holy and
permanent pleasures AFFORDED the
soul both In time and 10 oter.
nifty inIthe masters service. ! can.
in this short service only call your
attention to . few OF the most prom.
inent sinful anu sements. but enough
" / ' know y? you viii agree With mo
when / cay that ] am not Q candi.
date for popular isvors, when ] IN
dertake to convince people that the
very thing they are doing 10 wrong.
One OF the great difficulties 10 con.
Vincing people Of these evils lies IN
the fact that they will not hear the
subject discussed, there are many
church members who will stay o far
SWy from church ~ possible II It 70
announced that their minister 10 70
preach against some darling sin OF
theiro and II they should happen 70
be IN church while these sins ere b.
inq uniOlded 10 tho light Of Revels-
ton they harden their hearts against
the thrlth, clearly showing That i
their ways are wrong they don't wish
70 know Il. But let % notice these
sinful amusements seriatim.
BASE BALL: It SCENE TO be under
stood that I am uniriendly to the
aame OF base ball, but such o not the
fact. I look upon It % an innocent
Amusement, we'll adapted to develop
bone and muscle, to give vlgor and
tone 70 the physical man; but what
I have and shall ever object TO 10 de.
eecrating the Sabbath with this OF
anv other exercise, one evil leads 70
another, violating the Sabbath leads
to gambling. and that 70 tntempe'
rance. I noticed 10 one Of our jour
nails this year that on the L0rd'a
HOLY Sabbsth there were three hun.
dred people on the base ball grounds
gambling over Q keg OF beer, while
m Investigation into tho number ol
Deople attending the four churches
UPON that day revealed tho ed tscl
that Including Catholic, Episcopel,
BaptiSt and Methodist oil put TO-
oether there we're only l55, and THU
Including men women and Children
There are but few person compare
lively speaking IN this city but Whsl
belonged to one Of these churches
and profess to be followers Of the
meek and lovely Jesus. We leave
the fruit to be examined honestly
And CAV whether those $40 were ''l0v
ers OF pleasure more than lovers ol
God"
TIE DANCE: I an quite sure iron
observation that this 0inful emuoe
mont which belongs moro 70 the pes
age 10 rapidly passing away lton
our civilized society, every wave o.
religious revival sweepg It farther %
there 10 not one tenth tho depoinC
nov there Was ton years ago. and j
| ministers and churches do their dut!
you will scarcely hear Of tho dsncl
Ten years from today. ! have Ions
endured for any reason iogIthis anu
oenient OF any practical argument II
| its favor, but have found none. Il i
not Coutendod BY Ito votaries that I
| confere eny useful knoWledge, OF 90!
| deoire for mental improvement, Of
any means Of support; % tho con
| trary, 1t b confessed that It foster
| idleness, iriyolity, end prQdlgallty
And un9ts IT, yotaslee tor the domea
tic duties Of life. Some cay tho
dancing should be taught 10 Civ
poetry Of motion, but ] have alvey
learned that the most ns.Qrsl gait !
the most graceful, how ridiculous, 4
have cur children 10 . bell shut NJ
With Q dancing mesteS teaph@n9 then
like \ set Of little epee, putting o.
airs. Poetry Of motion indeed. ii
4 sufficient argument aSajost dane
inR that 10 yeco[do 80 stained W.