Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-05
ANTI-DANCING.
A MOUNT JOY PKEAOhEK'S PhIi.LariC


He Dsscourses Of the 0addy and voluptuou,
Amusement Of the Modern Times and
Scores IL Vigorously.
In anticipation of . sermon on Dane
ing" which had been announced to be
preached from the pulpit of the Methodist
Episcopal church. of Mount Joy, there wal
q perceptible increase in the attendance on
Sunday evening. There were present a
thin sprinkling of young ladies and gen
tlemen who INDUCED in the seasons fes-
tivities which were numerous in the bor-
Ough beyond precedence. The may pleas.
ure attracted few from that particu-
lar flock, but to both Christian
and sinner the good parson presented
his argumentative sermon against it. The
pastor, Rev. Charles Roads, took for his
text COlossiaus I'LL, II: Whatsoever
ye do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
and the Father by Him." His remarks
he made in candor and he wanted the
congregation to accept them in that spirit.
He applied what he had to say to both
Christian and sinner, az Gods law was
applicable to all. The mere fact that the
one had entered into a covenant did not
make him more liable to walk in
the paths Of rectitude than the other,
who. If he has not given promise, must
at any rate not commit moral offenses.
Having clearly designated the offenses he
vigorously assaulted them. In dancing he
made three grades, par!or, select and
public balls of the lowest order, and to
each of which he objected. There was
close relation between them, the first
being the doorway leading from bad to
worse. Its infatuation he put on q par
nit <lo 70 e e. H.. 4.
The alleged artistic worth he ridiculed.
The square dances were Let SO bad as the
polka or the maZOurka, but each
he had . horror for, and by the time
he came to the waltz his soul was burning
with indignation as he exclaimed, I" Let
us hoot it from America, baDish it from
our shores, back to giddy France and
voluptuous Germany where it orig sinated."
He had conversed with church members
who would rather leave the church and go
to another than quit dancing. To such
he would say, "GO, 20. but before you
join be sure that you repent" To the
opinion that the Bible sanctions dancing.
he explained that dancing is modern and
traced the different kinds to their origin.
The Bible does not specially oppose the
running of trains on Sunday, yet it is
wrong so to do. And besides that in the
time of David the dancing was of differ
ent nature, for different purpose, and
the men danced alone and the ladies too. |
The reverend gentleman gave the subject |
considerable study, and spoke very intelli |
gently Of it. His manner impressed one |
with his earnestness and conscientious |
duty which he is performing. Next week |
he will attend conference. and the proba- |
bility is that he will get another charge, as
he has been at Mount Joy two years, SO
that any unharmonious relations between
pastor and layman that may occur will
not interfere to jar the harmony of the
congregation.
Borough News
l. N. S. Will, late a clerk of the state
department, formerly a clerk in the county |
commissioner Office, is teaching the |
Florin school.
On Sunday evening. John Good, aged |
about so years, a plasterer by trade, died |
of consumption at his house in Mt. Joy |
borough. He leaves q wife and several
children.
On Friday evening Miss Catharine
Rohrer, aged 81 years, died at her home |
on Marietta street, Mount Joy. She was
q niece of Jacob Rohrer, the founder of
Mount Joy, and sister of Mrs. Abraham
Strickler with whom she lived for a num-
Der of years prior to her death. She was
member of the New Mennonite church,
and her funeral took place on Monday
forenoon burial in the Mount Joy ceme |
terry.