Connecticut western news., 1885-04-22
FOR SUNDAY READING.
SOMETHING TO COMMAND ATTEN-
 TION ON A DAY OF REST.
God the SpIrTf-InternatlOnnlS Sundnyssc LessOns-why They do not 50 10 Chnrch-TalmaEe oh Roller Skating, EfcG, Etc.
TALMAaE ON ROLLER SKATING.


 The Rev. Dr. Talmage said Sunday that roller skating eclipsed coasting, croquet, football, lawn tennis, and slid ing by moonlight on pond. It had an advantage over the gymnasium in that it was more exhilarating. It was good for all men to take one hour & day for roller skating. It would bring back light to the eye and strength to the body. It drove away neuralgia and nervousness. 5z--- ,'s
 "But let us have," he continued, "no more of the vulgarity aud immodesty of young girls alone on the streets. They should be chaperoned by mother, father, brother, or one who has right to do it. If young man tips his hat to young lady in a rink and is not acquainted with her the proprietor must lead him to the front door. If those well-dressed devils we see on the streets and sometimes at church doors should get ju9tice done them there would be more honest amusements and purer merriment. Let not brilliant lights and exciting music tempt to prolonged exer- else. At the door of every place of amusement stands group of pneumo- nias, waiting to escort you to the sepul- chre. Filtration is damnation. When in Broadway, New York, or in Fulton street, Brooklyn, I see at the evening hour daughters of respectable families, whose conspicuous behavior is intended to attract masculine observation, hor- TOT goes through my soul. If had voice loud enough to reach from the Penobscot to the Rio Grande I would say Irritation Is damnation.
 Meanwhile let the old people remem- Der that they were once young. Rheu- matism is incompetent to give law to solid ankles. People who have the taste of the old before they reach thirty years bore the life out of prayer meet ings, and disgust the world with the cant of religion. God made boys and girls, and gave them tastes to be grati- fled. Their bodies need strengthen ing."
 WHY THEY DON'T GO TO CHURCH.
 Rev. Charles H. Eaton took for the subject of his Sundays sermon "Why Do Not Young Men Go to Church ?" He said that, in answer to this question, many explanations had been given by young men who did not attend services. Some of the explanations were frivolous or given in chaff, as, for instance, one young man said that he did not go be- cause his sweetheart did not, and an- other that the church was too cold in winter. The speaker then reviewed some of the more serious objections. Among them were that there was too much caste in the churches, that Chris tians were insincere and hypocritical and that services were too lengthy and ser mons too dull. Other young men replied that they remained away from church because they were skeptics or out-and-out disbelievers in Christianity, while others still claimed Sunday as a day for recreation after a weeks hard work, and believed churches to be places for women only.
 The preacher said there was not more caste in the church than elsewhere; that Christians, while not claiming perfec. tion, were, as rule, sincere; that the services were not too lengthy; that the majority of sermons were not dull; that church attendance did not prevent young men having rest and recreation on Sundays, and that if women did go to church in greater numbers than men it did not prove that this performance oi one's duty to God was unmanly.
 In speaking about those who assal re- ligion, he referred to Robert Ingersol as a wonderful word painter and elo quent orator and as 8 shrewd politician and good lawyer, but denied that he had received sufficient training in re Iigious matters to set himself up as ar expert on the merits or demerits ol Christianity. | 4OD THE SPIRIT.