The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1885-05-07

The Rev. j. v. baundefbs Ne" Ae-A
oity pastor. talked TO his congregation
sunday Of the spiritual Herils Of roller
skaiinr. His text was Il . twenty-ninth
verse of the seventh chapter Of Ecclesi-
asies: s.T,o. this only have I found that
God hath made man upright but they
have sought out many Inventions.
Durinr the discourse he said: "a new
nafh Of wickedness has been opened Tor
Ire Young and thoughtlsss to walk into,
ana h Il crowded always. A new Temp
fation that Is more deadly than the gam
hing hell. the theatre, the saloons or
even the unwholesome literature that Is
often seen, has sprung up and Is Hour
ishine in our city and IN nearly every
other city and town and hamlet A. our
land. fIf
sT refer to the roller skating rink, for
which there is q craze just now. II "a an
evil that SO craxes people that every
other thought is driven away from them.
"a roller skating sin During the past
week number of yourg men and women
have asked me that question, and 4 will
endeayor to answer It now. Everybody
admits that il Is either doinga great deal
Of harm or great deal Of good. Two
great events have occurred during the
past week. One was the inaugural on
OF President Cleveland and the other was
the skating carnival at the Madison
SQUARE Garden. didn't go to Wash
inrton. because didn't help Cleveland
10 get there and thought he could get
along without me / didn't 30 to see
the skating. because did not think it
proper that l should. / hear that the
young have been there pitching, rolling
and tossing around. When the pugilis
tic craze was ripe / heard that good
MANY Christian persons we're effected by
Il. This was brutal craze, but SO far
as real sinfulness was concerned, it was
far better than the present craze.
aI,et us look at the men who were In
the late race. hear that one OF them
AZ least is so worn out in body as to re-
semble corpse, while the rest are not
much better CO. Looking at it from q
financial standpoint, the racers have
made nothing. The successful ones
were the managers or proprietors, who
would not care If the men who brought
the money into their pockets suffered the
torsures Of the damned.
ssYou can hang skates all over you and
not commit sin, and skating on them
at proper times and In proper places and
with proper companions, cannot be
termed sin either. It Is the abuse Of
the practice that condemn. My
heart was sick and my ear was
panied when / heard that q church
had to set apart big room for q
roller skating rink to help pay the salary
OF its pastor. thought then that the
church should be called The Church Of
the Holy Rink. All classes and kinds
Of Young men and women gather togeth-
er at these Kinks, and, under the inspira.
ton Of street band, yell, shout and
tumble about, and set all ideas OF pro-
prieiy at defiance. The apparent harm
iessness Of the amusement Is what rem
ders IL 80 harmful. It bears on it,
face an aspect Of innocence thai
lures the guiltIess and innocent to ruin.
Every fact is against it. An Officer
whose duties led him much into skating
Kinks has told me many terrible stories
about them. He said that he had known
Of many cases Of immortality growing on
Of them. Physicians say the exercise Il
often injurious to the very young or the
physically weak. / have heard under
takers say that they have buried persons
whose deaths were caused by the Kinks
"a pastor Of one Of our churches told mi
that six ladies', members Of his congre
cation. have been lured from his churcl
by the Kinks. Just think Of the indeli
cacies committed by young men VIII
teach young women 70 skate, rounl
women are compelled to associate viii
persons IN rink that they would abhol
outside Of one. The evils growing on
Of skating Kinks are constantly increas
ing II you want exercise go out In tn
fresh air and get II, and, mark me well
when tell yoa that much sin and n
good comes from the roller skatini
Kinks"
BEEoHKR ON SYMBOLS.
Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher discusse
on Sunday the use Of symbols and form
Is aids in religion. These we're anon
the things he said:
ssWhen Mr.. Cleveland took his moth
er's Bible and, extending it to the Chic
Justice Of the United States, took tn
oath Of Office on it; was not that Bible
beautiful symbol ? Did it not say
everybody. sBy the truth Of the Gospel
by the truth Of God that gave to us thl
Word, I swear to discharge faithhsll
the duties Of my Office and tie Bib
was the symbol that stood 70 ratify an
solemnize it I"
''In regard to human conduct, tn
word Of the Lord is, If men do nc
reach the ideal end for which they wer
born; the tree does not come to som
kind Of fruit, all that is subordinate :
that-g0od enough IN IL place -ha
failed. come to nothing.
ut il not enough that men are scrI
pulous IN their dealings; it Is not enou9
that they are just; man must reap th
fruit Of his organization By having
5isposition like God, and that i the dil
position Of love, Of benevolence. A
the religion Of the earth chat lacks swet
disposition Is barren.
Ceremonies are very pretty, pieasan
fhinas-priests in their robes, crosieu
vestmenfs. white, black, and scarlet
an very well IN their way. Nobod
ouaht 70 find any fault with them uniei
they are substitutes. Il there Is az
education IN them, If they help the IN
aqfnation. alI very good But the o.
thing that must control everything Ell
4 fhe fruit; ell the rest are leaves