The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-03-04
METH0DISTS AT A DANCE.
fAsTOH sCdOCh AND HIS SUNDAY
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

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TSey are Called Csve.aa, breakers He.
cause the, kena,nes a. n Party vb,,.
che Y.uns Folks D,rccd-1rsuk,s Ahead.
AsBUnY PARK, March 3.-The people here
are In Q high stnte OF excitement over tho
question OF dancing. and n row has been raised
over the subject which Is dividing Thorn into
two ~fsctions, and threatens the future wsl,nre
Of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, In
Grand and First avenues. Last week the sig.
ma Zeta Literary Society Of the High School.
which IL composed OF graduates and pupils.
held . reunion at the West End Hotel. william
B. Ireland. the principal OF the school. Is also
the Superintendent Of Public instruction of
this school district. He belongs to the First
Church. and IL superintendent OF It's Sunday
school. The Rev. II. b. SHOCK, tho pastor Of
the church. and Superintendent ireland were
both present at the reunion. The tables were
cleared from the dining room and the mem.
bers Of the society and their friends danced for
about four hours. The Shore Press published
a report Of tho affair. The Rev. DR.. Adam Wal.
lace. an old Methodist minister, and now one
OF the members Of the Board OF Trustees of the
Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, is tho
r nS ppe HIP Mr, e Seo sannaI signed .ps
emit ireland sad Pastor schock for being pres
ont during The y sSn,ing. hs said:
With the supsrintsnden Of his sunday School
that either OF them did this. at Toast We ph"ps
tIhoy did not; blu, the distinction between
dancing snSr ths% e; X. a and fivins 'hY 1L pressneS
::You might a. we'll eat the devil as to lr .aIE' his
broth Another query, arises: How. do
s sna Il, msmserssreseenssihissr their si4e cunGSs' si'S
y! .s:, shs sS;iS = .s sSS sss sSsP ~ fss, s ~ ssis% s1Ia
win iii covsisus desires Of The same n e.S and Wo ear.
not follow or be led by them.' And further.
that they would Dc chesriuliy governed by the
Eples OF the @sthodist EplseopaI Church. In
the chapter OF ths Discipline under the head OF
.Unchristiun Conduct are named 'DancinI,'
,A!iending dancing parties. horse races Re.
rule Just quoted mean anything. tho only con-
clusinn We can form lsa,those who violate thon
This communication caused no little feeling
among the mombers OF the sigma 2sta Society,
many Of whom belong, to Mr.. hrhocE's church.
s Sns i5,,, i NIX tiSES H. I., / wa, an oairass to
IN Mse 4 e NJ oas ne ani e - t z pr"}ss, !. q, the limo
tain ment. where the evoiutions OF u LOT Of
pretty, mtidens were directed b. Prof. John L.
sSsninS dress aAH Theyy ~ 1' cse. . was WA In 10 i o1i
eaniEe a society which viii give dances at pri.
minister. made public In The Wr,s Jprssv iEiJ.-
ton signed "A Crank" The writer says:
the strangOst Of all Is tue fact that the
clergy seem to wink at. II not openly sanction,
this indiherepce 70 ~churchly restraint. In
the Sigma Zeta Literary Society Of the A.hury
Park High School. one Of the chief attractions
OF which Ia the dance. The invitations were
issued by a clergyman's daughter. and the oc-
casion. was graced by tho daughter OF another,
a. we'll as the son OF still another, while his
IatQer WAS DFofont 10 CONtrltutpt 70 tho inieraut
Of tho occasion. a. well ns witness the dancing,
in which his son was engaged. and which. We
learn from on. Of our focal pagers, WINS the
real tun Of the evening" and was continued
for nearly four hours. add to this the fact that
ano'her clergyman recently gave countenance
This caused another outbreak Of feeling.
Zeta Literary Society are anxiously and ener-
g~stically trying to ferret out the authors OF tho
two communications.
The ReX Henry Betting, the pastor OF St.
to Presiding Elder Mofe,t OF the New Bruns-
ferenee th1t ne shouuld prefer charges agalns,
ter to him. expressed the wish that Brothers
Eslting ani Scbuck would b. abba to come 10
an amtcable settlement OF all their personal
diherencee before the Conference meets In
Camden the. week after next. Pastor Betting |
wrote back that he and Brother Schock had no
that Brother Schock had brought reuroach
uron the Church bv going to tho dancing re-
union, Pastor Schock Ia calm and unm6ved.
Many members o! his church say that the rule |
about DANCING is played ont" and a. Brother
Schock did not dance he committed no wrong.