The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-01-05
Amnsements Q Natter Of Con
SCIENCE and Education of
the Heel.
The Preachers Speak Out in
Meetin' Last Night to Large
Audiences-The News.
papers Scored.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

R.v. J. s. Tyers faced roEsin /.
audieu las, night at the Christi II
churs corr rl Sege - 4-a hlazsa-
chusol.- z.--..s.
The Zee ,,-rrG - singing ;hai
OLD f-ii.a- hymn. CoFration.
want You "a - - said the pcs
Tor, sAd, lie crrt.ra-j. roI in tie
b.ck p=It Of Ire hone must not drag
sing Up II Yon sre not too lazy"
Willie staining Mr. Myers uttered
a srpplica,icn for Divine Mercy, in
which he asked that the backslider
should not return to the beggarly
elements Of the world.
The speaker then announced that
his subject next Sunday night would
be "Good resolutions for the new
year."
This probably is what the sinners
would term swearing of" from the
evils prac,iced during the year 1891.
Then the baskets we're passed for
the contribution. ''This collection is
for cbarity-for the poor" said Mr..
Myers. There are many children,
he further said with emphasis, "who
are needy. Possibly their fathers
won't work-were lazy, and it did
not make much difference whether
they get something to eat or not, but
he children must be taken care Of. "
Then he read q chapter from second
Corinthians, after which he an
nounced his subject: "Christianity
and popular amusements," and select
ed the 23d verse of the 44th chapter
of Eziekel as the text, which read az
follows Sand they shall teach my
people the difference between the holy
and profane and cause them to dis.
Germ between the unclean and the
Clean"
81 amt going to say what You ex-
pected me to say" spoke the pastor.
It was supposed he was going to
talk about the charity ball.
a The speaker then went on to say
that il was a very perplexing question
very difficult to solve or t. tell
where to draw the line, but that the
ordinary amusements were in direct
conflict with the teachings of the Mas
ter. Youth needed relaxation
needed amusement, and if they par
ticipated in doubtful amusements the
church was in danger of being swept
away.
That is where Mr.. Myers was mis-
taken. Any amusement moral or
immoral, everything combined could
not wipe the church out, or de-
troy the Christian religion.
It will stand all and every
thing for all time and none need fear
that sort of q result.
'sThe church can't ignore amuse-
ments," said the speaker.
No, We believe the minister's ALI
ance did not ignore it when they pass.
ed their famous resolution.
The BAzoo wishes that Charity
would have been assisted.
The pastor wants -airthfulness in
The church, where all would be sum
shine and never ending happiness.
The christian ceople must have
amuseil bus they must not be
doubtful n their character. I'll of
this must De tiec n .hree ways III
By reason.
By experience.
By cons cience.
There Ar. Myers has struck the
ley notes of tie whole matter. 1t is
all the people and the newspapers
have claimed in this whole oontro-
versy. Do it on this ground and the
ministers alliance and the masses
would be in the same boat.
The speaker continued by saying
that much of the responsibility as to
how this mooted question should be
settled rested With parents around the
fireside and in the home circle.
The pastor then told his audience
that when he was . boy he lived in
Tennessee near the Virginia line and
that he did not belong to Q very
Heavenly crowd.
That's what everybody knows, that
they don't make angels in that part
Of the country, in near - large guam.
titles - they do moonshine whiskey,
20 no one would be looking down
there for . Heavenly boy, unless he
had been dead three weeks.
Then the preacher told of some of
the people in the church who thought
they we're Christians, when in the
place Of being religious they had the
dyspepsia, neuralgia, rheumatism and
were crsnky. 1t was . sort Of . hal.
lucination they were laboeing under.
We hope he don't mean to ny that
al who dance or attend doubtful