The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-05
AFTER SPEEDWAY
AND THEATRES
Preacher Says There Is Not
\ a Moral Playhouse In
the World. III

AZ tho Randolph. street Hnptist Church
Sunday night, the Hev.sI. 8. y Boylc1, on
ic"rhrse Traps OF tho Devil Sabbath De-
secrn tlonn Sinful Ad,,usetnet,ts and Unbs.
iief., IIo said Ii, part,
Take Sabbath Dissertation. At this par
tioular season OF the ysnr the devil II
setting many traps for the Dissertation
Of Fthe Lords day. + have no desire TO
thrbsh over old straw concerning this
,oof,temptibie speedy ay-law, recently PASS
cd n allowing horses to be driven six
miles an hour Such laws are grossly
insulting to dod It Is whipping the
dovil round the stump. On my way
was driven BY the tnuc;1-talked-of speed
i way this afternoon alia saw for myself
what was going on six miles an
hour7,, I saw horses doing what seemed
"a me TO be- their level best. A negro
was driving very fne and highly-spir.-
tied horse at the highest possible speed
suoi, sham law Is g shame ana disgrace
and there is no reason IN the e, woria ~.
our people should yield to this enticans
trap Of the devil. 81 g,
0Any harn, a In Sunday excursions ION {.
a Christian should ask rs there any
rood II, them r. God says, Rememper
tf1e Sabbath day to keep K holy" a man maj
owning sovon 800 gold watches. stves
you Six, ana retains the seventh TOR h1s
I Own uso and then you turn and demand ~ {.
that rs give you the seventh also You
I'm atefui wretch / But wait; that Is
exactly what thousands in r chmond are
doing, God has graclously5 gtver, US SIX
gnne golden days for our use days in which
to earn % a living, and we demand the
seventh. We thus rob God wv y fall
into this awful trap Of the devil, become s ~
more and more worldly mind ed, " drill !.
farther and farther away from COG. Until
to "a nd
work our ruin and the ruin q others
who imit tate our example. !.
How these perils threaten the life Of
our nation! How they threaten the lire OF
the church! OH for a genuine re orma-
toni God, give US a clear and real con-
ception OF what It means to be entrappea
and decoy by Satan, and lef captive az
his wilt We must save the sabp az =! o..
the life OF the nation Is doomed. We
must save bur Sabbath, or the church
viii die. God help us to see It and may
we do our part to keep holy and ga GRAD
this blessed and hallowed day OF rest res
and worship. 81 gl5sS. Il n ~ !, 4. (,
r It is not my purpose to point out IN detail
what Is right and what Is Wron 3, WITH
regard to sinful amuse ents, a8 Let me
make a practical test Of the influence OF
thea tre-going, card playing, swearing and
saloon patronizing church members q do
not say Christinns). II theressis an ur,-
saved man or ~ oman q in this audience
tonight, who has the least iota Of con- tt
hdence in any church members religion
who is guilty Of these things stand up.
q felt perfectly sure that no one would
rise. II see no ono standing. Sometime
ago made this proposiitlon9 to 100 PEG.
bic with about 200 unconverted present
and not a soul stood. Just SO, and Eau
says III BY eating meat 7 cause ll! my
brother to offend. will eat no more
meat while the world stands, Yo,, cam !;
not afford to link yourself with an evil
institution. AZ know that there are some
moral plays, ana i would love to see
them presented, but there Is not q moral q
theatre in the world And we, as Chris
tians can never a ford to link ourselves
with an evil institution. We must not
give any evil Institution our moral SUP
port. on the other hand, we must "a b
stain from every appearance Of evil, n and nd
strive 4 more and more to opercome evil
with good Watch these traps Of the
devil for souls. lest you losee your soul.