The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-16


but he would not give thas-for II
oecause a. Was popular.
Episeopsi . Church
The Episcopsi church 10 the best
Organized church In the country. They
have the brains ana the n why.
some OF the Kreatest and hardest
workers In this meeting are Episco-
palians- What they need more II az
gressiveness.-
The evangelist then spoke OF the
Views Of a number OF prominent Epis-
copal Bishops on dancing. They all
denounced dancing and assigned as
their reason that dancing was the
ruination of a large majority OF girls.
Swinging ove q dance floor causes q
girl TO become worked to such a pitch
that she 10 easy prey and falls "a the
wills of the young men. DR.. Frank
Ign, OF the Christian church said that
would be shocking for any woman
to pray n then 80 TO a dance hall
or TO leave q dance hall and then
pray. A high tribute was paid to the
Episcopal church by Mr.. Sunday. who
said that In a few years IL would be
a great power and would do much TO
advance reforms in the country.
Mr.. Sunday said that IL was the
moral effect OF dancing hat made Il
such a curse. He said that IL people
Intended dancing and would rot give
IL up they had better leave tho church.
IL 10 just an bad TO dance IL you are a
church member as to dance II you are
not a church member.
Dancing and HuoeIns.
Some fellows say, Why. Mr.. Sun
day. the churches today are too hard
on our young people Great heavens.
no! Dancing Is nothing more than a
hugging match set to music. This
crusade Is against II all. All who
favor moral decency are against II
and ! think when the smoke OF this
conflict clears I will have all the de-
cent church people with ME.
II travelled with DR.. Chapman two
years and while holding a revival in
Brooklyn my attention was called to
a young girl who was down on her
knees in the rear OF the church cry
W. ] went TO her and asked her
what was the matter. Gee! but she
~as a peach OF a girl. SUNDAY de-
scribed the girl as a modern Venus).
She said. 7 would like to do the
things you preached against | said.
Girl. I hope to God you don't want to
do all the things I preached against
and she said. NO What is II, dane.
ing?' Yes ] have four dances that
] am invited to-
Mr.. Sunday then explained his ef.
forts TO get the girl to become con-
verted and TO give up dancing. He
described in a graphic manner her
struggle between Jesus and the devil,
but sale she finally whisked her dress
out lof the church like a fox tail
around a stump and refused to give
up dancing.
One day. a ear later, I was in
e York. and was reading a paper.
There saw the picture of two people
one a beautiful girl. I thought I rec
ognized the face and on reading the
story fopnd that the girl was the
same girl | had tried to she
became in love with a factory super
intendent n he with her. His wife
went visiting and be and the girl
went to New York. He bought some
pipe for a stove but 1t was to short 80
he attached a garden hose to the gas
and they went TO sleep. He awoke
In he morning smelling gas n dis
covered the room filled. Rushing TO
the window he threw his head out
and a policeman discovered him.
Breaking the door open he saw the
unconscious girl and dragged her to
a window. She rallied and exclaim-
My God. where am L and dropped
dead. No she would not give up
dancing.
Was Converted.
Out In a town in Iowa where 7
was conducting a revival there was
a prominent society woman who they
could not get 10 attend the meetings.
She went TO all the literary meetings
and social affairs. but when they
asked her 10 attend the revival she
always said h had to stay home and
care for her babies.
Then the social set thought I was
going TO stop dancing. so one day this
woman got her gang together to call
on the other people. to see IL they
could not make this travelling evan
gelist cas- on his fight against dane
Ing. So she got several OF her friends
"~d hi'~hed MP her team OF Kentucky
thoroughbreds. The horses had not