The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-17

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they often lie 10 innocen; girls whl
are church members 10 get them -
attend the dance, saying 1t :
only a sociable" But when there
they get up 4 dance. thinking that
when they get them surrounded with
ballroom rats" and all other eny!-
ronments Of the occasion. they can
easily iuluce them 10 take a part. and
they often succeed in their hellish pur
rose. Their argument is something
Ike this. Now you are here, and
u Is inst as bad to be here as 20
dance. and il is only an innocent
9asume: no harm in il, only il is
against the rules OF the church
don't pretend 10 say that all who al
tend the ballroom are as bad as thai.
but those who are habitual ballroom
eoers. and will not in any way per
uade church members to dance, are
almost as scarce as hens teeth y
man that is mean enough TO take
such deyiliSh undermining cuts as
that TO get others to break their
sacred vows, which they have made
before he altar. Of God and as sol
rmn as eternity, is just about as
mean as the devil himself / advise
any girl 10 not trust such a man any
farther than she can throw q thous-
and round boulder. ! heard preach
er say cnce that "a man who would
90 the Ike would debauch the yir
tue Of the purest girl on earth il
lie had chance" That preacher was
cutting within the -thousandth
part Of an inch OF the plain truth.
There is logic in that. The man that
= ould debauch the church of God,
he Lambs wife, would not hesitate
20 debauch the virtue Of pure wom-
an. The world, the flesh and the
devil recognize the fact that dancing
is contrary to the spirit Of Christian
ity and inconsistent with church
membership. How common It is 20
hear people of the world make re-
marks like this: "She was a member
cf the church, but she danced OUT"
You see. they take it for granted
that all dancers belong to the devils
crowd, and the world has them turned
out without Judge or jury before the
church even hears of it. The lines
are clearly drawn, and the men of
the world are as careful TO keep
them drawn as the church. Just let
a sheep get into their pen once, ami
they brand him as their own very
Quickly Dancing is wrong. The ad
vocates of the ballroom themselves
teing the judges.
Query for men of the world Can
Christians afford to do a thing that
the world says is wrong? 1t seems
that you dancing fellows are trying
70 keep the church between two fires.
You curse us If We don't dance. and
curse us if we do, and brand US
as hypocrites or cattle like your
selves. The church and the word
have both decided that the ballroom
is wrong, "and in the mouth of two
Witnesses shall every word be estaS-
lished." Paul lin Gal $40 classes
reyelry with the blacklist Of crimes,
such as murder adultery, fornication,
drunkenness. etc. That the modern
dance is a reyelry is clear enough
from the meaning of the words. Mr..
Scott and Mr. Whedon both say that
a revelry is a dance. will give You
the very words of Mr. Whedon's
comment on this verse: "Revelings.
inclusive of drinking, feasting, dane
ing, etc And here We record our
testimony against all dancing, even
in private circles. 1t is a branch Of
a whole system OF connected revelry.
Just as card playing is branch Of
q whole system of venture and gam
lling. It is never conducive to
health, and in the best sanitary in
stitutions is not practiced" l would
be willing to give a nice premium TO
see one who is a regular dancer who
is not a lover of pleasure more than
d over Of God There is certain: /.
about the ballroom thar
,hokes and smothers out all the spir- /
tuality and piety, and every spark OF
vital godliness from the hearts ri
believers: and it makes them to be- .
'ome overs of pleasure more than
overs of God If YOU would kno~
n what kind Of a crowd the apostle
'aces the lover OF pleasure, jus,
cad. . Tim. 3:2-5: For men shall
,e lovers Of their own selves, covet
,us. boasters, proud. blasphemers.