The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-07-15
REV. MORGAN DENOUNCES TUR.
KEY TROT, BUNNY HUG AND
OTHER MODERN DANCES.
THE CLUB CRAZE" CRITICIZED

sponsibiIity of Parents, and Points
Out Some of the Evils of the
Present Day.
Rev. E. F. Morgan preached on the
social conditions in Dawson at the II
O'Clock service at the Methodist
church Sunday morning, and pointed
out in strong and impressive Ian
guage the neglect of dlty by parents
of the present day. The modern
dances, such as the turkey trot and
bunny hug, were denounced in no I'M
certain way, and the woman clubs
came in for a share of criticism. Mr..
Morgan was heard by large congre-
cation. His text was Eph. GA, and
he said in part:
! The writer of my text means to say
ye fathers and mothers do not be
harsh or unkind in dealing with your
children, but in all patience bring
them up in the instruction and dis
cipline of the Lord. 1t is a RESPONSE
bility that cannot be ignored or shift
ed. We as parents will have to an
swer for our faithfulness or unfaith-
fulness in this matter when the world
is on fire. We should seek earnestly
to save our children and should not
be content until the last one of them
lis safe. We parents are anxious
about our children. They can never
know our love and concern for them
until they become parents. We are
anxious about their future. What
will become of them? Will they
choose paths of virtue or vice? Will
they accept Christ or reject Him?
In the battles of life will they sue
coed or fail?
Some Causes of Parental Anxiety.
1. The imperfections of parents
themselves. We have a slight hope
that our children may escape our
faults and initiate our virtues. But
there is strong probability that they
will choose our vices and not our vir-
tues. They will say, Father does
it," or Mother does it, and it cannot
be so bad"
2. Because of the many tempta-
lions thrown around them, tempta-
lions to vice of all kinds. / wish,
however, to speak this morning of
the temptations to a life of worldli-
ness. Men are not led away into the
greater sins at first. They begin in
small way They go down step by
step. One of the great temptations
to the young is the dance. Many OF
our young people are led away from
Christ and the church by this form
of worldliness. In taking up this
subject / shall try to be fair but can
did | shall discuss it from the
christians viewpoint Some of you
will say that dancing is not the worst
thing in the world. I grant you that
much. I do not class dancing with
the greater sins of these times.
class it among the great evils of the
times. You may say that it is better
to dance than to SANDER our neigh
Dor That is true, but does not jus
tify dancing. 1t is contended also
that it is better to dance than to be
hypocrite. / think so, but is it
praiseworthy to do either? Then
you say, My mother danced, and
know she was a good woman" Per-
haps so, but we are living in the
twentieth century now-an age of
greater light than the world ever
knew dare say that if your moth
er were living now she would not
dance 1t is said that God winked at
the ignorance of some in the darker
ages, but He now commands all men
everywhere to repent.
Christ Never Attended Ball.
What reason can you give for
dancing?
l. 1t is not commanded in the
Bible. Those referred to in the Book
as dancing were but giving express
sion to religious JOY, form OF
shouting. You cannot find in this
Book where Christ and His disciples
ever attended ball
2. 1t is not necessary to amuse-
ment and recreation. There are
many other ways for this.
3. 1t possesses no intellectual ele-
ment. 1t does not instruct. 1t is
not sign of culture. There are ne
groes in the community who can
dance as well as you can. Some mon
eys can dance.
4. It possesses no moral element
No community or individual is made
better because of the dance.
Some reasons why you should moi
dance are:
/. It makes people less open an(
sensitive to religious truth. Dane
ing people, as a rule, are harder t.