The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-27
1.-THE DANCE DONE UP" WAS
SUBJECT OF STRONG SER mon

from whence she goes to the divorce
court and into deeper infamy and de-
gredation.
The dance In itself is immoral. At
every stage IL Is productive of Inn
morality. Mind. do not quote me as
saying that all persons who dance
are immoral. II cost the head Of
the purest and best man that ever
walked the earth outside of the Mas
ter himself. and do you mean to tell
me that God Almighty approves of an
institution that Is responsible for
such horrible crime The dance Ia
the pastime OF the savage, and the
lower you lind the nation In the NOR
al and intellectual scale. the more
acc you viii find its people to
hope the time will come when IL
viii be considered a black disgrace
by the men Of this land for a woman
70 De seen on the street in a peeka-
boo waist. Why. Il would be just as
oecent Tor me TO appear In the put
70 appear In public robed as l have
described
Dance Produces Destruction.
The dance produces destruction TO
me neral. spiritual and physical man.
Motners should wish their daughters
70 die rather than attend the half dol
Jar dance or the whole dollar shindig.
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tots, heathens and libertines. and
would as soon trust "a child of mine
10 ne devil as TO the modern dancing
master. Some mothers say they want
s sneeir daughters TO go to the dancing
ssnooI IN order to be graceful. Moth
starting your child on the way to de-
sti1ction Immediately you allow her
10 20 to such an Institution. Let your
enid nave grace In the heart and her
meets VIII take care OF themselves.
one statement against the dance IL
wei worth remembering. II Is Is
fascinating as to exclude the soul
from Christ. One woman said, II
would give my heart to God il |
could give up the dance" That brands
she vas willing TO give up ali hersins
and become Christian. When told
mat she must quit dancing she re-
piled that the Bible said there was
time to dance: told her that II she
would accept the dance of the Bible
II was ali right, blt the modern dance
Is immoral. King David danced be-
itore tho Lord. The modern dancers
dance before the devil
Dances OF the Bible
First. the religious dance Exodus
1920: And Miriam took tim
brel in her hand and all the women
. went out after her with timbrels and
with dances" Judges 1928: And
{ Pepthah came to Mizpeh. and his
aaughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances" I. Samuel
1885: The women came out singing
ana dancing to meet King Saul" H..
Samuel 6:14: And David danced be-
fore the Lord" Do you notice this
religious dance Is altogether unlike
our modern dances? IL was first out
third, spontaneous; fourth, skipping
or tripping as children. expressive OF
religious JOY; fifth. women and men
danced separately. and not men and
women in each others arms, as in the
modern dance: sixth, the natural ex-
the Lord and OF the king for victory
over the enemies OF Israel The mod
ern dance IL but means of personal
carnal amusement and worldly pleas
ure. Seventh. the religious dance OF
the Bible Is no more like the modern
Is Ike a drunken carousal in a bar
room.
Next. let us notice the irreliRious
dancing In the Bible. First. idolatrous
Israel; Exodus 80 80: And IL came
TO pass unto camp, that lie saw the
calf. and the dancing" For this sin
the Lord slew 5000 OF these back
stdden church members. Second. de-
generate Amalekites H. Samuel 3O:16:
Z "Behold. they were spread abroad
upon all the earth, eating and drink
ing and dancing" Third. short-liyed
worldlings; Job 21;11-14: They send
forth their little ones Ike a flock and
their days In wealth and In a moment
20 down into the grave Therefore
they say unto God Depart from US,
Tor We desire not the knowledge OF
Thy ways"
Fashionable, but Unehristian.
] hn = Al
I Yes. and / answer some Of the worst
: crimes OF today are fashionable. but
they are not christian You say the
dance makes one graceful Indeed.
watch the dancer on the street. Com
pare the manly department Of n chris
tan young man who has caught his
step rom the prOmptinEH OF holy liv-
ing and character with the minGing
tread Of ball roo mellow Yo~ say
dancing b. an accomplishment. die.
/ iionary defines accomplishments a.
/ elegant Of mind and manners" I
3 never knew the mind was located In
the heels
u there any harm in the SQUARE
dance. In select company? Well. a.
[ won't be square long. you soon get
the corners OF I see by your laugh
ter that you ere hif and are guilty.
l Liberties are taken In the dance
I hnil and even 10 tha homes OF the
elite where the dance IL tolerated.
that would not under any other cir
T cumftanceF, BE- permitted. aud these
very liberties eliminate intho divorce
court No man. unlces be a. guilty Of
similar onensea. iihrs 20 see hts wife
IN the embrace ~ another man. True
love reFents any trcsraas upon So
rights. ard the fact that the SEXES
embrace in On emtlazened ball In the
presence ~ possibly hundreds Of 9th
ers. does not Eancltfy the deed. but In
my mind makes n an the more DE-.
b grading
was told ~ dance ball in 81 Louis
where the elite ~ society attended
I and where one woman was more
scaniiiy robcd than tho rest a wea
ierner from the Drairies wae there
and remarked upon the inaunicIcncy
I ~ thia woman'a attire. when one ~
the society eiasies remarked. do you
know The sfun On that drces cost $50
n YardT" In that case" replied the
nFophieficafed lnfividuat "the dress
must have cost ~ icasf f1S
Degraded Women stan 20 nanee
But friends. ! must tel you the most
fearful story ~ he dance and he
theatre. The " G. Y q has Tor