Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-04-17
Welcomes the New Recruit.

Editor the News:-I wish through
your columns to welcome the Rev.
j. N. Hartman to the company of
compliments in the case "The church
against card playing and dancing"
He has waged war against these
things in the past and we shall ex-
pect to hear from him in the present
campaign. Mr.. Hartman reminds us
that this case has been on the sleep
ing docket for several years, but l
now wish to inform him that the case
is called in open court and is up to
the Christian men and women of the
town to take a stand for the church
or for worldliness.
Some people try to take neutral
ground, and thereby wash their hands
of responsibility in Pilates basin. No
one is fooled by such conduct but they
themselves. The public sees, knows
and counts us for or against.
"He that is not with me is against
me-"
Some people say be tolerant to-
wards those who play cards and en-
gage in modern dances. Yes, toler-
ant. liberation is all the devil asks
of the church or the individual. Some
congregations and pastors have toler-
ated until federation is about all the
stock they have in trade, and doubt
if card playing and moderin dancing
are productive of any more evil than
is the tolerance of evil by worldly con
gregations and spineless preachers.
A young married woman confront
with the alternative of giving up
dancing or resigning from the church
choir in which she served chose the
latter course. The church in ques-
ton had recently been blessed with
series of revival services. In the
holy atmosphere of renewed Chris
tian enthusiasm and fresh conservation
| it seemd inconsistent for n woman
to serve as soloist who was at the
same time giving instructions in the
tango. She was pressed to discon-
tinue this instruction, but preferred
to relinquish her services to the
Church. The plain meaning of this
is that, when asked to choose between
Christ and the dance, she chose the
dance.-Christian Intelligencer.
The following is from the Central
Christian Advocate: 1t really must
make the apologists for the new dane
ers feel comfortable when they as
certain that bill has actually been
introduced into the Massachusetts,
Legislature denouncing as licentious
the importations and creations called
the modern dances. The bill speci-
fically prohibits the tango, lame duck
Argentine, chicken flip, bunny hug,
and grizzly slide. What heightened
pleasures those must be which are
honored with such elevated and cul-
tured titles. All satire aside, if the
women persist in the practice of these
dances, suggestive of all that is IL
centious and low in thought and pur-
pose, we shall have to revise our
views of womanhood. In tbs country
especially in the South, woman has
been set upon pedestal and around
her head has been thown the aureole
of high ideals. 1t will be sad day
when this ideal of womanhood is de-
stroyed; but, if she herself contin-
ues her onslaught upon it, this ideal
must fall sooner or later. Nothing
can withstand everything.-Raleigh
Christian Advocate.
There is a strong evidence of a
great movement in Christian church
es at this time to move up closer to
God, get on New Testament lines,
to save the young people from their
sins and cease to condone them in
evil. C. R. BROWN.