Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-13

believe they should be recreative, and
not destructive.
God FOrbids It.
The church Of God forbids a. The
greatest and most spiritual chunrches
forbid Il and are against Il. Catholic,
Presbyterian. Congregational. the United
Presbyterian and the Christians are all
against it.
The Methodist church was raised up for
the very purpose OF diseountenancmg the
dance in the church.
God called Wesley and Whitfield 70
purify the Episcopal church. and that
movement which crystalliEed In the
Methodist church was the febuke which
God gave From that day untn this the
church hus hurled sermons against these
things until Il is generally accepted tru-
ism that men and women that don't
preach against these things are too much
Of towards to pose as spiritual leaders.
or they are too ignorant to teach Gods
people
l know that there are some churches
that tolerate it--they don't encourage II
any church that encourages II is too low
down to deserve the name OF church.
l will give you a quotation from a let
ter from the bishops and archbishops Of
the Catholic church which says:
I'm this connection we consider II our
duty to warn our members against this
amusement, which may become to them
an occasion OF sin. especially the fash
ionahle dance, which is disgusting and
demoralizing.
The cnormities of the theater and the
dance would not he tolerated another
minute II the mothers would only set
their faces against them"
Bishop Vlncennes quotes from his rec.
ords that the waltz would not be toler-
ated II Christian mothers would only set
their faces against 1t and remove their
daughters from this contamination.
Alas! that women protesting to follow
Christ should not rally for the honor OF
our daughters and drive these things
from society.
Church BARS Low.
The bars of the church are so low
now that any old hog can come and root
and crawl in. Any old lobster with tive
or three suits of clothes and a bank ac-
count can break into most any church.
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on these subjects he gets called for Il;
and II any one leaves the church because
OF 1t another preacher will take EN- In
Instead he should stand by the other
minister and say, Go to IT,"
| The trouble is now the church of God
has become the clearing house for the
world. have as good a right to expect
! good of you as l have OF my wife and
she has of me.
The dancing church member never was
soul winner. The dance is simply d
hugging match set to music.
| The crusade against the dance Is fol
everybody, not merely for the preacher
or the old man or woman who couldn't
dance IL they wanted to. but for every
body interested in morals. whether in the
! church or out OF the church
Dance IL immoral.
The dance is immoral. Every man ant
woman carries breast full of passions
the same as are possessed by the bad
and those passions become finder bo,
to consume morals whenever brought int
contact with the temptress. The dane,
Is conducive to immortality. In the dance
and on the ballroom floor you allow lib
critics to men that you never allow then
elsewhere. You grant men liberties oil
the ballroom floor that IL a man othe
than your husband would attempt In you
home and your husband would find you
at 1t, he would have no trouble in secur
ing divorce and IL he shot the man n
jury in the world would convict him Of Il
Doesn't the swing of the dance arcun
the corners throw men and women Il
positions that are not tolerated else
where?
Fathers and brothers-you don't seen
TO realize when your daughters and sis
ters go to these dances they meet strang'
men and associate with older women anC
learn to smoke and drink; and you car
bet that when girl gets so low that sh,
will smoke and drink that she is on tn,
toboggan slide and going to hell fast
1t does no harm to keep your daughter
away from dances. She runs a big risk
in going In Gods name play the saft
side.
j Prof. Faulkner was a dancing profes