The Detroit times., 1916-10-13
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lie and cheat Ike tne rest OF them.
Bui I'm after the devil nov /
don't care where he shows his
head
cards are society's oontribu.
ton 20 the forces that are drae
glng men 10 he'll had e''
friend In Wisconsin who couidn
get two girls 20 do personal NoTH.
Finally one night she almost uIo''
them out and they went 10 a MAN
in the aisle and asked him 10 be
come a Christian re told them
10 get away, that ~ didn't want
90 have anything 10 ID win lhr.h.
They didn't understand and H
told them that they knew "Eeu
he and his wife moved into the
neigh burhood neither OF theh
knew what card vas Then my
had coaxed them until both nae
played and he had become an tN
pert and had gone our and ntecru
people on the trains lie told them
how he would fleece a stranSr
and then duck of a. the next STA.
ton TO escape the officer lie ''.a
them Of the money ~ had gotten
and how the home they saw, DIS
uife's fine clothing and AZ. was
from his illgotten gains AAa
then you come down here ana ASK
me 10 come 20 Christ after what
YOU have done for me And me
two girls went up 10 the front ana
fell down and asked God 20 forgive
them.
"Whne they were there the
mans old washerwoman CAME
down and pied with him TO accep'
Christ He told her he would Dc
n for her and went up IN front
and took his stand lie was one
OF the FIVE men who founded lA'
little band OF Gideon-ShA'ie>
Kitterege.
There was time in America
when the stately coullion seemed
10 satisfy America, but 10 - TOO
slow for the hot blood OF the TWEEN
tietb century They must have
something that will chase hurdles
through their veins There d nos"
ing so insipid for the devo'ee ~
the waltz as 20 dance quadTuie.
II remember years ago my "de
and went out IN the country 10
attend Fourth Of July ceIeHfa.
tion. They had spread-eagle ora
tory. and red lemonade and we
younc fellows had hand painted
neckties that cost about - cents
and little blue sashet ma!cens ied
them gumdrops and candy hearts
with reading on them. They WoGt0
spend as much as 80 cents on
them.
"They had the inevitable coun'
fry dance The upper end % TIE
platform was on the ground ahe
the other end on posts about as
high a. this platform. siooc on
the corner by barrel OF ice va.
ter and Mrs sunday and some Ia
dies were with me.
ION the platform they were get
ting ready for the qusdrile. A
great BIG red headed. ireckie'
faced. lantern iawed trombone
necked fellow &as the caller TOT
the dance. II was rough JOB. 81
had inst as soon BE- chamber
maid in a livery stable.l he sp.'
tobacco Juice enough 10 drown
iackrabbit. He got into a ehalt
and reslned his old three-stringed
fiddle and said:
Salute your partners. forward
and back-everybody swing
"A great big strapping country
fellow had a fat. voluptuous coun-
try girl for partner. ana ne
threw his arms around her ana
lifted her feet right of the moor
and she shot her heels right az IN!
head
~ said 20 my wife Well, Ner
lie. they all look alike 10 me ne
round and square dances are me
same. that's what ! told my VIE
~ am asked 20 give a reason 20
the saved why they should not 90
t. -.
"your love for those things keep
you ON Of the church.
81 believe that most OF the Eir's
sold as white slaves are enlisted
from the bathrooms. The dance Il
the rottenest. most hellish. VICE
producing institution that ever
wriggled from the depths OF per
dition.
"certainly. | believe In amuse-
ments. but believe they should
be recreative. and not destructive
"The church OF God forbidt u
The greatest and the most spirit
ual churches forbid II and are
against Il. Catholic. Presbyterian
Congregational, the United breti.
rem. and the Christians are all
against H.
"The Methodist Church was rails
ed up for the very purpose Of Or.
countenancing the dance ~ the
cod called Wesley and Whit
field TO purify the Episcopal
church. and that movement which
crystallized in the Methodls'
Church was the rebuke which COO
gave. From that day until This
the church has hurled sermons
against these things until u Is a
generally accepted truism that
men and women that don't preach
against these things are too mucl
Of towards To pose As spiritual
lenders. or they are too ignoran, 10
teach Gods people.
know that there are some
churches that tolerate tt-they
don't encourage it-and any church
that encourages II IL too low down
To deserve the name OF church.
81 will give YOU a quotation from
a letter from the bishops and arch.
bishops OF the Catholic Church
whlgh saws