The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-07-30
DANCE VS. CHURCH

ton asked, Is it wrong for a
Christian to dance? And this Is
asked sometimes by those who
desire to engage in the modern
dance. II is asked by those who
desire merely to attend it, even tho
ugh they DO not participate ~ IT,.
7 will say that IL dancing, the hop,
or the German Is wrong, then 1t is
wrong to attend them. I do not
say that all dancing is wrong; for
the Bible says, There is a time to
dance. But what does this mean?
In Exodus Is, we have an account
of the dancing of Miriam, who was
the sister of Moses and Aaron. But
you will notice that this dancing
was Women only. Or it was Mir
lam who danced before the women,
in order to express her Joy at this
deliverance4 1t was a religious
dance; asd she did not dance with
any man. Is your dance a religi-
Gus dance? Do you, my friends,
praise God in your dance? In 2
Sam GIG, we find where king Dav-
i'd leaped and danced before Jeho-
yah when they were moving the
Ark from the house of Obededom
to the city of Jerusalem this, also
was a religious dance; for David
says, Praise God in the dance. Do
you dance to please God, or do you
dance to please self? Jephthah,
said when he went to battle, that
if he was successful, when he re-
turned he would offer in sacrifice
the first living thing he met. His
Daughter, met him. She was
dancing before him. There was
music and dancing when the prodi-
gal Son returned. 1t was in the
day time, and time of rejoicing.
1t was day of rejoicing on the ac-
count of the pS3digal's return. And
lllNip JOy III oNCi SNOiy
prodigal that returns, The Bible
teaches us that there is time to
dance, and that time is when you
have reason to rejoice on the ac-
count Of some special favor from
God. 1t is a religious dance and
The sexes always dance alone. That
is certainly the teaching of the BIZ
BILE on the question of the dance.
Are you my friends, following the
Bible on this subject? | am afraid
not. | do not believe that true
christian will dance, altho there
are many professed christians who
are endulging in the dance. You
know that the Devil has many ways
in which he catches the people,
irst he will get the very best of |
music, and that you know catches |
most of us, then he will have some |
'moothe fellow who is willing and |
'eady to go out after the young pei
pie and when he gets them there
he music starts then that is as
good as he wants it. Christian |
Friends, are you willing that your
church suffer on the account OF !
his awful dance craze that is going
IN? Are you going to sacrifice
our Lord and Master for the
lance? Does the church of Christ
mean anything TO yeu? If 1t does,
hen, you should not go to these
iwful places, Christians should
lot compromise with the evil ten
lencies of this world. The dance
S the very embodiment of evil.
Shun the very appearance of ev-
J. If you follow that Injunction,
GU will shun the modern dance.
you have the holy feeling in
our heart that calls you to proper
ayerence for God, you will not
hink that the modern ballroom is
he proper place for a young lady.
Friends you ought to think on
hese things, not only christians [
ut all people, for some day our
ord is coming back to earth, and I
hen he comes, will you be ready /