Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-06
REV. ]. B. HUNLEY
FLAYS DIVERSIONS
Minister Says Evils Arise
From Dances, Cards
and Thcatcrs.
PARENTS ARE WARNED
Asserts Homes Often Are to
Blame for Youths
Failures.
PARENTS ARE WARNED

!aE on ''Thc Heavenly Race or the
Christians Relationship 20 Question
able A'nuscmcn,S." lie acl.c,cd hi.
t"st from iicb. MI. ~ Rom. ,iiM Il.
ana |or Z. 81. ~. a. Lni spoke.
u. part. as follows:
Ghe sacred writer is sp-sllnC of
no heavenly race. lie IS l.!ug "a
an illustration tn. creek gamcs IA
"hi"h the runners contested for the
crown. The Grccks we're grca. ath-
.ctcs. They had large amphithna ,e.s.
Maltitudes witnessed the xaneJ. Tn.
runners stripped themselves Of every
unnecessary garment and impcdi
nav ihry ni:Sh. sin .ho prize. So
III" write: of Hebrews urges such Il
""u:S" IN running the heavenly race,
49, also does "ul in the ph.l,rpla q,
otter.
iIu' the Lesson Ira tho text 20 which
oall your special attention toda y
- IN" word concerning wcIEhts-'lcr
"~ lay asId" every weight and the sin
'ha, dom 50 easily boset us or, as
given IN the margin. let us lay aside
every remembrance and tho rin that
10Th closely cling to us" Whatever
Ein6"rod the runner he willingly
Lana aside. sine" he entered the con-
test L" win. He. ~ course. could no,
"h"rd !" carry anything that him
h"r"d his progress and gave his on
h"r"nt an advantage over him Tho
great multitude WAS looking on lie
'"uSt win. There was too much a.
STAKE" II b" Won he would he
'r""ncd victor; IL nc failed IL would
10 n sad loss Ho had trained ann
prepared Tor this event Could n.
allow f"w weights 70 hinder him
and cause him 10 fail and all his Of
'or,s com" % Taught?
Tgrt a In, Aside ku,n.c,,,n,,.
wish 10 address myself 10 the
task ~ arguing tho case and support
lnH IN" proposition why believe
mat questionable" anuscmcn,s. and
hN questionable ainpscn.uts" mean
hanctnr card playing and hahitunl
thcai"rgoing should he laiI aside
hy Christians. Now. am no, going
To engage IN any TRADE against The
good people who engage in these
practices
In the arsi place. | wish 20 notice
several 81 thc arguments put forth
by those who engage in these prac-
ticcs. ] mean those who arc mem
hcrs "t the church tor am not
speakinc ot What outside people
should do.
II is said tina, those arc innocent
"muscmcn,s. usually conducted in
tn" home among Il company 81 choice
- '''''Nf ''llfl ltdl no nfTTn can =
sihly come % them But IS this
rue y iarc" Irajnri,y ~ gamblers
learned :" play cards FIRST in tho
home. Had they no, already known
how Z" play cards when they frst
visited the gambling dcns. the temp
'ntipn TO gamble would not have been
50 strong This has been proven In
thousands 81 cases. som. OF you have
fsard the st"-' ( mar who e"t up
:" give his : 'nony n prayer
meeting and told how sunday
school teacher had laugh, his boys TO
Hai: cards. 80 Ntd played ~ith then,
IN the home; they had camblsd their
way into the pcnitcniiary; ne him
self was q fugitive from justice. III
tho police knew | was here they
would arrest me Immediately" When
hc LEFT tho room q woman in black
a'os" and sa'i My God. | was tna,
sunday school teacher"
Mind YOU. am no, saying that
"vcrybodv "'o ilays cards comes %
= bad end, for rha; is not true. Many
good roori" HAY. played through
many wears and have never been
personally harmed hy SO doing. but
they are tho exceptions that prove
the rule. jus, as there have been
many who have taken their teddy
through AL the years and have never
""com" druakarLs: but what Of IN.
mu!tituhcs OF youths who first
earned :" drink in the home and at
social functions and afterwards filled
drunkards' graves?
Gambling uncorsciomsIy Taught.
The spirit Of gambling may be un-
consciously taught in the home at the
ao-:a,IeG innocent card party. One
morning mother who played cards
70: prizes brought out a beautiful
cut-class bowl and showed il 20 her
son. Look son." she said isn't
this hrauti'ul?' Why. matrcr. where
dd YOU get it," ~ won !; ut - card
party yesterday afternoon" The son
took out his pockctho"k and pulled
out crisp 500 hill and said: Look.
mother, isn't thC: a beaut%2 Where
did Won get u. srI.?' oh / won IL
Il, 4 card game last night" why.
son. never dreamed you would
gamble; how hreadful.' why,
mother. never dreamed YOU would
gamble: how nrcadfui, You eambleti
for the cut-Elhss bowl: | Gambled for
tho $50 bill: what is the difference"
The principle was the same, they
were both gamblers.
What Is said OF the so-called in
noccnt card game mag be said of the
So-called ianorc:.t dance in the home.
IneTc are thousands OF Fc-mlIldcu
people who have danced. but they nrc
few in comparison to the millions who
have been lured To destruction. DO
You think your daughter would visit
public dance hall 10 dance until
the wee small hours OF the morning.
unless she had first learned how TO
dance in the home among the friends
She knows? Such a thing would not
ne done. But" you say my
daughter will never visit a dance hall
as long as ! nave anything II say
sut when you are gone, what? Be-
SIDES. YOU Will not control YOUR
daughter always. even while you are
alive. II is from the home to the
dance hall. l shall never forget n
concession, which I read in early life
from converted dancing master on
me Pacific Coast. Tho subject OF his
niue hook was. From the Ballroom
To He'll" He told how he had seen
great numbers lost to all good LIS
means OF the dance. II is well Snown
that the great majority Of fallen
women trace their downfall TO the
dance.
II the dance OF other days was cor.
rupt, what shall We say Of tho prea.
ent-day dance? Tho DuInit c.n n.w,