The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-15

music, talking about something, you
don't know-and you stand there and
say you don't see any harm in it!
l want to see the color of some
bucks hair that can wrap his arms
around my wife and dance with her!
/ am going to monopolize that hug
ging myself-take it from me!
A friend of mine talked to 200
fallen women and here's what he
tabulated in the way of results:
One hundred and sixty-three of
them fell as the result of the dance;
20 of them from drink; 10 of them
from wilful choice; seven of them at
tributed it to poverty, and down they
went.
Where Best
Dances Are Found.
Where do you find the most ac-
complished dancers. Down around
the brothels. Many of them my
friends, were taught to dance in dane
ing schools. That's why, if l had my
way and could do it, I'd make a law
that no boy or girl over II years of
age should ever be allowed to attend
dancing school, and I'd make a law
that no dancing should ever be allow
ed to anybody owe II years of age
until they were married. That's the
kind of a law I'd put into effect if l
had a right to do it. That's what I'd
do
Now, regarding the public dance =
hear me!-to the public dances can be
traced the downfall of most girls.
The probation officers around the
country tell me that there is where
the majority of them start. And If
parents only Knew the dangers that
they are exposing their daughters to
by allowing them to dance, they'd
keep them away from these dances
where they mingle with older and
more experienced girls whose ways
they try to initiate. And there they
meet young fellows and they drink
and when the girl awakens in the
morning she finds herself possessed
of secrets that no girl ought ever to
know outside of legal marriage.
oh. they go away from God, and
yet they think because I stand up to
defend the virtue of the girl from
the subtle influence of the dance that
I am vulgar. Oh, there are a lot OF
people, you turn them loose and they
will do anything; when they stop do
ing that, then I'll stop preaching
about these things-take it from me
That's my mission in life. That's
what I am trying to do with all the
power that I have in the world.
Cannot Approve
Of Dancing.
If I should ask them to give a
reason why it is all right to dance
they couldn't do it. Your love 70,
these things keeps you away from
Christianity, keeps you away from
Jesus Christ. Anything that keeps
you away from from Jesus is harmful
whether it's something that I name o.
not. Anything that will keep God out
of your heart. it may be your love fol
money or pride. l don't know wha1
it may be, but it doesn't make any
difference so far as that is concerned
so long as it keeps God out of your
heart it is harmful. But there are
} more n for young boys or girls
to go crooked in today than ever be
fore, and if you will listen to me
think l can help you.
The church of God forbids dancing
The greatest and the most spiritua
churches forbid it and are against il
all denominations, Catholic, Presbyte
rian, Congregational. The Methods
church was raised up by God for th'
: very purpose of counteratcing dane
ing.
God called Wesley to purify tn,
) Episcopal church, and the movement
: which crystaIized into the Methods
church was the rehuke which Coz
) gave through Wesley. They started
put with no intention of starting a nev
r church, but with the intention of pur
l flying their own denomination ant
driving the evils out Of it. That's al
I'm trying TO do. ! wouldn't start an
other denomination If ! could. havi
had people offer me all kinds of mon
: ey If I'd only start a new church.
had one woman worth millions of dol
/. lars say: of you will start a church
: in New York III give you $4,000
, year."
said: 81 don't want your money
, No, thank you; ! don't want it,"
What His
Mission Is.
t am going to try and purify tn
: ones that are already established
0 that's my mission on earth. And
you'd give me $1O,0 900, 900 a year,
wouldn't start a new denomination
but I'd try and drive the devil GU
i of the ones we have already got.
oh, no, l don't want anything O
that kind not at all. | am tryin
v my level best to show you what Go
wants you to do and how He woul
have US live in the universe. An
u another thing Bishop Hopkins oil
f he was the senior bishop of Vel
mont, one of the noblest men. tina
s ever lived in the Episcopal church
S said: Dancing is a terrible waste G
time and of study and of prematur
e Indictment of passion"
Why, it is incompatible with stric
Christianity and irreconcilable wit
Y the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Oh. the church loves its young pei
o pie and God is indulgent with then
Y Tt doesn't want to see them adrit
upon the high seas of this old worl
n lit is unspiritual
Z Dancing seems to be a haggin
v match to music, is about the only wa
n | can figure it out, and when Ii Hun
d Chang, the great Chinaman, came
g this country and was in New YorI
they took him around to let him see
dance. He looked at it and he sal
s to one of his friends: "Why don't the
s sit down and hugo"
S That's q good one! He couldn't sc
It any use in all that just for a hu!
That seemed to be all he could figur
s out of it, my friends.
v Now, it's a crusade for all M
simplv some of you old rheumatic