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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 25, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 17.

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LOVERS OF PLEASURE.

By D. A. Robinson

Who that has his eyes open can doubt that Paul’s description of the last days is literally fulfilled at the present time? He foretold times of peril; and that which was to make them such was the fact that men would be “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” This does not mean simply the worldling, because he adds, “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” With what amazement and alarm would Wesley have looked upon the following flaming handbill, announcing a festival in the Wesley church:—
“HARVEST FESTIVAL AND FAIR
Will be held under the auspices of the LADIES’ BENEVOLENT SOCIETY of the Wesley Church
AT CITY HALL on the evenings of Thursday and Friday, Oct. 11 and 12.
“A series of fine tableaux will be presented to the public Thursday evening, beginning promptly at eight o’clock. ‘The evening prayer of the Huguenots,’ ‘The witch of Endor,’ ‘The spruce-going young man and the dashing young lady,’ and the ‘new policy,’ constitute
SOMETHING NEW IN THIS CITY!
“The patrons of this festival will be entertained by musical attractions on FRIDAY EVENING, which will be announced.
“If you wish a delicious ice cream, a capital bowl of oysters, a plate of tip-top baked beans, or a bunch of luscious fruit; if you have any inclination to invest in a telephone or a balloon, in short, if you really enjoy
A GOOD, WIDE-AWAKE, OLD-FASHIONED TIME,
GO TO THE HARVEST FESTIVAL!
“Single admission, 25 cts.”
If the name of a church was not found in this bill, one would think he was reading a notice of a theatrical performance. The world converting the church, and yet men talk of a millennium! Truly Babylon has fallen!
D. A. ROBINSON.