Dancing in the Methodist Church
The New York Journal of March 15 tells of a Methodist Church sociable at Spotswood, New Jersey, at which the younger portion of the flock engaged in dancing, with violin music, and card playing. The preacher, it is said, looked quietly on and enjoyed the scene, but some of the older members left in disgust. One of the brethren remarked: "'Twas amusin'. Of course I hed ter leave with the rest of the elders. 'Twas a Methodist affair, but everybody's feet wuz a movin'. I'd jest liked ter have jined that dance myself." And this is only one instance of many. They were once rare, now frequent. And yet what worse is the dancing than the wretched plays seen on the majority of such occasions? The only cure for such things is conversion to Jesus Christ. He who is drinking of the Fountain of Life, will never find refreshment in the foolish pleasures of earth.