DANCING, CARD PLAYING, AND THEATER GOING.
By Christian Life
It is a fact that the three leading worldly amusements are card playing, dancing, and theater going. It is a fact that not a single evangelical denomination approves of these amusements; and many of them have formally declared against them. It is a fact that unchristian people, when brought under conviction for sin, invariably believe that these amusements should be renounced. It is a fact that persons desiring to become Christians never want a dancing, card-playing, theater-going professor's assistance in learning how. It is a fact that the worldly-minded members of any church contribute little or nothing to the spiritual forces and work of their church. It is a fact that any church sanctioning these amusements is spiritually inert. It is a fact that unchristian people have little or no respect for the religious professions of church-members who indulge in these amusements. It is a fact that the persons most difficult to win to Jesus Christ are the children of church-members who approve of these pastimes. It is a fact that indulgence in these amusements has led multitudes to disgrace and ruin. It is a fact that no one, in the dying hour, wants one who loves these things to speak to them of the life to come. It is a fact that church-members given to these pastimes have little knowledge of the Bible, and are seldom found in their church prayer-meetings. It is a fact that if you are a Christian, and indulge yourself at all in these worldly pleasures, and, for the honor and glory of our glorious Saviour and Lord, will at once and forever renounce them, you will have His sweet approval, the approval of your own conscience, and such joy as the world can not give. Matt. 19:29. "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." 2 Cor. 6:17, 18.