jlpS ^ (W-meto. wm tori-MtoWd to — I ■ I ■ I i -a PAPA"* JUDOMKNT WAS OPP. MW Bey Very Mmk Uke Other Soys. After All. Oa the. Sap The Boy wee sieves Peart eld he stated ea artist friend who Bhee beys. The artist eater - tataed hta royally. Be care him a Sea and cigarette coupons worth BW The Boy was proud of the gas. hat he thoaght ettll more of the coo "What era yoe goWg to gat arith them, soar* asked The Boy's mother. "I dost know," said The Boy. Hta mother was aboat to oBpr a faw aaggeattoaa hat The Boy's lather *BS yea Wt Boh aloea. he said. “Let Mm pick oat his own prise. Ha knows what ho waats." "Bat he'll get somethin* foolish." signed (ha practical mother. *1W ha want," said the (ether. “That hoy's got the heat ladgmaat of say toy 1 oeer aaw. Be wont throw wtth^asmethtog asetu^oomethlng that he aeeda right oa (he spot. I wait tat ha efrald W bet oa that." Be the amthei tsalty gars In. Oa total day The Boy want down town Wkaa ha earns homatha Wmtly was m MORAL AMUSEMENT OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON. A Powerful Appeal Far the Higher and Setter Life We All Should Lead. Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Bar. Dr. If. B. ■uiaa, peat or of the First Churgi of Christ. Sanday morning gave soother of Ms aeries of sermons on “Problems •* Power For Plain People.” thr tpe dsT subject being “The Problem of Morally Healthful Amusements." In February be offered prises for beat re plies to qoration» covering the several problems to bo discussed. Ho seat a printed Hat of these questions to sev eral hundred people over the country. The sermon was baaed largely on the replies he received. The text was from Bccleeiastee 111:4: “There la a time to laugh and a time to weep." Among other things ba said: ▲ few years ago, when a certain sup posed ornament (?) to French society was aaktd what he did. ha replied: “My business la to amoaa myself." The history of the church is bat a his tory of the struggle between men and women like this Frenchman, on the one hand, and. on the other hand, those who have had no place for a smile in their religion. The world has never lacked the stoic and the sensualist. To the stole the chnrch baa seemed very lax. To the sensualist she baa seemed too strict. The chnrch always baa ateod and always will stand against the purposeless lives of both of these extremes, it to the mere pleasure seeker the chnrch has teemed dogmatic and damnatory, we moat remember that plea sure baa bean tyrannical and brasan and absurd. To him who wor ships the god of pleasure, even other wise harmless pleasures become dissi pation tlH the world la full of the In sipid in heart and the vile In character and the purposeless In Ufe. Qod did not make I he world for mere amuse ment, neither did He design that It should be run by tbo mere roUIckers. Tat desire for food and clothes la no mare an Indication of tba physically robaat and normal man than are the demands for laughter and amusement Indices of the norma), mental and spir itual man. Tbe question la not, there fore. one of amuaaments. hut what kind and bow mueh. No doubt that the church baa often been too closely allied with tba stole in exercising damnatory power respect ing all forma of amusements. But be fore wo censors too severely let us take Into account the conditions of her early history. The church began her mighty march of cooqueot in el ties where all aorta of Irwd and obscene amusements wets the rule—Home. Corinth, Ephe sus, etc. In these cities the god of Pleasure held such high carulral that industry was throttled and domestic life was weakened. Roma’s greet am. pbltbeatre, seating 385,000 people, could ••ally ha filled with the morbid crowd that measured tba worth of the amuse ments by tha fury of the entertain ment and by the number of men and horses slain merely for their amuse ment. Tho Kmperor Trajan gars a three mouths' show In which io.OOO man and 11.000 boasts were slain to amam tha vary bast people of Rome. Men would appear on tbo stage dressed forgtopely, when suddenly flames would burst forth all over their bodies sad they would die writhing In agony •< flamed to the delight of the god of Measure. Often Christians were forced spectators and often unwilling partici pants la tbeso brutalities, "rood and fun" was tho hilarious cry of these amusement loving ^ooplo that haunted with Ms awful hiss tba oars of tbo tying gladiators. Tbo popularity of the ruler was measured by his wiiiing neos and ability to satisfy this cry for "food and fun." An unwilling wit ness to these debaucheries in the name of amusement, out wo wonder that coming from ouch a birthplace tho church boa at tinea been extreme? Gibbon tells ns that la tba daya of Romo’s worst famines she dismissed bar senators and patrons of art, but to aattty bar pod of pieanare she kept bar vile vestal virgins and her 0000 dancers and ringers of tho lewd sort to a moo# her aa she staggered down to death or lav in tbo last convulnons of bar dying bear. Ho win not criticise too harshly tbo church who has eome with her down her historic way and baa witnessed her death struggle with tbo profess!anal dispensers of amuse ment. who, an vile Is purpose aa tba •ratal virgins and who for flpanctat gala will pander to the selfish and sensual moods of men tin they leave those who otherwise would bo noble JWMjnts tbo menace of Ortuncart hjlon. The godless Coney Island eras* creates a morbid desire for Bnuduy amusement that as a vampire feeds fat on the vitals of our holy religion. I know there ia danger of being mis understood when l speak lu detull. The mill with a crabbed religion will think me too lax. while the man without couvlctlon will tblnk me too strict. With n seal worthy of a better cause the church la the past has picked ont a few aiuasementt mom which It has placed tbe ban and left others with no censure. It has decreed that danc ing and card playing and tbe theatres were of themselves sinful and devilish and were worse than ore “Jacob and Kuth." or "Blind Man's Buff.’1 or the more widely practiced game or miser liness or covetousness or “flbbiug.” It Is a hopeful sign that tfco present tendency of the church seems to be to give more atteutlon to tbe affirmative side of life rather than lo act as Phari saical Judges on tbe negative. “Thou sltalt not," ’.s Uke a prop to keep a dying tree from tailing, but It takes more than a prop to mako a live tree grow, -While the prop may have a place It ia not nearly to Important as some tbluk. I am not a theatregoer nor ballroom frequenter, neither do I know eveu the names of tbe different “playing cards." I feel that I have much better use for my time and money. Prom my ob servation 1 have so hesitancy, ho waver, in agreeing with those who replied to my question that the theatre lad dance and progressive euchre and cards are menaces to tbe development et the Christian life. While of themselves they may not be more harmful than tbs other forms of amusement named, tbelr influence seems to be against them. To tbe question: “Do you personally know people who frequent the theatres and ballroom and euchre parties who at the same time arc also leaders In prayer meeting and the 8unday-school as soul winners, with a good, healthful influence?? only two answered In tbe affirmative. Why? Does 1- not Indi cate that there is something out of harmony with these particular amuse ments and the healthful Influence of tho Christian life? Is It right- to go counter to the testimony of people scattered over such a wide territory and from so many different denomina tions so long as we prise ou religions Influence? Ii.Tve any the theatre ai n-whole la of good Influence aud a necessity for the men who are carrying the great bur den* in the commercial and industrial world, then it falls short of Its purpose, for the theatre la supported not by tbe Cargrules and Rockefellers, but mostly by those who cannot afford It and at tbe spun* time do what they ought to In philanthropy. Most or tbe support cornea from tbe younger class, who as yet hare no great burdens to bear. As to why those who frequent them are not real forces In Christina work, rend the following: President Kllot, of Har vard. says: “The Influence of amuse mouts may be drawn from tbe quality of the popular theatre. Tbe taste Is for the trivial spectacles, burlesques, vul gar vaudeville, extravaganza*, and the stage often presents to nnmoved audi ences scenes and situations of an un wholesome sort.” , One of tha leading dramatic critics of the Knglish press, Mr. Clement Scott, says It is “nearly Impossible for a woman to remain pure who adopts the stage at a profession and that the stage has a tendency to disorder the finer sensibilities and to substitute hol lowness for sincerity,” and adds: “I speak from my Intimate experience with the stage running over a period of over thirty years.” Is it right to de mand amuacmeat at tbe enormous price Mggtsted by these men in the rulu of the vlrtne of womanhood whose profession Is to amuse us and thus like Rome's vestals let their virtue pay the awfnl price for onr mere entertain ment? If It U “nearly impossible" to adopt tbe stage and remain pure, then It la not Christian to demand that form of amusement on whose altars woman hood la sacrificed. If the sacrifice was that of onr own sons and daughters would wo be willing to make It simply to amuse people? The stage cannot be kept up without using somebody’s daughter* on tbe al tar. Now the question becomes a dou ble one—not only can I have Christian motives by frequenting the theatre, but la it right to ask that somebody's daughter run tbe risk of ouch an awfnl temptation a* that to which the stag# subjects them far my mere amuse ment granting that the stage has many of tb# mdbt noble as Its adornment and that many of our bast people patronise HI Tot If the flams of the theatre pas sion demands such fool, can l afford to bo a party to the transaction? I would not appeal to prejudice nor act aa Judge over other men's consciences nor peso hard ecclesiastical law* of disbarment sgainst those who might differ with use. I make my appeal to the heart's sense of jostles to make man or women who ns*y have enough of the Cbristly ambition to make tbe moat of life by shunning that form of amusement of any kind which runs such tremendous risks. Are yon asking me If a man la to be deprived of hit rights Just because ho Is S Christian? This la a good question ovor which to pause and ask for the sake of ethers not what are my “rights,” but What are my duties and obligations? A Mm Utb H»m—'I rnjm. Lord, boboM oor ram Hr her* uh» Mod. Wo thook Thoo for tbta place la which wo dwell; for tbo loro that »n I too aa, for tbo pooco accorded aa tbta day for tbo bop* with which wo npoet tar Borrow; for tbo health, tbo work, tbo food ud tho bright akloa. that mako oor Utm 4aii«htfui; for oar j frtaada to an porta of tba oarth, uf i oar frteodty batpara la tbla farataa tale. I Let paaaa aboaad to oar ■mail cob pcoy. Forge oat af orary heart tbo larfctop grade*. Olrr aa graca aad rtraagtb to forbaar aad to porooiara. 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