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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
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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.
Offradar*, giro aa tba gyaaa to accept
aad to foratra Vtog*tfol enrootra*.
botp na to boar akoorfally tba faggot
fatooao of at bora. Olrr oo coorago oad
gaiety aad Oka «atot mind. apart to
aa aar frtanda, aoftoa aa to aar too
wMfftTto lh*T wo"ba"fcM
peril, aa* to trlbatadoaa.
ala to an aad to att chaegee of tor
Pa* to tba gataa af death.
a* roe ta aaatkar. Aa
tba day i tba wtadartU
ta tba ar ef tbotr afro,
we baaa aad
MW ’•
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