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REV. A, G. SCHULER ON AMUSEMENTS, He Makes Some Plain Statements In His Efforts to Show Some of The Evils of Today. Rev. A. C. Shuler, pastor of the Bukhead and Greshamville Baptist churches, has written an article on amusements, new and old, which we publish below: Amusements of a questionable char¬ acter, mechanical devices that help to foster a spirit to gamble should be avoided by all professed Christians. We have had it in mind to speak out on this subject for some time, but have waited for some of our ideas to thoroughly materialize before doing so. The devil is using every means and device known to his infernal ingenu¬ ity to catch men; to get hold of the young lives of our boys and girls and forever dwarf their possibilities for good. We Christians tolerate a great many sinful things, not for once realizing how damnable they are in their influ¬ ence for evil. Our young people are the hope of the church and the state. That’s why good men are so con¬ cerned about their lives. And, too, they are going to engage in some sort of amusement, some sort of entertainment, and we think it right that they should, if they care to do so. But “there is a way that seemeth right unto a man, and the end thereof is death.” There are various amusements and evii practices tolerated by the Chris¬ tian church to-day which we think the Lord Himself can’t approve, and said toleration is resulting in dwarfed, powerless, and indifferent Christian lines. The tendency of this age is to get through life as easily as possible; to get money and gratify our selfish de¬ sires regardless of how we do it. The only antidote for such a spirit is Christian education and religion. If the influences of the church and our Christian civilization are not brought into action to check and counteract such baneful effects, it doesn’t take a prophet to forecast re¬ sults. Some of the most common forms of sin to-day, looked upon by many as mere “pastime and entertainment,” are nothing less than stepping stones which lead on and on, growing more destructive with every step, until the human heart becomes so steeped in sin that it is a miracle, indeed, for it $ver to respond to holy influences and break away from the old life. From the most accurate figures ob¬ tainable, we preach to sixteen or seventeen hundred different people. They are looking to us for leadership in spiritual things; to be taught upon all subjects pertaining to the Christian life and service. So, true to ourselves and to them, we must be frank, open and honest, “instant in season and out of season,” speaking in love and in patience. We want to have a little talk some of our folks about dancing. Some say its a safe amusement, are undecided and often ask us we think about it. We are somewhat that the Christian ask such a question. We lay down one rule, one test, be applied to all forms of of questionable character, and it this: In every instance of Rev. A. C. Schuler, of Buckhead Baptist Church, Who Conducted Such a Stirring Revival at Monroe Recently". daughter of respected and well-to-do parents. They wish to bestow upon her every social grace and accomplish¬ ment which modern society demands. So when it is announced that there is going to be a dancing school, they decide she must enjoy the “advan¬ tage” along side of her friends. At first she seems shocked at the manner he embraces her to teach her to waltz. It is her first experience in the arms of a strange man, and in her natural modesty, she shrinks from so familiar a touch. It brings a flush of indignation to her cheek, as she thinks of the indecent position as¬ in sumed in taking her first lessons Protect Your Home WITH A GYGLONE POLICY Covers Homes, Schools Churches and Business Houses The Cost is Very Low. Only ‘25 Cents a Hundred. H. T. HUSON, Insurance Dealer. ‘ THE LOVINGTON NEWS doubt as to the righteousness or un¬ righteousness of the thing, be good enough, loyal enough to your Lord to give Him the benefit of the doubt. Do this and you will hardly ever go wrong. The Christian should never do, or take part in anything, in which he can’t have a clear conscience be¬ fore God and man. Not long since a friend of mine, who lives in one of our small towns, rot far away, said to me, “We are going to have a dancing school for a few days; a man by the name of--is here to teach us.” We learned afterwards that many church people patronized the school, and that it did a rushing business for several days. We are not sure, how ever, that a single minister of that town ever opened his mouth against the thing-not surprised though-for all over this country are preachers too little and pevish, too cowardly to be reverred as God’s ministers. They’ve got one eye eye on God and the other on some rich man, or some fashionable church, while the devil and his agents lure the world on to hell. Think of a beautiful girl. She is the waltzing. But she says to herself:; “This is the position every one must j take who waltzes in the most up-to- I date and approved style—church members and all—so of course its no harm for me”—She has thus perform¬ ed the first act of the drama, which is to have such a tragic ending, in cast¬ ing aside that delicate God-given in¬ stinct which should be the guide to every pure woman in such matters. She is fastoverc ming herdelicaey; becomes very popular in a “certain set;” the more profitable things lose all attractions for her; her chief read¬ ing is the newspapers and trashy nov¬ I els; and after all she is not to blame j < ’ or ' ^he’s all changed now. the cneeks , i ^ iave lost their rosy hue and the eyes their sparkle. She goes from had to worse, and you can draw on your im agination for the climax of the awful . j tragedy. j But the oddest of it all is that dur hi S all those months and years of her sweet, young life, her pastor “could see no harm in hanging.” Some contend there is no harm in parlor dancing. How many parents are able to restrict their children to parlor dancing only? Not one in ten thousand. Dancing is too fascinating and they who were first content with parlor dancing, want something else, and will, in order to get what they want, go almost to any place. The safe side is the best side. Teach them from little tots, (oh, here’s the trouble: our children are not taught,) thus keeping them from taking the first step to ruin, and they can never take the last. Where did the majority" of drunkards take their first drink? Where did the gambler play" his first card? Where did three-fourths of the women, who are today living a life of shame, have a man’s arm clasped about them for the first time? The first drink of the drunkard was just a social glass. The first game of the gambler was just a social game. And three-fourths of the out-easts had a man’s arm about them for the first time when they were young girls at a social dance. To cure a disease, it becomes ne¬ cessary to remove the cause. To stop the great tide of sin, we must begin at its source. We should not encour¬ age among our children games of chance or any T sortof device that tends to foster a spirit to gamble. We can’t always foresee the evil these things lead to, but one thing we know: they will lead to nothing good. We know fathers who play cards and gamble, just to be social, just to be a “good fellow,” and in this way are leading their own boys, and their neignbors’ boys, on and on to dissipa¬ tion and ruin. What will the harvest be? is a ques¬ tion we want you to answer. Can we blame a boy who leads a life of sin to eternal ruin, if his father and his father’s friends (so-called) live such lives before them? As we have already said, our children are going to do something for their en tertainment, and its right that they should. By all means let them have a good time, for they- are going to be child ren and young people only once in life. Don’t keep them shut in at home with no place to go and noth ing to enjoy-. As many young people are started on the road to ruin in this way as in any other. Why, some ii .--r' Just Received. The demand for this popular Piano is truly wonderful. So fully has it met the requirements of the music loving pub lie that today it can be truthfully said that the M. Schulz Piano is the most favorably known Piano in this section. M. 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