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Í PACIFIC CHRISTIAN MESSELE!». THURSDAY, 2 AUGUST Bj 18?7. Fl « t i L A : K " ' K -VJ- - 'S ■ : a j X. . x. r _ < I i c ' ' j F 1» - * * *' - * -IL B ST. % % amuAimut rxcej?t tjhatpof"the sain 27 We tu'e >> “ glhi ify Gdd in opr Pead^ vet rising up to.U)U0»go Sthe Clive the sects byiys rightiand Left PiA;As.\!tT H ill , July 2-?Jb75. ropes, Talk jMidly oji the ’'first pHncipleic.’ f fellows, devoid of shame, or fiie irre- ■ bodies and spirits which are ids. ’ Has ' ship ; <Raid men pulling the 21ro. Sttiulei}: Ouf congregation seems to be more iigious families described by Job, | any Christian ever .been known to dead men st •t ring, dead men spread Ysm needn’t say anything about Leavo that for the J ing ’ the sails. 1 thought.-what a et'liristian ■ prosperous than at the 'timei of our which, produced inereas«-<l impiety and ' glorify ’God by dancing .’ » - duties. a preacher to t^lk ’ .about when you are’ liut do you 2b. Among the works of the flesh ; strange idea that was. mdetl in destruction ; and lifHerodias, " last report. not present. ' ■e that time. named by the aj*>stle Paul: Gal. V IB - know 1 have lived to -• which terminated in the rash \ow of For the U^jt three weeks the aver- Tbe-.Biblp says: “Bear ye one ■ age attendance in the Sunday sch'ool Herddiaiiil the imn'der of John >tlie and-20, is reveling.® Reveling is noisy I have s en'it <l»>ne. I have gone into undther ’s burdens;” so cohstrue that ; churches, and I have seen a dead man mirth , and has be n so. regarded by has lieeii ninety-eiglit and, as a Baptist. as .to me an b.-ar ye ono another’s in the pulpit, and :• dead man as a 15. Who came to Herods’ blood stained l i the best authority, l»oth; prose writers. natural leBqlt, our morning meetings riches and prosperity. ' am! poets, in all age*. -Rvrün say* : ■ i iLgieon, hliil a dead-man-holding the __ ~ lb rone. '■ have been* wq U attended. , To seek forbidden joys ’ ; plate at the door, and dead men sit- ' ‘ If you will carefully' follow the | “ There was a sound of revelry by night We were favored, on last Sunday, Who reveled there inarimes unknown. ad vice given in tie.-; short .sertnon. with two of Bro. Burnett s good dis,-- Bedecked with' gaudy toys? A Dancer. > And Belgium’» capital had gathered jhen t ting i<> hear. Yon ray, “ Stratfty her beauty and her chivalry, .But Lhavtt. 1 have gone into societies, then where- tlie po >r, :triliing beggar courses. He fiad been absent for six i Anti bright the lamps shone d're fair women Who caipe in Baste to kibgly court .’ and I have s< -n it aH going on so- ■ Lazarus P ent you shall never go, but weeks, on what- lie was pleased to and brave men. , To do a monster deed, • \ 1 jseguhwly. These d -a<l^ men, you there shall ho ministered -unto yoa an ■* - a » . » Tall, a vacation. We learn that his To lift the Rjman ax iu sport i f-v I know, never outsto]» the lxuinds of abunjant entrance' into .the ■ eternal . Oq' with the danoe ! let joy be nneontined.” •time has Been •well improved during- And see tlie Bajitist bleed ? A Dancer. i ptiidence — not they ; they have not ah>de prepared for those who, clad, in his absence, but he returns to ujj’look Who bore away the good man’s bead, Paul lgis said thattliey who do'such life enough U>.du that.’ They always purpIw*an<F fill'- linen,fare sumptuously ing much worn ; yet he seemeh to for- Like viands—on a plate. things eamiot.inherit tlie kingilotn of pull the rope rii ’ dcrly : As it was in every day- and enjoy tlie good things get the’wbakness of his frame while Exalting that a saint was dead God,'_ The church may refnin them To glut her mothers bate ? A Dancer. . ~ the beginning, is now. and ever shall of «M’-h.—ri.sp'o.ii yicxtu iKjct:. i in the sacred desk. ‘ for policy D . l(i. Tha preparatioy for the dance • <. __ L." Brethren aifcl Sisters, who are 2ii5 Dancing is ■’tdeflatry^ Und ah-U*1' "’vriiLwithojit d. Anqgi.’^Ahd An Indian Tradition. readers of the M essenger , let us not is an outvrerd adorning,’not of gtxxl i<lol to which dancing Christians 'P I the dead man in t pulpit, is lie not ? forget to aid our monsters with our works, but/of.costly apparel ; all this i are closely bound, or_they, would not I most regular and precise ' He v?ys- Among the.Seulinole Indians there prayers and our .means, ever -remem display isjiot -of'a meek and quiet ! indulge in it. Read McKnighfs trans- tematically draws his handkerchief is a singular tradition regarding the ■ bering that the laborer is worthy of spirit, but of pride‘and tumultuous tion, 1 «Cor. x. 7. '“Neither l>e ve from his pocket and uses it at the ( white man's origin anti superiority. ’ vanity. ' •-*— " ' idolaters as were some of them ; as it region- j leriod, in the middle of the 1ms hire. They say that-when the Great Spirit’ „ * have seen the minister 17. No (liristian can attend such is- Written." “ The people sat down to wWith the prayer that we may all made the earth, lie also made three consider well our obligations to God, places without receiving spots from cat and drink*and rdse up to <lance." preaching, without a particle of life, a aniLso labor in this-world, as to find the world. And tire ApoBtle James In King James the word " play ” ’oc sermon which is only fresh in the men', all of whom were of fair-complex our names written in the Lamb’s says, “ Keep yourself uns'jrotted from curs, but if you will turn to Exdus sense in which fish* is fresh when—it ion ; and after making them he led the world."—-v ------- - -——-——— xxxii. you will“ find that it wai“a ha*, been pocked itvicr; I iravo soon ~~ ~ iwok ofirifi1 atflast ri the prayer of 18. The scripture gives us all things “dance.”! The apostl^ says nothing people sit, ,-tnd they have listened as and hade them ■ leap therein. One -* * • Yours ip Christ, that pertain to life and godliness. If about the (Solden Calf, but sp. aks pf if they had lieen a group of statues— immediately Obeyed, and came out of ............... A.-H. B eckwi i n. i the chiseled marble would have been the water purer than before he. bathed ; dancing pertains to life and godliness, dancing and calls it idolatiy. the second didiiot foap until the wa DANCING. dbrpething must lie given that author 30. J lancing is contrary to the spirit Im«much affected by the-oo+imm -as. A A'tt.g'**' . --------- e ter became slightly muddy, and when izes it Where is it ? and gcuius-of Christianity, and those tliey. Do you think that God will THI11TT THREE REASONS .WHY CHRIS he bathed he carné np copper Colored ; lit. ** Whatsoever ye do in word ’or who engage in it should remember ever bless ii churcli like that?' .tie TIANS SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN IT.. tlie third <lid not leak until tlie water J deed,’do all in the name of the Lord “ That whatsocrer a man sowgth that lieeatue black with, mud, ami came out 1. It leads to expense in dress, to Jesus giving thanks unto God and the .shall he also rffijuofi.Ju/ tLat spwejh ■ late hours, to the neglect hf moral and Father'by TrirAv VoTTHriT- ’Hi is de-" to his flesh shall pf tly^esh' reap cor Wv wáilt living ministers and'a living I wTt n ¡15. ow i i 'coloj~ TTien thta‘ilria't- Spirit laid before them three packages intellectual culture, and to various mauds the glory of God as the object, ruption, ruption. bitt but he tbaCbrnweth that S^v to the hearers, and until we have-sueli. men of bark, and baric* them chooqe, and .who have got the- very fire ” »f'life as well as the authority of Christ, for . . . ■ ,-itf«irit .'.vKnIL shall pf tin -pirit'reaj. ìiGa Iirc oi’mr- . r evil practices. <.tn vf-pity Iri his mi-i^f'.otie <>f eefor. r wh a t, àiwfa 1 h™ d ancing do- thia i , nqfhl2 j | LUIR .11 ' I ft ’2. rD¡fljellíg, ffleiro or less, Tails in 20. Those who -dancing dq wh<> practice pi-acticeslaueing It i^a forwfiw rim wmkk '■ If.! tongues of life, and souls of lift-, we he gave the black man his first choice. contactfwith promiscuous -company— think ot appcaliiig to hcrtpiim» for nnv ñíah’ltívé'the world,, the Hove of shall ’never see the kingdom of heaveuT He look hold <>f i>ach of the pnekagefi." and impure atmosphere. “Tivii conta •. ir.i *ii dance i i '■ * aiul, having/elt them, chose the heavi authority: If they will there the Fdtlier m'nót’ln hirn.”' 1. Jno. ii. taken by storm. "For-the kingdom munications corrupt good manners. ’ of heaven suffereth violence, and the i est; tlie copper-colored one then chose 3. It mars social intercourse and un fore in the absence of authority either 15. the second heaviest, leaving the white fits the mind for real, useful, substan- direct or indirect, the sooner they arc 32. A j'ood brother, perhajis a violent take it by force.'’—t'/uis' oe A Wwlfl. , / . i man to choose the lightest. When given over to the. world tlig sooner préach'ér, sajtt the’scripftirc df>es not tial enjoyment. the; packages were opened, the first 4. ’ Dancing unfits the mind for se will the church, be relieved of their prohibit dancing, ft’ sitys, “ Thou was found to conta.iik;spadt$, hoes, and A Slioi ’ t Sermon. < pernicious, example pnd they.cowse to slialt n<’it danfi-” jiist aS inudi a- i' rious reflection and prayer.. ’ ' * all tlm.implrments of lalair; the second practice deceptio n on the,world. - 'sa^s ATTmu'flwilt fifat* at enols,’’ ’X’The inosi wise. cdnsiderafy judi- to sort enrrci! vr.vi. enwrapped.hunting.,tjshihg and war 2L Christians are conquauded to “■Thou sha'lt ndt^run 1 mttos’’ ciotis and devotedly pious, in all. ag??, . ax j ; H. atabk Í Ti * like apparatus; 71ie, third gavi; the' ” let their light shine,-that ofliers see talialt not at*15lBlhfri<' * have looked upon 'dancing as amuse white mail pens, ink iuid paper;— the ing- their good works may glorify our * 31 Fmallvtata.d'w ’ . r ( 'tim'd if; Tv ment not only as useless, but’ of deckl engine^ of the mind- the ¡.¿iral, men ed evij temlen'cy. ’ “ ’Be not conformed Father in IleapeJi. Has thd dancing fessorsAfy,lriisttahity'46' flftt’cfMsId tal improvement*- thq SMcrnl link -of •of ChristiansAjver converted a soul to "tfte>,*‘baff-rffoiA ” a’sniWlTlc' plitFS’"'foi to this world.” - bumanity-rrtiic foundation of the ***{■ 6. Those who dhlight in die ball Christ? Rather has their-light been GKristihtf white rniui's »iqxsriprity, "i; ” Jt'refi; DLitirtiri room or dancing parties'are generally ‘ .turned to «larkupsts amidin church basi ever succeeded where it has -not • difri fond of thejyine cup, novel reallinj?, :ttn <’fh ’ fir • ■ » ■ »' cifiluwd against it. and the card table. 1A the first plfUT. b ■ Sure tfthVyqiir ' T he B est T;<1 e .—A veny <lmu* and 2^1, The P>ible. contains a revcJatioM—-, ijfeIes«’Cht»cW.- t 7. Dancing‘is a favorite ftmuseincnt ■ is . i) tile eblireh !<<'.; ; , .p- 1 i-nly dangHtir lay »lying. She hail pf the wrath pf God against^all ungod /'*'• ** I '-1 A ■ At "'Afft of the' savage ' ridtionsl'and Usually* ‘gers, looking over the I ook, riirn <ah •been a very'thoughtful, praying child, Aioank-mporaiy begins an ft tinlo. forms a very important part in the' liness and unrightcousncHsf gnd the seh it. 'Try' to Lave it written 'in ' having ’firolessc»! ndigiun *at twelve* apostle says, “ they who do these things bn this tojiii- with tfo- ikxhunriyn worship of heathbn Gods. ' htrge Iett*r«-as it-wfl' -bc-'-'tO -tfiggn-i ' ymacsxjlAGs^an4’ Iiu«i*-<lwoteil life. •- .->n Now she wuonly waiting's few hours , 8. Social’hotfte dances, as advocated, shall hpl inhvrinTic Timgdopi of (hal ” “ That there a«H trx»< many lifeless part h? ymr.- profot.jFa. —Dancers do all these things. « ministers, and,- as -a natural emsu- 1 — * to go homo. fn the next pla^ go to mteting Severe paui at times al by some chTístians áre but the step 23. True gentility and ctiqutte are ■qu^nce, too many lifeless »ch urehis in most toAk away the pow« of thought'. ping stone-to file public ball-risen' and oiicc th q while ; once a month if ebn- theatre -‘the top round of the ladder found in the church and not in the our midst, aeuds no argUmestt.This veirient. "Be sure to go when a big BctU’ee^jthesa severe attacks of> stiff-- l<all-room. The most accomplished is a jilain and-p.ijttwl cJiimge against, that leads down to the pit. “ A pru- pfeAcher is to !>e there, ahd strive to' . .ng. she looked back on her child< - dent man forseeth- the evil, but the lady amhgi ntleman in the world are the ministry? and. if- true, should lx*, as conspicuous licfore- hint as those who have been educated in the create- no little alarm ami‘agitation. «imple pass"on and are punished. possibie. But wheii they make up a i the blessed future, with cqval clcar^v Church of ( ’hrist. Their •e manners A lifeless church 1 What a contra 9. Dancing-masters ami dancing contribution for him. <l<>u’t give anv- uesH and joy, as she said :. “ There's a spring from-a pure heart. diction in idea 1 A name to live, vet mistresses are generally of low stand thing unless you have a ton ctnt piece ! delightful clearness now." A* I sat .24. If dancing is not as bad an evil ing in Mociefy,- not even welcome at as other Christians do, tlien it is bad. ! d. ad cohiiniasiomd to givg life to, the so iip.itilatod you can’t pass it anv- by her bed, we talke»! as her strength the homes of their qjupils as guests. and for the same reason, stealing may ’ world, yet without its poWet in itstdf. where disc. would permit. Among- the many' I it is a waste, a desolation not pleasant Tliey are classed as theatricals ot^oose, be in harmony with principles of tjiings never to be forgotten,.ehe sai3: If you go to bear your home preach-1 I to contemplate, and an oifiAise to th& habits, whose morals will not Lear “ Father, you know I professed relig- " er,'don't make fun of him until you : (Christianity, because it isTiot -as bad scrutiny, and whose language is often as murder.' Where did Christ or the ■ Lord ot the rineyard. How prayer- get out of the house, ltwouldn’t !o<4; ion very young some thought too ) less, how inactive, how indifferent, very contaminating and corrupting. • well. Il you have aught against a young' - but, oh liow I wish. I cotdd apostles license its to do bad. ' how <le«tit»rtc of ls,nevnlence,.hnw un- 10. The freedom between the sexes 25. Dancing causes brethren of liretht r 'or si -t I, tril evqey one else i tell everybody what a comfort it is to in certain kinds of daticihg is exceed strong, aw well as weak consciences, to ) copcmied ahnuf the safety and pivis- exceji.t them, mo noic to think of it.” Reaching out ingly immodest, as admitted by those offend, hence it ofight not to lx? indul-. I {icrity < if Zion It is not enough that If the bretliren want you to help her hand-—fingers already' coldy-and who engage in it, ami often results in ged in. “ But when ye'sin so against I a chureb <Hre foi‘ itself, or its minister pay the preacher, quote ’our text to grasping mine, she said.with great the most serious and pernicious conse the brethren, and wound their weak having a •place and e living care for them. “Cursed is he that won’t take earnestness : “ Father yitii are at work 1 himself. The extension and building quences. . conscience ye sih against Christ. 1, care of No. one, ’ Let the preach«*. •for the young. D»i all you caui for Upbif (^rxl’s'kiheritanco, the conver IT .-'Dancing is a most useless art. Cor. viii. 12. . Theri Said he unto thuJ work like other ¡»eople and preach tew. them while they are young. It is Hu tir>ie~ t/u- hes< fimt. Oh, I set' it. 12. The evils'flowing, from dancing, disciples. 'It is impossible hut that sion .of the world; fthoflld be ever I e- Jf any of the brethren want you to ' I and from "inspiring children with the Offences will come ; l'ut woe untAliim (*>!■<■ it. and rnii into activity <>.vciw I.subscribe for a church paper, tel! them now ns I never did befom It is the I dancing mania, may lie summed up’ iri through whom tliey come! It wpjg dqiacity tt> tip goml and win souls tn j you arc t-> |wor. ’’/ff course you must best time -rwhile tl«jv are young—the I Christ Its lif giving |H.wer should , pride, folly, irreligión, - and excessive i better for him <thaf n_nnir stófft* Were ; have the .Vc/c 3b<Z.- and it is yc.ungei- the Iw-tter. Do -tall you can be ti-lt in th** community* and .fvp |n lote .of pleasure, *nd finally jn a loas hanged about Lis n«k, ¡iitrf he' an you can-thke; iiplesá'ít b a fash for them while they are «vi-y y-oung.” rib w< rk of AJhristhniity in ion paper, if you ¿o jo prayer meet - Sf'r.‘ - of the soul. ‘j ' 13. Dancing as fmw jiracticed by offend one of thdse litth wiH" 1 Lutei which’ iff ffli ffti pSff4 ripe! fcrtrfi Tlie ing, don’t have anything to say. And .. r f . ■ •' 1 pwpei«, f¥d*i whiclr we qwitM the first - the sexles as art afmri eneht, is unrerip- ;<vn. !. 2. * ifth'Ag)ili,‘r.s'ypprove you ‘fin- derelic AL thd VaSsiif < ’oirtmencciiicitt, Miss tural, and tbos"- who introduce it nitoj i 2Ò. Dancing is i • n<it nót a Malflifttl M-d filiti I qXer- e.xer- •’remnik» <yifitarns-an extinrt frr^hi thM tion ,nf duty, telT them 'you are as good f htlh rt.son-, in her. dqfense of a Women the CTinrCh are “'dideásiál members,” j ewe M-HtirdisiMiw anvi-ínanv deaths Jiving wihker in a "living rluhvh in- as konii one talse. , That will sctíle who cntéh thè jfrófesA&i ' of medicine, <**■«*} |4,ndnt<rMr. Ii. Spurguon, which Is and should l>e healed of amputated, 1 follow the rXcitnurnnt -h»’«f< <k A-ooms íhcfin. ‘ Oppose, tire fíFfnday school, said: u^taitafié!Ì pfove t-.i'niftliAteven slim ply sht to'the mark - I .^pd th^s fave tli- "• sly. — thin dlothing^—Isi^gbontii/u**! e.;¿r- nnasipnnry woric, etc. Tliey .rnighl if they do.urrf it’, all Wolii?h‘ Ain not < Wvridgw’s 14. No instanée'of dancing is foun<f cisc - drintai--iintihM-fir ’ edting and I Have" yrtu riist something, but it wilt not ba Lest marry, as th?,’ hugely hi hxojWH Al aril.- rtf' 1, tiare BRy-jrhti* 'I upon r.’cord, in the Bible,< in which«) ' »rexnal cxciteibriit. Ko phyMmstti> physb-mfe* «iy say to pili vour opposition on that ground of the male |x>|Hilitlon,"nn<l'ev| ‘h tliityi ’ lviVf tlWjight of the «trangeat lyrvp j -.. Uaaggbt qt jt oua uiw atrangesk . . .• the" two sekes wetb e 'ngág«¿J in the öx^ Wluwc iiMW’lrpel'♦mnen nt»- foft Irei; ium^iyatúu^ev.r . _ mlt¡ fi,gotl Wr, re- If yotí stthscribe anything to pay* Una t|le growing scgrclfy- óf ’.tat&ktlfle i fin ereixe eithef as an act 'of fyprshij' <W to Wt in ajKsfivtance with the true beet riteiyjy Qmt part1 where the pii! jr-caclyer und see that you will fctil it, renders it still mòre hftaàrdoflkf if fidt. , Aniftséincnt; Ncilhfr is tliere any in-11 •principlJi'of ■princijUJ^ of’ '4?hristianivj'' -Christianity' thf-y tht-jr Rave* K av ’ c mariner representa the ^orpsqs of all dó not pay It. Let it gó; lié won’t impossible, r. sentiment whkj) elicit« d «tairve on record of social dancing for ! healthy’Rxliv's anti cíéa’r ’ corisciencés. the’dí'íd tnCn rising up-all o? them I sue you, but other creditors might. considerable applause. ’ — •— ’T r-< B- I £ f