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I know it is unpopular to preach against the modern dance. I know it is considered "old fashioned"
to oppose modern pastimes. Yet, I know a faithful child of God will not participate in the dance.
The Christian is as old fashioned as the New Testament and the New Testament condemns revelry and
dancing is revelry (Gal. 5:21). The Christian is warned against worldliness, and dancing is
worldly in the extreme.
Not many years ago almost every denomination in America opposed dancing. It was condemned from pulpit and pew alike. The Methodist Discipline of a century ago spoke out against dancing in no uncertain terms. The Baptist pulpit thundered the anathemas of high heaven upon it. Presbyterianism condemned it. And, so, through the whole catalog of Protestantism dancing was condemned. How about it now? Most of the denominations have thrown open the door of liberalism and brought the dance into their churches themselves. In numerous instances even their chapels resound to the strains of the jazz band and shuffling feet. The fires of hell have been fanned, and the sacred fires of heaven lie smouldering under the ashes of worldliness. The devil has entered the religious world with his fiddle and dance, and worldly parents love to have it so. That will be seen in the "Proms" their children attend this month, at which many could die from alcohol and alcohol-related auto accidents. Don't let your child be one of them. |