METHODISTS AND DANCING.
I American Methodists, by a vote of five to one in general conference, removed the restrictions against dancing, games of chance, and all theatre attendance, which have been in force since 1872. ! The minority report forbidding theatre I attendance on Sundays was rejected by j 460 votes to 295. Dr. Elliott (Detroit), ' speaking for the majority, said: "Henceforth we trust to the conscience of men, and anticipate the time when the law ; shall be no more, "because it is 'written . in the hearts of men. Preachers will now , stand in their pulpits, not -with the ' policeman's club, but the shepherd's crook, in their hands." Previously voting pleas were heard from those who maintain that Sunday theatres are very detrimental to the churches, and that dancing is one of the greatest causes of divorce. New York to-day has what is called a "Continental Sunday"; everything is -wide open, but practice differs in accordance with the law in various States. In some American cities, for instance, one cannot buy a newspaper or 1 ride in a truscar on Sunday.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 166, 15 July 1924, Page 7
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