DANCING AND DRINK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 6

DANCING AND DRINK.

PRESBYTERIAN COMPLAINT.

k BIBLE CLASSES THREATENED. ;[BT TEtEGBATH,—OWN cobbespondent] CHRISTCHDECH; Wednasdar. - Reports delivered to the Christchurch Presbytery concerning the work of the outlying charges are not as dry as may be imagined. -Take as ah instance an excerpt from the report of Mr. W. Dunlop, who detailed . to the presbytery to-day what had been achieved at Scargili. " We are badly *up against' the dancing problem at present." stated Mr. Dunlop. "Our Bible classes in the past have been very well attended, and members are* very keen on discussions. Out of the syllabus subjects hay el arisen, a number of questions, among them dancing and drink. There seems to» have come into our classes an ungodly spirit regarding" dancing and drink. The suggestion was made one evening that the churches should buy out public houses and sell liquor with a Christian spirit. I must say.l don't know just what that sort of Christian spirit meant. That night I had visions of Dr. Gibb working the pump-handle of the cellar, and could not reconcile it with everyday life. The dancing element is persecuting us very badly, and I think the time has come when every true preacher of the Gospel should face this problem. It seems to be sapping the life out of our Bible classes."