THE CREED OF GLOOM.

NZ Truth, Issue 104, 15 June 1907, Page 3

THE CREED OF GLOOM.

' The Methodist General Conference has decided to insert m the Book of Laws a ' resolution warning members and adherents of the church to' abstain entirely from (lancing, tlieatregoing, snd other iquestionabie amusfements; m view of th« gre a t nio^al and apiritua:!* peril attaching theretiOj,— Sydney cablei; My brothers, seek salvatioa m fear i ana tribulation, Curb your . oheerf ul ' dispositic-n wil/h . '';...'■& hymn. ' .' l , - , Fof ego the j oy ' of dancing', and such unlawful praincing And adopt tbe life ! religious, grave and grim. . \ To clasp affomai nightly > and hug . her to you tiahtly In the sinful' evolutions of the •dance Is' to ';. wrongfully acquire a lustful,- . mad desire \ . ; : For the fleshly, joys forbidden of romance. . Know/ that- the theatre wa's not made ; .by- the Creator, Fix your thoughts upon hereafter and ; the tomb ; ; . Th& opera reeks with passion, and i - though it "b<& the fashion - Turn away and grope, m thick depressing, gloom. Sans clothes and things related, fair • 'wom'Eun was erea-ted, , And m nakedness she stood before her bprd-; ' ' But man is merely mortal : a grace^ ftil lianib's .the portal To the heil/\7here wicked lodjgers pay no fooard. Keep; from' all indulgence, close youreyos to -tho refulgence . Of the' limelight on the maiden m the play ; . . There is peril m the frillies of the luresome, winking MilidesTo oUr youthful ones (my 'brethren, let. us pray). Dq not waste your shilling on the • melodrama thrilling, , Spend it not upon amusemehtSi reprobate, . " It has .'■ a better function if placed, with hplv -unction, In the pibus cadg-er's full collection . . plate.