Popular amusements . CHAPTER X. APPEAL TO THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF THEMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. / have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,a7id the word of God abideth in you, and ye have over-come the wicked one. I John ii, 14. BEFORE we part, will our young Chris-tian reader suffer the word of exhor-tation ? I am not unmindful of the situationin which you are placed. You have associ-ates, intelligent, agreeable in manners, andnot immoral, who argue stoutly in defense oftheir thoughtless pleasures. Your conscienceresists, and yet you feel the effect of their so-licitations. You a
Popular amusements . CHAPTER X. APPEAL TO THE YOUNG MEMBERS OF THEMETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. / have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,a7id the word of God abideth in you, and ye have over-come the wicked one. I John ii, 14. BEFORE we part, will our young Chris-tian reader suffer the word of exhor-tation ? I am not unmindful of the situationin which you are placed. You have associ-ates, intelligent, agreeable in manners, andnot immoral, who argue stoutly in defense oftheir thoughtless pleasures. Your conscienceresists, and yet you feel the effect of their so-licitations. You are sometimes almost readyto wish that your parents, your pastor, your class-leader, and your own conscience would 169 170 POPULAR AMUSEMENTS. consent to your yielding, that you might es-cape the pressure and feel no conflict betweenduty and the wishes of your gay me call your attention to certain consid-erations, which I trust will have the effect tostrengthen you for the right. I. Frivolotis and doitb
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