THE K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 1187 bad for reform ation. Its only remedy is exterm ination. It deserves destruction It is so inherently bad th a t environment is of m inor importance. It ought not to be tolerated in any h om e la n d its indulgence in public is an advertisem ent of indelicacy, immodesty and indecency. The ruin of young women which it brings to pass is arousing whole communities to protest against it. And yet; and yet; and yet some evangelical churches are encouraging it among th e ir young people. Tt is reported th a t a B aptist church in Philadelphia is building an annex w ith a room to be set ap art for dancing. Another church, in New York City, advertises among university students a dance on F riday even ings. When Solomon said, “There is a tim e to dance;” he certainly did no t refer to th is modern m ixture of sensual posture, sensuous music, and immodest dress. Worldly, wicked men confess th a t it is evil, bu t they are no saints and do no t care if it is. Professing Christians a,re its staunchest defenders, and thu s repel some young men who are trying to live, .clean lives and find in the modern dance their g reatest hindrance. A young man in a hotel, where I was stopping, confessed th a t he did not w ant to dance bu t. was dragged into it by the urgent appeal of Christian women. We believe th a t no church can lift the modern dance to a higher level, but the dance can do much to drag the church down to its low level.— A. C. D. EDDYISM DIVIDED There appeared in the “New York Times” a notice of the forthcom ing ann i versary of th e b irth of Mary Baker Eddy, and her followers were invited to meet a t her grave in Bow near Concord, New Hampshire, on Saturday, Ju ly 16th. Whereupon Mrs. August E. Stetson, who regards herself as th e tru e rep resen ta tive of Eddyism in New York, tak es a whole page of the Times to rebuke these deluded carnal simpletons for adm itting th a t birthdays, deaths and graves have any existence. She contends th a t Mrs. Baker Eddy has never died, and th a t th ere is no such thing as a grave a t Bow, New H ampshire; and by th e same pro cess of reasoning it is perfectly evident th a t th e village called “Bow” has no existence, th e state called New Hampshire has no existence, Mrs. Augusta Stetson’s body has no existence and the pen or machine w ith which sh e wrote her article has no existence. It would be good for the world if the poisonous erro r in her article had no existence. For instance: “The g reat Spiritual fact must be brought out th a t man is, n o t shall toe, perfect and imm ortal.” Which means, if it means anything, th a t all adu lterers, liafs and thieves are perfect, because sin has no existence and, therefore, adultery, lying and th e ft cannot be sin. The w ickedness of th is erro r appears when it is applied to God. Eddyism tells us th a t God is everything and everything is God. Arid because God is good, therefore, everything is good, which means th a t God is adultery, lying and th eft. The fact th a t Eddyism is a menace to morality and health is becoming very apparent. If sin has no reality th ere can be no guilt, and, if th ere is no guilt, th ere can be no condemnation. There is perfect liberty to do anything we please If th ere is no disease, th ere is, of course, no need of sanitation, the city w ater supply need not be examined, the sewers need not be cleansed, indeed, we may drink from the. sewers, for th ere is no such thing as filth and microbes of disease.
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