Author: S. M. VernonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Amusements in the Light of Reason, History, and Revelation
Author: S. M. VernonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Amusements in the Light of Reason, History, and Revelation
Author: Samuel Milton VernonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781505812589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
The Christian classic concerning the nature of amusements and the character of the theater. Chapter 1. Amusements Are Designed by God Chapter 2. Amusements Are Necessary Chapter 3. Proper and Improper Amusements Chapter 4. The History of the Theater Chapter 5. Testimony Concerning the Character of the Theater Chapter 6. The Testimony of the Church Chapter 7. The Corrupt Character of most of the Actors is an Objection to the Theater Chapter 8. The Character of the Plays in Use Chapter 9. The Theater's Defense Chapter 10. The Moral Influences of the Theater Chapter 11. The Theater and Christian Life Chapter 12. Can the Theater Be Reformed? "Man has been called "the laughing animal." This definition, if not exhaustive, is at least philosophical and suggestive. In the crown of superior faculties with which the Creator was pleased to endow man, he placed this sparkling gem as a peculiar divine gift. Laughter is the efflorescence or sportive action of the nobler powers -- reason, judgment, imagination, taste, and even of conscience itself. "The sense of humor is a strong element in human nature, appearing in all grades of society, growing with advancing civilization and culture, adapting itself to all religions and philosophies, and running through all the experiences of life, like a golden thread, essential to the integrity of the whole fabric. "The Creator gave man an eye that he might see, an ear that he might hear, and faculties for amusement that they might be used. The faculty proves the intention of the Creator. If God made man with a propensity to laugh it is clear that he intended him to laugh, that in itself it is right, and that it ministers to the highest good."
Amusements in the Light of Reason, History, and Revelation
Author: S. M. VernonPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230053554
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...the most gifted and highly endowed are often the most sensitive and capable of impressions. It is the design of the play to excite the emotions and raise the passions, and if in any case it fails, it must be because the actors have over estimated the intelligence and capacities of the audience. A good listener, like a good actor, must enter into the spirit of the piece, follow the actor in his feelings, passions, and sentiments, and for the time by the power of his imagination transform fiction into reality. He is a dull, stupid, soulless fellow, who looks upon the scenes of the stage with no kindling feelings or rising passions. One has forcibly said of the stage: "Wickedness is made to give amusement. Lying, drunkenness, and adultery are made a cause of sport and the occasion of hilarity, and crimes that would call down the wrath of God on their perpetrators are systematically made to provoke laughter." Laughing at crime is a mild way of taking in its infection, and a sure approach to a reconciliation and lasting friendship with it. If two people who have long been bitter enemies can be brought to indulge in a hearty laugh together, what remains necessary to a reconciliation will be easily disposed of. An uncorrupted mind has only scorn for vice, and is already fallen in feeling when it consents to laugh at it. This silent, insensible, indirect influence is one of the most deadly and dangerous forces of evil. Vice will rarely succeed in a bold, open attack upon virtuous minds; it will be rejected with scorn. It may, however, by soft, gentle, insensible approaches, accustom the mind to its presence, soften resentment, insinuate its charms, blind the eyes to its character and consequences, and at last win marvelous victories...
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Baptist Quarterly Review
Author: Amusements
Author: Hiram Collins HaydnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Problems of the Town Church
Author: George Amos MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church work
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Hours at Home
Author: Manual of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Author: Methodist Episcopal ChurchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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