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title: 'Dancing as an Amusement for Christians: A Sermon, Delivered in the Brainerd Presbyterian Church, New-York, Feb. 14, 1847, and Repeated, By Request, Feb. 28'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Asa Dodge Smith'
date: 1847-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Personal Piety'
- 'Temperance'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 14'
- '2 Samuel 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/smith-1847-dancing-as-an-amusement-for-christians-a-sermon-delivered-in-the-brainerd-presbyterian-church-new-york-feb-14-1847-and-repeated-by-request-feb-28
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# Dancing as an Amusement for Christians: A Sermon, Delivered in the Brainerd Presbyterian Church, New-York, Feb. 14, 1847, and Repeated, By Request, Feb. 28

1847 sermon by Asa D. Smith applying Romans 14:23 to condemn fashionable mixed dancing as a doubtful, sinful amusement that endangers personal piety and Christian conduct.

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