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title: 'Dancing: A Discourse on the Fashionable Amusement of Dancing Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati on Sabbath Evening Nov. 26, 1854'
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authors:
- 'Samuel Ramsey Wilson'
date: 1854-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Sermons'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Ecclesiastes 3'
- 'Psalms 30'
- 'Exodus 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wilson-1854-dancing-a-discourse-on-the-fashionable-amusement-of-dancing-delivered-in-the-first-presbyterian-church-cincinnati-on-sabbath-evening-nov-26-1854
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# Dancing: A Discourse on the Fashionable Amusement of Dancing Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati on Sabbath Evening Nov. 26, 1854

1854 sermon by Samuel R. Wilson analyzing biblical passages about dancing. Differentiates lawful, religious or celebratory dance in Scripture from modern fashionable or promiscuous dancing.

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