CHAPTER I.

RECREATION A GOOD THING.

City full of Boys and Girls, playing--Play not wrong--Let the Children, the Youth, the Mature, and even the Aged have their times of Rest and Recreation--Laughter as pious as Tears--How shall we Play?--The World wants to Play with the Church, and lead us in their Path--Total Separation neither Desirable nor Possible--One or the other must Yield--The Church can not--Conscience Resists--Principles are in the way--The World can Yield and Lose Nothing--The World ought to Yield, 17