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Book/Printed Material Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., June 17, 1849, Sermon on social dancing

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Title

  • Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C., June 17, 1849,

Other Title

  • Sermon on social dancing

Summary

  • Taken from a sermon delivered 17 June 1849, Palmerʾs book is typical of midnineteenth-century antidance literature. He declares that the seventeen references to dance in the Bible are all performed by one sex, in open fields, and in broad daylight. This, Palmer (1818-1902) concludes, is not the case with balls, in which the sexes dance together, in closed quarters, and at night. The author declares that human nature is "fallen and depraved, and subject to the domination of wicked passions," therefore, attending balls is promiscuous, demoralizing, and inconsistent with baptismal vows.

Names

  • Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902

Created / Published

  • Columbia, Printed at the Office of the South Carolinian, 1849.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Religious aspects--Christianity--Sermons
  • -  Sermons, American
  • -  Antidance Literature

Medium

  • 23 p. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1741 .P3

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47037037

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Palmer, B. M. Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. Columbia, Printed at the Office of the South Carolinian, 1849. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/47037037/.

APA citation style:

Palmer, B. M. (1849) Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. Columbia, Printed at the Office of the South Carolinian. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47037037/.

MLA citation style:

Palmer, B. M. Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. Columbia, Printed at the Office of the South Carolinian, 1849. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47037037/>.