Excerpt from Popular Amusements HE subject Of which this book treats Popular Amusements - is one Of grave interest to the Church and to society in general. The Discipline Of the Methodist Episcopal Church has always required its members and probationers, as an evidence Of religious earnestness, to refrain from such diversions as can not be used in the name Of the Lord Jesus, and also from singing those songs or reading those books which do not tend to the knowledge or love Of God. In the following passages Of Holy Scripture, worldly amusements or pleasures are denounced by god: He that loveth pleasure Shall be a poor man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.