SABBATH DESECRATION.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 360, 27 May 1884, Page 2

SABBATH DESECRATION.

__. + TO TOE E» T Wja. SlB, — Few there are in Vfyn(Jham who will soon forget the pleasure felt at listening 'to £he excellent music discoursed on. Saturday t evening by members of the Invercargill and Oam'avu ftands, fc>t jit is a matter for regret that the performers should have so far forgotten themselves as to have indulged jn proceedings on Sunday forenoon wtych were a disgrace to all concerned, when for nearly thr*ee hours dance mus^c of every description W3S performed by eight or 10 players, culminating i» some p,Q.isy step dancing, and this vrhile divine service was being jhsd fc the township. Much as the conduct p£ the visitors is to be deprecated, doubly so is that of members of the dramatic club whose guesta the strangers were, and who could take part and look on with evident enjoyment. They certainly should fcave known better, and have

used their endeavors to put:a stop to this out- c rage on good taste and decorum instead of en • ( couraging it. Even the presence of a clergy- ] man in the hotel adjoining was not deemed a sufficient plea for the stoppage of the performance. It is to be hoped that on reflec- 1 tint the good sew*; of all concerned will pre- f vent a repetition of the objectionable occurence. Kiibbath observance in these country t,<« wnshi d« is by no means so strict as in larger i towns wiih their many religious advantages, 1 yet the majority of the residents here have i such respect for the day left as to wi«h to enjoy it in a quiet and becoming way, •.in* recurrences of yesterday's pro. -.cov lings >> mittcl, we shall soon be having a dr*iuii.«.io performance advertised for Sunday evenings. , 1 feel sure that the mat-er has only to be pointed out to prevent its repetition, but at *he same time I would like to know if there is no le<*al power to stop auch occurrences on \ Sundays in halls used for public amusement \ and situated in the main street.— l am, etc., , A Resident. J Wyndham, 26th May, 1884.