Dancing By A Minister's Wife

Not long sinco, in a sermón, ïïonry' Vard Beecher alluded to amusementa in ionios, taking a liberal view of the subect. Said he : " Somo persons, when they join a liurch, think that they must put all the lee, uiid mirth, and niusio out of thoir ives. Don't you do it. If a love-song ipples up to the surfaee of your heart, ing it, sing it. Don't let it die. Jiy soond mother - for I remember no other - vas niy idea of womanly gentleness, proriety and clegance. She was not, howver, vory demonstrative. She used, beore niarriage, to be quite a belle, and vas often known to trip the light fantasie. One evening, as my father played a ;uno on the violin, my mother arosc, and n the most graceful inanner possible to onceive commenced to dance around the oom. I didit't know what to make of it. was speechless with constemation and lelight. Myíather lookod on in surprise, iever in the whole course of my Ufe liad seen such a thing attempfced in my ather's house. It was delieious, and I jot a lessonthcn which haslasted me ever ince. I think to this day, that if my mother had danced oftener and said the catechism a little less it would have been letter for all of us. If you havo a talent 'or music, cultívate it ; for dumping, cultívate it; whatever gifts God has givon 'Ou mako the most of tuom, whether of 'oioc, foot, or eyo." It is not to be understood that Mr. ieccher advocates dancing at improper )laees and at unsoasonablo hours, with inmoral companions ; but ho means that dancing can be hannlessly introduced into our homes as a social amusement.