“The extent to which sheer frivolity and utterly inane amusement have been carried in connection with some places of worship would almost exceed belief…There can be no doubt that all sorts of entertainments, as nearly as possible approximating to stage-plays, have been carried on in connection with places of worship, and are, at this present time in high favour. Can these these things promote holiness, or help in communion with God? Can men come away from such things and plead with God for the salvation of sinners and the sanctification of believers? We loathe to touch the unhallowed subject; it seems so far removed from the walk of faith and the way of heavenly fellowship. In some cases the follies complained of are even beneath the dignity of manhood, and fitter for the religion if the imbecile than for thoughtful men.” [1]
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- “Restoration of Truth and Revival,” The Sword and the Trowel (December 1887), 606