The Youth's Instructor for 1950
e, "74€ oark, INSTRUCTOR AVE you been in the position to say, H "No, thank you, I don't—" quietly and firmly, of course, adding, "go to pic- ture shows" or "dance" or "play cards"? If you have not, you have lived in an NO, THANK YOU, unusually sheltered environment. There are few communities in which activities forbidden to the earnest Christian do not engross the attention of most of the popu- lation. I DONT- It is not comfortable to be one of a small minority. You as a Seventh-day Adventist do not like to have someone repeatedly ridicule your stand on types of recreation By LOIS M. PARKER which others assume to be harmless. Since this is so you would be wise to learn the reasons for setting such a standard. The only thing that will give you an unassailable protection against the tempta- tion to follow the crowd is a firm, God- given conviction that yielding will be defi- nitely harmful to yourself and to others. After giving thought to the current moving-picture offerings, do you not find it difficult to select good features? Edu- cational? There are motion pictures which may come under that heading, but prob- ably you have noticed how few strictly educational pictures are popular. That quality seems to be the last desire of most theatergoers. There are delightful educational pictures to be rented from the Forest Service, the State Department, or extension libraries of State colleges. If you wish to see beauti- ful pictures that will extend your knowl- edge, ask your Missionary Volunteer leaders what can be done about obtaining them for your group.
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