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    "title": "Newspaper Clippings",
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    "ocrText": "IS\n10\nto Hold\nChurch Fairs?\" Churches \"believing in\nsuch things\" were invited to take the\naffirmative, and the Willoughby avenue\nchurch was to take the negative. The meet-\ning was held in the chapel-room, and was\nlargely attended. After a number of Sunday\nschool songs had been sung, Miss Oliver invited\nany ministers that might be present to take\nseats in the altar. No one responded. Miss\nOliver then announced that the Simpson, the\nNostrand-Avenue, and the Park-Avenue\nMethodist churhes had been specially invited\nto debate in favor of fairs, because they had\njust been holding such entertainments, and it\nwas naturally supposed they upheld them. But\nwhen a committee was sent to the authorieies\nof the Nostrand Avenue church they were 1a-\nformed that that church did not believein fairs,\nand could not advocata them, although they\nwere holding one. Very much the same an-\nswer was received from the Simpson church\nand the Park-avenue church, all declin-\ning to take the affirmative on the question to\nbe debated. The Willoughby Avenue church\nwas greatly astonished to find fair-holding\nchurches declining to support their own prac.\ntices, and hesitated about having the debate.\nBut as the newspapers had announced the de-\nbate, and as it was too late to send out a contra-\ndiction, it was decided to go ahead and see\nwhat would come of it, \"Now,\" continued the\npastor, \"I don't see a single one of our side\nwho agreed to take part in the debate to-night,\nSO if there are any persons here who would\nlike to speak in the affirmative on this ques-\ntion, they have a fair field and not a single\nprepared speech against them. But we believe\nwe are in the right and are ready to meet any\narguments in favor of fairs. We will have a\nfree discussion, but will take no vote, SO that\neach one may form his own conclusions from\nthe arguments. I ought to say,\" added Miss\nOliver, after a long pause, \"that if we have no\nlengthy debate we will have a spelling-bee and\ngive a prize to the best scholar. We have had\nseveral such bees in our church and they have\ngreatly improved the spelling of our yonng\nfolks.\nMiss Oliver sent a young man out to get a\ndictionary, and then renewed the invitation to\nany one desiring to support church fairs. No\none responded. \" It ought to be understood,\"\nsaid the pastor, after waiting some time, 'that\nwe include, under the term fairs,' oyster sup-\npers, festivals, necktie socials, leap year par-\nties, charades, tableaux, cantatas, wax works,\ntheatrical entertainments, and the like in\nchurches-in churches only. Now, any one in\nthe affirmative, don't hesitate to speak.\" There\nwas another long season of silence. Miss Oliver\nwent about in the audience and whispered to\nseveral gentlemen, but each one shook his\nhead. Finally, an elderly gentleman, who\nsaid his name was William Brown, of the\nDutch Reformed church in Twelfth street,\nrose up. \"I think,\" said he, \"we're pretty\nwell united in thinking our sister's side is\ncorrect, and, if our sister has no objection,\nI think we had better sing the Doxology and\nturn this meeting into a prayer-meeting.\nI\nwant to bless God that there are so many here"
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