Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Chapter 19
Amusements at the Institute
When the amusements were introduced into the
Institute, some in ——- manifested their superficial
character. They were well pleased and gratified;
their frivolous turn of mind was just suited. The
things recommended for invalids they thought
good for themselves; and Dr. C is not accountable
for all the results accruing from the counsel given
to his patients. Those in different churches abroad,
who were unconsecrated, seized upon the first
semblance of an excuse to engage in pleasure,
hilarity, and folly. As soon as it was known that the
physicians at the Institute had recommended plays
and amusements in order to divert the minds of the
patients from themselves into a more cheerful train
of thought, it went like fire in the stubble; the
young in ——- and other churches thought that
they had need of just such things, and the armor of
righteousness was laid off by many. As they were
no longer held in by bit and bridle, they engaged in
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