[Recollections of a Long Life by Theodore Ledyard Cuyler]@TWC D-Link bookRecollections of a Long Life CHAPTER XV 10/23
Neither bar nor bottles nor ball-room nor bands are to be found in this Christian home;--for a home it is--in its restful and refining influences.
The young people find no lack of innocent enjoyment in the bowling alley or on the golf links, in the tennis tournaments or in rowing upon the lake, with frequent regattas.
Instead of the midnight dance the evening hours are made enjoyable by social conversation, by musical entertainments, by parlor lectures and other interesting pastimes.
The Sabbath at Mohonk realizes old George Herbert's description of the "Sweet day so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky;" Not a boat is loosened from its wharf on the lake; not a carriage is geared up for a pleasure drive, and many a guest has learned how a Sabbath spent without the introduction of either business cares or frivolities may be a joyous refreshment to both body and soul.
The spacious parlor is always crowded for the service of worship on every morning during the week and also on the Sabbath.
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