Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-04-09

], o Od,, ;ntAmnerarce. The Mental part Q
| Creation is against il, but the H.ys. g,
part is for It, 80 that, st best, tne pa ::
anca Of power We I is pretty equally q
vided. it is at once . heritage AM
a curse entailed upon the race from ane
perhaps far beyond the day when gooe
| lid man Lot realized the fact that ~
was the rightfal owner Of an animated
salt bonanza, and on the strength o
finding himself. the possessor OF tut
greatest curiosity Of ancient times t s.
there wasn't any 'fair play those
DAYS take bit Of . spree in some Guy
|landish place in the vicinity OF the
Dead Sea. ,,
We are told, also, that gamblers
are open handed and generous;
think that all who know anything
about gamblers will bear him out N
| that. Their generosity is the only
prominent good feature of their char
acters. and when the Great Recorder
shall balapce their sheets above, Il
bright deeds count for darker ones,
this one great mark of virtue shall
cancel many smaller blots of sin: he
again SAYS Mr.. Strong asserted that
money taken from the gambling table
was accursed, and that in this he was
inconsistent, in as much as ministers
would accept this same money Tor
purposes eff charity. ......
| don't think the Rev. gentleman
claimed that there was an eternal and
lasting curse attached to gambling
money. Christianity teaches us that
if we repent we shall be saved, but If
we persist in transgression we shall
be lost. If redemption and damnation
are of divine origin the rule should
work for dollar greenback as well as
mans soul. so when money is re-
deemed from a bad purpose and APP
piled to a good one, the curse should
be removed. However, an illustration
of this kind is entirely superiiuous.
1t is obvious that the construction
this ingenious person has placed upon
Mr.. Strongs remark could originate
nowhere except in a mind strongly
tinctured with natural idiocy or else
one radically and hopelessly diseased.
AS money forms the foundation OF
which the practice of gambling is
based, and that practice is held by the
better part Of the world to be curse.
money used for its purposes evidently
is not blessing 1t Is curse alike
to the man that takes it from the ia
BILE and he who lost it there. in as
much as that through the balesu! III
fiuences it exercises it actuates both
parties to again engage in the practice.
One to increase his already ill-be3ot-
ten treasures and the other to retrieve
what he has lost. But whenever
money is redeemed by another party
from the hand of gamblers and used
for legitimate and BENEFICIAL purposes,
so that it no longer excrts All evil in
ilucnce, which was the only curse at
fached 10 it, then it certainly cousti-
tutes as great blessing as any other.
This, think, is fair dii;iniiion o. Mr..
Strong's Inconsistent" remark that
we are told about At any rate. il
is better than the absurd construction
coujurcd up md placed upon it Ivy ;his
belogged individual. which was sim
ply to the effect that if a minister or
landlord accepted in dollars from a
gambler for charitable purposes or for
a board bill the receiver would be
consigned to eternal perdition here and
hereafter, oh, N.Y.
| quote: 'Who knows how many
hearts may be made sadder by the
publication of "Our Gambling Tragc-
dy." What good can it do?. evident.
ly none" "Who art thou?' "a Dan
lei come to judgment" if not whence
thy right or power to speak and Judge
for others. 1t is evident it has done
you no good, and l will add that it is
my honest opinion that rigorous
course of treatment at Stockton is the
only available recourse for perma.
nent or material Improvement in your
case. You allow that as the commuD
lty were aware Of the facts connected
with the case, that was all that was
necessary. 1agree with you that plain
facts are very powerful agents of con.
vlction, bnt insist that unless they
are brought to the notice and consid.
Grafton of mankind, they always lose
all, or great portion, of their force.