Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-16

young men who do Christian work are
not of this class. "Thcre j. dcah in the
pot"
3. Another grcm Hunder which the
text illustrates is: Lotteries gotten up
for benevolent purposes on the principle
that "the cHd sanctiticS the means" But
Il good chM can never sanctifv bod meoHS:
rather b0d me0HS will rHjate Il good end.
Read what Paul says in the third chapter
of Romans: 1--WE be slandcrously re-
ported, and some affirm that we say.
Let us do evil that good may come.
whose damnation is just.
Several years ago. in II Vermont village,
some respectable. well-meaning people
of the place got up Il lottery for IA benev-
client purpose. They put up as prizes a
carriage, an organ, and IA large number
of articles of less value. \ little after
! the close of our late war, some men in
New ork got up lottery which they
called ch0ru0bie enterprise to build Il
soldiers home; SO, 900 in prizes was Of
fered and each ticket was to draw some
prize. 1t came out afterward that 100,-
| 900 tickets were sold at one dollar each.
The managers paid in prizes S2j, 900, paid
100000 to the soldiers home. and put
the balance, 100000. after paying eX-
penscs, into their own pockets. | kRo,r
that some bought tickets not thinking of
gambling. nor expecting or desiring Il
valuable prize. just to help Il bencroicnt
otjcct. y few years ago in Pittsburgh
Il watch, worth $50, was put up in Il
! lottery; tickets. one dollar each. The
man who won it gave it back and it was
put up second time. The proceeds were
paid to a church.
such things do more real harm than a
/ a.,
allie those who could not be caught bv Il
saloon; they dcaden the conscience: and
in so far a. endorsed by Christians, they
bring religion into contempt. Who can
| point out the difference between six men
sitting around Il table, each putting down
a dollar and then playing II game of
chance for the money. and six other men
buying each ticket for Il dollar. writing
prize on one of the tickets. and then one
man drawing the six dollars. suppose
they agree that three dollars of the six
shall 90 to some benevolent object. They
paid their dollars for the chance of gain
ing three dollars, else they would have
given 30 cents each and raised the re-
Iquired sum.
1t is said that SoDc buy tickets simply
to help good couSc, but if they do they
know that mast of the tickets will be
bier puts up his money. All lotteries.
whether at church frirs or elsewhere. are
in plain terms. qomJijBg. and when asso-
ciatcd with churches they bring religion
into contempt in the eyes of the think
ing men of the world. To support the
church of God in that way is Il roStcr
blundcr than when the man poured a
"b"jc i"RtW of poisonous gourd> into the
food prepared for the sons of the
prophets.
1 /. There are great plumbers connected
with the temperance question which the
text illustrates. There j. much honest
difference of opinion on the much-tallcd-
of subject of high-licensc; but in my
lOpinion there is death in that pot 1t j.
quite Il bait thrown to the taxpayer to
,tell INN that these saloons pay $1,000 i'll
To the school fund or general fund for
the support of the government. But. let
Us see: SUPPOSE Il saloon in a certain
community pays $1,000 annually for ten
years. SlO,OUO. "A large sum-" says the
taxpayer. Among this mans customers
= are ten men. each paying taxes on
$1,000. During the ten years the proper
ties of these men are consumed and the
money has gone into the till of the rum
seller. who has put his money into gov
eminent bonds. and the community has
S1O.OOO less of taxable property. and Il
: goodly number of poor to support as Il
/ result. 1t has also paid for the arrest,
trial and punishment of the criminals
made by the saloon, and for the care of
paupcrS and lunatic>. most of which. aS
. well a. the criminals. have been made by
the saloon. more than $1,000 and has,
moreover. lost the productive industry OF
| number of men, who, but for the sa-