Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-24
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a Spirited discourse Last Evening ut
the Advent Church-Naste 20 GeG
observation-disclosures Means OF Making
money-GambIng, Lotteries, Policy
Playing, Fast Driving and Wall
Street-Gambling I'm New Haven.
At the Advent Christian chapel on Beers
street last evening Rev. A. J. Wheeler deliy-
cred lecture to young people on chance in
business enterprises, city dens of vice and
ecclesiastical gambling.
He selected text from ID Corinthians iv,
6, and handled the subject decidedly from an
he said: "There is desire on the part of
everybody to obtain money, ether by legit-
mate means or otherwise, and by the illegiti-
mate way of gambling do many accumulate
their i'll gotten gains. But gambling usually
amounts only to the privilege of Being cheat
ed, It takes so parts love of money, 90
parts laziness, % parts real home hatred,
mingled with a few glasses of whisky, to
make up the true speculative rep.
road to destruction. This ia the
class going to perdition at short metre.
The penny pitchers, the dice tossers and card
shutters are all shutting the same way.
Gambling cannot be honest. It is depravity.
A devil is gentleman compared to an in
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fast driving it to the wall and destruction is
hanging because Of these give-a present
schemes over the entire commercial world.
A merchant nowadays Offering a premium
for goods purchased has all the fools of the
city after him. Anything that depends on
luck, not pluck, is speculation, and specula-
ton is gambling which is bound to impover-
ish somebody. The New York exchanges
are the gigantic gambling dens of the world.
ALI this caused by desire to get rich and do
nothing. It is hard to engage man for q
hard situation, but in reality there is only
one easy place in this world That is the
grave. So long as the public will be hum
plugged by illegitimate robbery so long will
there be humbugs to do it.
AT can stand upon certain square in this
city and from there sight eighteen places
where gambling is in progress. Some legal
lied by the city, too. These snares for the
young should be pulverized. Institutions
kept by men who ride in their own equipages
and who do not show their own face in these
establishments. Billiard tables, cards and
dice boxes all come under this head and they
are sanctioned by the city fathers. advocate
prohibition, not license. Prohibition started
in the Garden of Eden. the devil started
license. Over the bucket shop it is labelled
Exchange" which virtually means place
What fora Absolutely nothing. AS for a
lottery ticket if you have them in your
pocket. hope you will not win. It would
prove your ruination. The man who plays
policy is either on saddle or gig riding a
horse to damnation. I can gather up a
bushel of ivory chips before tomorrow night
and if necessary turn them over to the police
COURT
Then Mr.. Wheeler attacked ecclesiastical
gambling, saying that of all places the church
must be kept pure, and because come edifce
was in debt it was no reason why they should
kinds at church fairs or thousand other
schemes by which they often tried to raise
funds. The first time the church transgress-
ed was on the last side of st. Paul's cathe-
dral in the year 1859. As a matter of fact it
has been going on ever since. He concluded
by making strong appeal to his listeners to
hereafter make strenuous effort to put
down all these different kinds of gambling