The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-06-28
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md. June IS. 1889.
K.FFLING -GAMBLIN",.

Bel Air, Md, June ~ loo''
KAFFLING-G GAMBLING.
The following is report Of ',rln"il p,,,.ur,'
last sunday week IN ~ Mary - llu',H
II il "A plain assertion OF an uliuInn iil ,f,",llh
* mai held by the greater number ~ our llI''lIh
community sermon had been Pr'alEE "' In ,
M 'n,pI,it And fntrrruptng the subsequent N"rNI-
res The Reverend gentleman sad
Nv sermon MAS 80 brief that think lhl' earn.
..i H.. rinht To- irtain YOU Il while longer Wnuld
.nrnk la yuu moi from our I.nih ; words. hIl at
,ib.i do know from my personal experience
Eyil shows itself IN different degrees among men.
Al men ar" not alike IN wrong dong nor are they
equally sinful. Yet III" seeds "l III! evil. doubt
unt exist in the hearts uf all men. am conscious
Thai this is true ol myself. We have all the same
knaure, and the same common enemy. Just now
laid that II We dare hope 10 join til" angelic choir
I've must bear with u, 4 preparation Tor heaven.
How much this implies! We must cease 10 do ,.y H.
and learn To do we'll and ii We have been KEPT
back from certain evils, We yet have to watch lest
The secret seeds Of evil spring up and bear the bit
ter fruits nj sin Ncarc never SALE from the dryrI-
0ppmcnt Of any sin which in lis full expansion in
others may shock our sensbilltie>. There is II
common propensity which. when followed ont. ends
IN what We all CONFERENCE.-The IN gambling. Par
don me II think II We'll To warn against this evil.
the seeds OF which may be mpcrrrlN"d being Yet
dormant
There are many forms Of gambling many differ
ent modes in which this tendency is INDUCED. Tn
DERIVING them all i, in the beginning. the pr;i>ur;i-
bile excitement Of waiting upon chance. which In
most eases, II not checked. gives place L. greed
for gain. Although no gamc>tcr can gain r\,rpr
by the loss Of others. YET the thought at the loss OF
others is not always present. II i the r\riirurn
Of risk thai makes gambling a passion.
The saying of an English statesman is often re-
peatcd: There are two great pleasures in life:
the first is To gain AT cards, and tie second is to
lose. Is the passion general" II has mall ages
ruled men and ruined mcI our Indians Will game
away every possession horses, Wrap"itN, wives
Our ncighbnrS. the Spanisll->prHkIug races of
America, are nations OF gamblers; ana gambling
prevails IN every civilized land. Is lire "y II re-
cOgniZcd" IN Olr country and throughout Eurup,
statutes forbid what Vet tIp\ tlu hinder Tine
statutes are the result nj public opinion Here the
speaker seemed 10 say more than he could mot have
meant His words taken literally. might have been
understood To imply charge which he could have
intended 10 bring against whole GLASSES. npwrytr
true he may know II 10 be- OF individuals. DO not
THINK that would nave You SrrutiniIr oar own
community. My thoughts are now Tar away. | have
lived IN the world aud know how the world lives.
ANA lest You should tlnk Judge har>hIy class
whom | Know to be-frOm whatever CauSr-r>Im-
rrcially tempted 10 engage in games u chance lur
money would say that | am sure that some of
my own calling must weld to the temptation Ia
max" their little NOR" through the chances. not uf
the gaming table. but "t III" stock market My
patronage is from time to time solicited by brokers
VINO have long experience and KNOW the Inside
track. and this would not he wrr" there not rl~r'-
cal fools, who are caught by their wiic>.
In my younger days and in my ur,t hon. u
modes Of gambling were open. They arc u,. 80
nov; In Europe there are but few piarr, whore
the dangerous sin does not hide itself MumrO. "a
NH" priuripHiUy near Genoa. i one ui tlr few
places where gambling Is lrgHlilrd This city. rr
It, ruler lives nuu tin, fruits of IIgufy ; here.
daily the alleys ul tn" beautiful gardens are search
rl Tor III" bodies "l suicides, while 'ur- are ut
constant occurrence.
one mode oi gambling the dml-,rof Which wa,
not always recognized, is the Lutl"iy. Fairly ear
RED ont II oilers simple appeal tu rlru-uludrd
chance No skin Is required Many huy tickets
ana lew draw prizes, while large per crulagr
GOES 10 the scheme. boz, the lottery excite an all
NorbE passion" \ generation agpa man pruIun-
rut among his religious brethren in Baltimore.
Yielded to solicitation and through Kindness bought
packet Ot lottery tickets. He drew thrirNt prllr.
ten or twenty thousand dollars From that mo,
a. a
earnest rcligionlst was to grow rich 10y chance, In
the end he Jailed in business and in every Way . and
through modification. ! was told. his partner in
business who was friend uI mine. lost lis reason.
Another personal friend. Il lady. met IN the streets
NJ Baltimore her hrOllrr. gentleman hy birth and
education and early associations, but then what We
now call "A tramp. His toes were uI uf his shoes.
She said, brother, i buy you pan" ri beot, viii
he answered; NO. ] will sell them, audbuy lottery
tickets"
The evils following this mode Of appeal To chance
are now known. In all our States rNcrpting
Louisiana lotteries are forbidden. In our State
lie Who deals IN lottery tickets may be sent 10 the
legal penalty. And yet while if poor negro
were tn try To increase his dimes hv opening
policy shop aud Offering to his fellows Il forty or
ifty,iold prize, before nightfall he would ~rr the
inside of jail.
In open day our respectable and religious people
are dealing in lotteries under an other name Raj.
tics are not specified IN statute and the uur>-
tion has not been moord in 0ur courts. But else
where the law is clear; there is no room lor the
plea Of dnubt-Such rs may he offered by our good
people. What man can draw n valid distinction
between the two appeals 10 chance bearing diner
ing names" What difference is there. save that Il
lottery may have many varying prizes, while a RAT
ic oilers but one?
A year or 50 ago tried to draw the attention ul
the community to the danger attendant on all APP
nealS To chance, which, If not apparent evils In
themselves, yet foster al evil tendency To which
man Is prone. My reasoning was ridiculrd Blt
men ~ the world are often OF kcrncr vision than
they Who make greater prctcmSunS tn religion
one man who was 1T the time Offering tickets in Il
raiic Tor rraplng machine that had been given To
4 lair III order that II might be ratified for I'VE dol
lars You may gain what is worth u hundred and
MY, said 10 me: "lOu are right. This is gamh-
ling just aS clearly aS Is any other game Of chance
Tor money. But We ma he by il and will not be- dis
turhcd, Tor all the churches make money byrnIirs
Consider what said Ia be- the UudI rlyimg pruri.
pie ni all that fosters the gambling spirit and You
must See that It is So. liut yuu do not consider
You are carried away by excitement and interest
III what you think 10 he a good cau~r. You say,
tbs but Il trifng matter! Therefore am obliged
tosay that Scripture says, Whatsoever is not of
faith Is sim. That is, ii yuu persist In doing what
your are not sure Is right luil can not bu do
wrong. Ii led away 10y the customs Oi those around
you take part N what may be- readily >rnn 10 tend
waiting what viii the better III You lur the MUr-
snip ol heaven And more. II yuu encourage
Your children 10 risk their little moneys iur
the chance ui getting more than that money VIII
buy; II yon send them around with the teasing cry.
Take Il chance III rattle not lottery iur this
beautiful doll, Tor that Elrg" cake: for what not"
then say You are not therein training them Tor
the seTkic" Ia which You have pledged them. Nuu
are clltlNating IN them the >ccd~ OF IN evil which
lnatrrd may MI your hearts with anguish.
u" You ask why do ! say this nov" answer
should the trhrrtrr sound the charge altrrt' bat
tie is over"
The Reverend speaker then closed witha drrlar..
ton ol his responsibility. This he enforced 10y 4
quotation from one Oi The prophets 10y whuH Cod
has lorcwarIicd the Waterman SIT over His y. Opu
lhit II he do not speak 10 warn the wicked from
ms way the blood al the sinner shall lie required
~ his hand.