The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-04
THE VICE OF GAMBLING.
Rev. Mr.. GroenSeld Presrhe- - strong Ser
mon Ou the subject.

BUTTE. Feb. 3.-.Gambling'' was the
subject Of a popular addrs-ss delivered he
fore a large audience at h Presbyterian
church last evening by Rev. r.. j. Grocn-
weld. The Clergyman said i'm substance:
zone of the worst vices prevalent ina our
city is the one of gambling. As far as his
tory and tradition take us the
ishsd. wherever the homes and haunts of
men were found. The Assyrians, Babyl-
Gnians and EHyntians sambicd' and i'm
alton of the first emperor gam
bling was :" prevalent that iegis-
P Isai%r to T fsss, SINCE Which :" ,i r%sr is,,eris it,:
have been illegal i'm England. this vice,
reigned supreme there and not only were
the British museum and the Westminstcr
bridge were built out of the proceeds of
inanguratcd by 'he state AMI
States louisiana. Kentucky and Montana
are the states where gambling in the
in the west, especially in mining regions,
this evil has transformed itself into n de-
str,.s.Ive iween,mg Sp,.ism,si raging
checked. IL pollutcs our city, is associated
closely and necessarily with drunkenness,
profanity, suicide and murder, and stalks
through the community-shamclcss and
bold. Rich and poor gamble. and serious
men even, men not yet entirely lost to all
ticed, tolerated. yes lcgalized by law, lose
all their abhorrance and are touched
by the general cOntaglOn Of ndiu ercitcs.
Inordinate love of money is the root of
all evil. and when this passion finds vent
i'm the vice of gambling. whetted by that
desires, il becomes indeed the most pow
erful and evil passion OF the soul upon "a
man. ! have heard persons exult over
their gains mt the gambling table; did
they ever think how degrading il was Ia
use the money of their n~ciehbor-, gotten
edge of human nature teaches US, and
the history of the race has taught us, that
this passion must be- resisted at the Begin
ming if at all. The gambler makes "a
wreck of his character. He sins against
the laws that are fundamental To society.
the human heart. The professional gam
bier is generally outlawed 10y decent SD
ciety or should he.
ages of the sco,Irgc. On Friday and while
conyersing with u representative at pro-
directly with the ruin and death Of two
young men whose sad end u few
months ago, not only terribly shocked
"a large circle of acluaintanccsin hiss city.
but more than that. irreparably blightcd
their former homes in the east. crushing
without warning under an almost unbear-
able load the hearts of loved ones. This
representative was willing.to
half of the blame. admitted To me that
gambling was wrong. that IL might better
be left but claimcd that tlIcs. men
never came near the gambling table until
drink had blurtcd conscience AMI weak
Gambling makes cnbezZlcrs. forgcrs
frauds. At every sacrifice. of moral rrinci-
Pile money must he obtained to crafty the
burning desire. In our own memory there
is n case where the son robbed his own
parents and left them in their old age to
poverty. tn wrtstclcdncss and
want. IL il known that i'm every private
house where play is for money or any
equivalent, victims are being educated to
| satisfy the greed of this monster. Betting
is gambling, W whether induiged i'm upon the
race course or i'm the excitement Of II po-
litical campaign. 1T the stakes are paid
to charitable or religious institution,
that rather increases than diminisli..s the
sinfulness OF il. Lotteries are gambling.
monstrance against them, for il il now
no longer IA matter of doubt that on ac-
public and private morality they should
I've prohibited entirely 10y the law of the
land. Their advertisements i'm Our pa
peers are IA shame AMI - disgrace Ia the
remnant of deccncy and honor remaining
in our community. Railing is gambling.
Benevolent and church fairs. whose
methods wcre. Justified ON the infamous
principle that the end %iustifies the means
are tn be severely censured. Railing and
similar devices at church entertainments
are gambling pure and simple. When
the cloak of religion is thrown over them
in order to hide their hideois features the
whole thing is "a disgrace to Christianity
and certainly AN occasion of contempt OF
the church ON the part Of the whole world.
Judge Ridley of Nashville. Tenn. recently
called for The indictment of the parties
who were getting up a holy rattle. for
thing might bc done i'm our own city.
The church needs to-day one who will nm
sheathc the sword of flame against every
wickcdness. no matter where intrcnciiel.
and "A cowardl.. tiIne-scrvinR church is
unworthy of religion and unequal tn the
demands of the age. In Butte are n faru
games tIuuing openly, eight OF which arr
conducted 10y the Cinnamon; and am i'm
mense income il derived 10y the muuici-
pality from this source. Both saloons
and games are taxed supposedly ON til,
principle hat they should help pay thu
salaries of tin, pol tarncn. who arr. nearly
always found in or near those places. anu
also contribute towards the funeral cN
pcnscs of their victims when they com
init suicide. appeal to the pulpit. III.
press and the Legislators to consider ia,
ravages of this vice and do their duty ia
its suppression. If, after all. we are in
different in this matter. we should not
complain. when we are obliged to eat the
fruit of our own raising. The highway al
life is pientifully dotted with wrecks from
this source. Every day almost we hear rom
plants from those who, by their own acts
havs. dragged themselves into the slough
of despair and disgrace. Years ago, few
ar many. the end OF the gambler. drunk
ard and libcrtinc was plain. Such mel
should not complain. They have fallci
10y their own curscdncss into the slim,
diitch.'
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