The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-20
SCUDDER'S CRUSADE.
The Tabernacle's Pastor
breaches Vigorously
Against Race Tracks.
WORST FoRMOE GAMBLING
A Sensational Discourse Abound
ing in Adjectives and
6eneralities-

The Rev. John L. Scudder, PASTOR
preached a forcible sermon in the Taber-
nacle yesterday on the evils Of the RAGS
tracks and gambling on horse races. BE
took as his text.the Chronicles. xvi, q.
Save rs, o God OF our salvation. and de-
liver us from the heathen-"
''You need not go 20 foreign lands to
flnd tine heathen." Mr.. Scudoer becan-
"we have our share in Jersey City and at
present we are suffering from an unusual
inundatfon from New York We are here
to protest against the daily congregation
Of gamblers, thieves and biackleEs in
Hudson county, and especially upon the
Gutenberg race track am glad TO see
that the churches are banding togstber
throughout the county and propose to
fight this increasingly pernicious muir
sance. Our churches are not sleep
ing cars IN which we may doze
all the way TO heaven. they
are regiments OF God. commissioned to
fight against the wrong. and destroy the
WORKS of Satan. We are mlnute-mens
ready at a moments notice TO sci ze our
arms and do battle ia the name Of Christ
do not believe the Christian people or
this county will lie down and allow this
gambling car of JuggernauL TO run over
their necks. They are determined 70
drive this horde Of law breakers out Of
the county, even as they have been con-
PEELED To move of the tracks at Clayton
and Linden. As the great majority OF
these criminals belong TO New York. He
propose 10 SEND them home where they
belong. We have no use for tnem On
this side of the Hudson
'sThe race track at Gutenberg has al
ways been place Of moral corruption,
but it has multiplied its virulence OF late,
for the gamblers, sharks and eswlndler&
who used to distribute themselves over
various tracks in the State, are now mass
ing themselves in this locality. THIS track
is ike the man we read Of in Scripture
who was possessed Of the devil, aud who-
after walking through dry places. took
unto him seven other unciean spirits
more wicked than himself The last state
was worse than the nrst- Wifhln the Lass
month Gutenberg has become the head
quarters OF the horse racing fraternity in
all these parts. the dumping ground Tor
the moral filth OF the three cities. New
York. Brooklyn and Jersey City
THE WORST FORM OF GAMBLING.
"Among all the forms of gambling, this
race track gambling. with It's attendant
poll selling in our cIries, is by all means
the worst. II seems 70 have numberiess
patrons. and has grown in popularity in
recent years. Boys play marbles for
keeps" and pitch pennies on every cor
n
ladies bet candy and kid gloves Alnost
everybody bets on the elections. and even
church mem bers gamble at their fairs
W ith their sanctified raffiee and lotteries
The whole nation, with the exception OF
a few remaining Puritans, is supplying
the raw material out st which 6rst-class
gam blers are manufactured. The people
as a whole are 10 blame for much OF TINS
fiagrant wickedness against which we
inveigh.
Now what are the results of this race
track gamblingi One is to make the fre-
qnenter Of the races industriauy WORTH
less, and another 70 ruin has moral
character beyond the power OF re-
demption- Men who give their tiIae 70
such excitementS-not OF watching races
which is an innocent pastine-but OF bet
ting on their results gradually unnE
themselves Tor business pursuits. IN
dustrial life appears. stale and fnsip1d
compared with the fingle of uncertainty
connected with the act OF gam bling. In
time the gambler Graves this excitement
as much as the drunkard longs for his
cups. Little by little his usefulness a.
an employee declines, and eventually his
employer informs him that his services
are no longer needed He naturally drifts
into the ranks of idleness and swindlers,
and determines TO gain 3 living BY doing
no work. When once this disposition
becomes a settled habit, he deaensrares
funds are low and his credit Is gone. he
develops into thief or forger or tricxster
of some sort. Watch the crowds thas
leave the ferryboats after the race Is over
and study their faces. The stamp or the
criminal is on them all. Cnicanery and
greed and dissipation are written al over
their conntenaDce-
REAL RoGUEs' GALLERY.
Talk about the rogues' gallery in New
YORK ciEy. What are those pictnres oom-
pared with the realities that swarm 20
fand fro every day across the Hudson
river. The real rogues gallery is the
grand stand at Guttenoerg. No respect
| able man would be seen there and ne
/ would rather see his daughter in her
grave than in such viilainous company.
Il know of many Instances where young
men who attended this Gutenberg track
| have galloped to ruin faster than the
/ horses they were in the habit OF Watching
could troI. This track is q preparatory
school for prison and 3 principal thorough
| fare TO hell 1t is our right aud duty to
close up this sink of corruption II the
authorities can derain and quarantfne
Nandernilt's steam yacht because enc
man on board has the smallpox. should
not such a psstiferoHs gang OF moral
lepers De placed beyond the possibility of
/ innoculating the rising generation with
their satanic virusg This ought 70 De
4 done; this must and viii be DONE II the
/ authorities whose duty il Is 70 punish
| these lawbreakers fail 70 fulflU their obll-
| cations, let the citizens combine. orzanizs
/ aud attend TO this matter themselves
/ We ask for no new laws. al we desire Is
| 70 have existing laws enforced, The peo-
pie must be projected against these GRIM
4 inal classes. who. under the coanIvalca
OF our authorities, have grown nnusuaily