The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-05
Sermon by the Rev, ThOS, L,
GuliCk,
Central Union Church, Honolulu, Sep
tember 4, 1892,
Published by rcqucst.l

l Tim, VIC 10: They that will be
rich fall into temptation and snare
and into many foolish and hmtful
lusts,which drown men in destruction
and perdition. For the love of money
is the root of all evil.
l Tim. ill.,. 10, II: This we com
manded you, that if any would not
work, neither should he eat, for we
hear that there are some among you
walking disorderly, working not at
all.
Paul tells Timothy that they that
WW be rich, that is, those that are
determined to be rich, at all events.
by right means, or wrong, by fair
means or foul, because the love of
money has taken possession OF their
hearts, are on the high road to
drown themselves in destruction and
perdition. They are already in the
snare of Satan and will be led by
him into many other foolish and
hurtful lusts.
What is true of individuals, is
equally true of communities and ma
tions. When the greed of gold be
comes the absorbing passion of a
community, or of a people, it cankers
the heart, eats out other virtues, and
makes men willing to descend to I'M
worthy means to enrich themselves,
ready to increase their own store at
whatever expense to their neighbors.
The very source and fount of all
forms of gambling is the desire to
get something for nothing; the wish
to make money without working
for it.
When money seems to men the one
thing needful, when all their energy
is conferred to get it, they naturally
prefer to obtain it by easy means
rather than by daily toll. Some may
begin to gamble for excitement, OF
to drown sorrow, or because THEN
friends do, or to pass the time. but
nine out of ten of those who begir
to gamble do so for the purpose o
winning. And those who are in tn,
habit of gambling do so because o
the passion which has taken posses
sion of them, for the excitemen
which it yields and always with tn,
hope of winning.
The only legitimate way of earn
ing property is by doing some worl
which is of intrinsic value to human
beings, whether in the learned pro
fessions, in art, in literature, in agri
culture, manufacture or commerce
the law is that we must do some
worthy work, which shall be of pro
fit to mankind; we have then honest
ly earned the returns, and every
honest labOrer, in whatever depart
ment OF human activity, is worthy
of his hire. All lotteries, and ever,
other form of gambling, are entered
upon for the express purpose O
evading this law, and, somehow, get
ting from Others property, which i
the result of labor, without givin,
a full equivalent For this reason
Paul says, "He that will not wor
neither let him eat" He that take
his neighbours property without civ
ing just equivalent does that whic
though it may not be stealing, is G
very similar nature. Gambling ha
various forms. In some cases, a
with the use of dice and in lotteries
it may be simply an appeal to chance
in others, as with cards, there ma
be mixture of chance and skill; i
others, as in some kinds of bettina
there may be a mixture of chanc
and judgment. In all these we kno,
how commonly there is a mixtur
of cheating. But, in all case,
whether there is cheating or not, tn
object is to gain, without giving an
equivalent, for the gain, and wher
there is gain on one side, there
the same amount of loss on the othe
side, without any compensation. Il
legitimate commerce, both partie
are benefited; in gambling, one
benefited and the other equally in
jured, speaking only in the pecuniar
sense.
Legitimate commerce requires anc
promotes habits of industry anC
skill; gambling, by the sudden gain
ing of wealth, or hope of gaining i
without labor, as well as by the los
of it, without good cause, generate
incidence and vice, and stimulates
most infatuating and often uncon
trollable passion. The gambler
passion frequently becomes so strong
that its victims will squander thei
whole fortunes and risk their live
to crafty it. At Monte Carlo il
Monaco there are not uncommon,
two or three suicides in week o
those who have lost their all Clam