Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-31
GAMBLING In STOCKS.
rev. MIR. POTTS breaches STRONG
SERMON uPox THIS SUBJECT.
INTERESTING DIscOuRSES OF SUNDAY
aev, Mr.. Bcnuchnmp ON the "soc'"i
CIub in Modern Lifc"-other News
<.o- u,ebmond Pulpits-Move-
nr,t. of the visiting Ministers.

The announcement that Rev. Mr.. Potts
,astor OF Park-Place Methodist church,
gould preach on Sunday night upon me
ubiect Gambling in Stocks drew
nrge crowd TO that house OK worship
IN the evening in question. Many per-
o,s were unable TO get inside the
hurch. Mr.. Potts's sermon was very
rrong and forcible one, in which nc
characterized stock speculation as
nmbling. The text was from Exodus
*. iJ-"Thou shalt not stear'-and the
minister said in beginning his sermon
hat possibly some members OF his con-
ueeation would be surprised at the text
hat no had chosen to preach from. III
uch were the case. he would tell them
hat moral philosophers placed the as
msslon Of gambling under the head OF
teallng, that the gambler was reiate"
morally TO the thief and the robber. lie
discussed the ways whereby a man
Gould morally come into possession OF
uonertv. and said that the gambler
ever got his by any Of these means
He designated some of the ways Oh
rambling. and among the first NUMBER
vas. first. the gambler OF the ave-
Mr.. Potts said that few, II any, Wouiu
~ found 10 try to justify that kind.
rhen came the gambling Of the parlor'
de acknowledged that many tired 10 eA-
Mise that. but he declared that they
onld not. Then came the gambling OF
ne club, where money Is sometimes
pst on Sunday even, and Tor winch
,hecks are given on Monday by the
lerk and no questions asked.
Then came Wail-street gambling. lie
aid that the peculiar nature OF inns
tambIine had deceived many. Inc Grass
n engagers In II helped 10 exalt II. Tne
noneyed class mainly engaged III II.
Then. again, the way the money Is Hiauc
ooks like common merchahulse. nc
aid that the Intricate nature OF H.
ooked into impartially and with an un-
lascd mind. would reveal the coHhec-
ion OF two sins instead OF one.
There was the risking unreasonable
which was gambling. And there was
he element of monopoly; while the lat
err was not necessarily an evil, 1t would
,esult In such, and did so turn out now
ramperlng with prices and an unnatural
aw Of supply and demand was created
lpd he poor man was robbed of his
,ard-earned monty. as well as others.
The Doctor then read n clipping from
, papcr as 10 the prevalence of this SIN
de compared different forms OF gam
ding. and declared that public sentiment
mould measure out its condemnation on
he wealthy gambler as much as II dld
An the common one, at least. He said
That there was a wonderful improve
nent going on in this direction. Some
years ago man could get rich by lot
lcry ticket buying. but now a man
WAS unable to do so.
And so would Il be with this form OF
rambling. At the conclusion Of the SER
yices many rushed up to congratulate
Inc preacher on the sermon he delivered.
Effects of the Social Club.
1.-THE Social Club In Modern Lie" was
the subject Of Rev. w. Il. Beauchamp's
sermon at st. James Methodist church
on Sunday night. The text was st. John,
viii, 4S-"Have any Of the rulers OF the
Pharisees believed on Him? Mr.. Beau
champ discussed the quality in man
which induced him to seek association
with his fellow-mep. and briefly enume-
rated the different classes OF clubs. He
however, confined his remarks TO the
SOclal fIuD, anu SAUL al NRNAAiSf 'H'e
Il was not the club, nor the principle of
the club, that he antagonized. but the
practices which its members fostered.
For" said he ait has come to the
point that the social club is looked upon
among all classes with suspicion. because
of the moral influence il eXerts. and we
know thar its influence is for bad rather
than for good"
AS the second division OF his sermon,
Mr.. Beauchamp discussed modern social
clubs as they are, and quoted the deiini-
ton OF n social club given I'm Johnson $
Encyclopaedia. which says, THE modern
social club is little more than a COM
mon gaming house." and supplemented
the quotation with the. statement that
they are looked upon secondly as private
saloons In confirmation Of the latter,
he cited how innumerable social clubs
sprang up in the city Of Norfolk when
the recent fight against saloons and in
favor of saloon closing was made there.
SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.
1T is hardly fair" said he, ito permit
by law, the clubs TO do. for nothing
what the saloons have to pay for. And
no sooner have the leading society clubs
the right 10 such privileges. than clubs
of men and boys OF the poorer classes
have the same right to organize fol
similar purposes.
To illustrate this he said that he hat
been informed that there were twent,
distinct negro clubs In the city Of Lynch
burg. where Sunday carousing was car
ried on.
AS the third and closing division OF. his
sermon, the preacher drew attention L
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