Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22

do worse. lie will destroy his chill
drcn. 1t would pbc infinitely more hi
name Cor me to gamble upon my moth
crs coffin lid than TO gamble away my
childrcn's education and opportunities
The cold lips Of my dead mother could
not rebukc me, while the cracked, Bills
terlng tongue of the outraged and dis
honorcd and dis2raced child of n heart
less gambler might curse my soul into
the black pit of eternal woe.
A Rule with No Exceptions.
But" says some one again. at IS
not certain that | should lose. If |
win at the gambling table am guilt
less of the wrongs against parents and
| children that you are denouncing."
Well, my brother, with gambling
tendency you have no right to suppose
any such case. All gamblers shall |
say all: Yes, practically all ultima te-
ly lose every cent they ever win at
| Fortuna's altar There are practically
| no exceptions to this rule. Fortunes
temple was built for the goddess Of
chance, but in gambling there is no
chance; the dcvotcc practically loses
all If this statement is not true how
can you account for the fact that every
year the annual expenditures to run
Monte Carlo are S50OO,00O, and yet
each year the shareholders of that evil
resort divide nearly S3,000,000 profits?
If this statement Is not true how can
you account for the fact that the Lou
| isiana lottery was able to expend mil
lions upon millions of dollars every
year for corruption aud bribery and
public improvements and taxes and
yet was able to make its owners mil
lionoires many times overt IF this Is
not true how can the great gambling
establishments of the large cities pay
to the police departments thousa nds
upon thousands OF dollars as sop for
them to keep their bands off, for no
gambling den is ever run in Il large
city without the connivance Of the po-
lice, and also to furnish their patrons
course dinners. with wine. adj free Of
charge, anil yet make hundreds Of
thousands of dollars besides! Over
every gambling den of the world you
can write the words, "Only the deluded
enter here" Over every gambling ia
bic you can see the trembling hands
Of dying men lifted not to take money,
but ultimately TO leave their all.
All Systems" which have ever been
devised to break the bank of chance
were failures and they are always sure
TO be failures. In Chinese temple |
have seen the poor invalids before a
| hideous idol Of wood make prayer to
their god of health" and then select
at random an arrow out of wampun,
with certain medicine marked upon
1t, and expect that that medicine would
cure them Of their disease. So | have
seen poor dupes in Monte Carlo in the
same foolish way trying to work out a
System" by which the god Of chance
would give TO them unlimited wealth.
AS all such systems" failures and
will always be failures | would today
give you System" which. If worked
out, will bring compentency and eter-
nal happiness II not unlimited good.
This is my system: Never in your life
try to possess q dollar unless you are
ready to give an eQuivale,i in labor
and sweat and toll Never apend a
dollar unless you have first earned 1t
and have it in your possession. Never
run into debt. Never by speculation
or by progressive euchre party or by
prizes AT church fair or by IRA fife"
countenance in sny way the develop
ment Of the gambling spirit in others.
Draw heavily from one bank only. and
that the great bank Of divine grace.
Circulate In every way Its bank notes
of kindness and forgiveness and SYM
patty. Let your one great purpose be
not how can l make others serve me-"
but how can l serve others" Let
your faith. hope and peace be centered
IN Christ the Saviour Of men rnd make
him the Guide and King OF your life.
Such System" a | have marked out
Is sure system. 1t is Christ's system.
1t will never bankrupt yon this side Of
the grave except of your sinful mean
moss And II is sure to bring you per-
feet peace beyond the grave and give
to YOU all tho ltmtlCSs wealth of the
treasure ci'; of rod. I'm the sweat OF
thy brow shalt thou eat bread
ICop-rish, g." ~, re.,iq Klonsch1
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Snyea Two From Death.