The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-21
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Powerful Discourse Against Gambling IN
Any rorm-nayor and Police
chief Are Complimsntsd.

Declaring that ga,f.pfins - condemned
os .ne social conscience OF mankind
eNctyMhefe. Rev. Arthur W. Mills, PHI D.
pastor of the Fourth Street NJ n church
az last nights services delivered a BOW
Siui discoursS against the sin OF gamb-
ing. Ills sermon referred especially TO
the Wheeling turf exchange which he
.ohueinned bitterly. cha racIerizing a. as
the Monte Carlo Of West Virginia.
Sambing IN general was severely critl-
tiled- IL is sin and "a vice IN its rutI,l-
est forms. said the pastor. and chur,H e.
which indirectly sanction Il were cen-
Speaking OF the evils OF the turf .x-
.hanse and tue blot IL places on the ,.itv
,n,r. Ai!Is called unon the good people Of
me citN to demand that Il he abol shed.
IN 80 doing. lie 1Nid tribute to the
EFFORTS OF the mayor. the chief of police
sh . Others. adding that II they could re-
SeiNe the support 90 the good people OF
OF existance.
Selecting for his subject. Tn. Cross
Dice ana the Turf ENcEange." Dr Mills
took his text from Matthew = 50: "I-pon
my vesiure did they east lots He spoke
Gambling at cro...
canning has ever suited Itself to the
genus OF those countries where the God
OF Fortune ~ worshippef TIE ttoman
soldiers who Ia th. Sight OF TIE Cross
played Tor the seamless rob. with their
ilce boxes a. well "a TIA. tormentors or
Tue cNil" lsraelite. who Drsfigured the
suffering Messiah. Mere heather m-nand
now hard and TepulsiV. their corrupt re-
hglon had made them
TheN had just hound aud crucified tho
meekest victim known 4" history and
whist engaged In this freak of greed
which finished up their crime the gam
blers. frrnzied. deafened their ears 10 a
prayer tho tenderness OF which mus.
nave amazed IL" very angels The man
VINO by an appeal To- chance seeks To-
possess himself of an unearned gain AZ
the cost Of neighbor * lust as much a
heathen as the Roman soldiers lie has
enrolled himself In the class IN which
saints
lie WHO either on tn" Turf Exchange
or eisrWh here bets ana CANDLES viii not
itnd " easy to make good his claim, 10
he Christian. Mann men who fire.
ruent the Turf and lend to IL not n In.
tlesof its fnaiiSu prestige go to church
ana even to communion. hut that ~ a
grave reflection upon ia. church they
aItect To follow and q. melancholy proor
or tue impotence Of its rulers to uphold
us self respect aud discipline
Spc'uiativ" business brings It's own
penalty. the penalty following alas. in
many cases upon tho honest aud hard
working sections of the community t..
community. however. can scarcely be hold
innocent whilst ia NiukS AT fictic'nu-
buy ing and selling and pays respect tu
t'' man who makes success of tie.
game and takes Off is nat t. q gulJ-u
image set M 10y the proSPctOus spccula-
tors of tive hour.
Gambling - a ViriouS SttmuIsnt of tho
mas inattnn. an incidiouS r-powe riul.
into icant to the mental lie administer
ed through the higher faculties rather
tian 10y lips IL blood and brain. \ soul
drunkenness. analogous To bodily drunk
'uuesS. tends To rob man entirely Of
MS seli-c"ntrol u gives distastr f"r in
tcilectual pursuits. makes IT. victims
restless and unhcedful whom religious
cls ims are urged On the attention
Inc sin Is the same in a." young man
VINO has not vet s,on, beyond where ne
can auord O" los" and tho shop boy whu
under the pressure" OF losses puts li-
anu IN h'S maSt'r's TIL and the bank
NHHH "a 1911 taaH
Mans Chivalry Lowered.
To take nourt from those who can
III AFFORD {" lose ~ and Of whose circum.
stances the winner would %" no gpfnp..
tent Judge. but however. rendering an
equivalent benefit. must lower a mans
rniNalTy and make him selfish. \ lats
roSt inas general satI there were more
tl~nlssdiS from 600" postal seryiC.
through gambling than through drunken.
The tendency. whether pursued as 4
'aStime or e trade. iS 10 mas" the Hatlif.
l,t.d AMI re- kless. mean and cruel. IT,.
Monte carlo casino has been t.I, scene 81
more suicides than any "tH"r place u
iN" world. Vet tie daily ti~ItYi- " Is
~uir6 and join there have no sense 81
tire horror which iaurtS the CAV seen.
ana no feeling OF sympathy for e..
t."uudl"ss suffering and despair 81 which
tH" building g. a tragic recruitment
The atmo~r.I ere of aIar1 has TIA. fiu.
in,siaS'bie iendeucv 60 blunt H." nu~i
sentiments Of the character ana to r,r-e,
ne runiau and tu" desperate. To iu. iafs
~ H. % irhale q kind az eHInfuforr
Whidl makes % man !ns-usihl- Co utue'
peoples pains. TIE. di~Ertt.ful -,,fi.--
no. infrrguent AZ football matches ar.
fue Co the fact that lie iuro,-nt trial Of
-Llll ang ~-"nE nos been ~waur-d ry
the puRillsU or fH" betting man
'lf you want tp 80. f.. nigh water
mark - American brutality goo into .
i,ain in New YORK. .ity NILE with book.
nfaker~. poolmakers and their friend.
ana listen tor "a half . our 90 their tats