The Coolidge examiner., 1946-12-06

(Pastor J. N Campbells sermon in First Baptist
Church of Coolidge. Arizona, December 1s 1946)
The us that our city government is trying to
enforce the law against gambling Phoenix Chamber Com
Arizona recent Gallup Poll that $40 people
country gamble. Certainly there time
gambling it high time for the preacher lift
his voice against it,
DEFINED
Gambling get something nothing and to
get on the basis of chance Rafting of chance in
which small of the value of thing paid
the chance to win all of it Gambling pure and simple! And
Gallup this the most common form of gambling
of CHURCH lottery!!!
One of the first laws laid down by God is found in Cen S9
n the of thy face shalt thou eat bread Gambling
not steal Like gambling stealing is trying to get sometime
nothing both first
Steve Hocmb after his conversion testified that he had
bed for thirty in forty states and knew from experience
that the gambler will also steal Vernon Tex banker
he will employ gambler because knows something of
God Thou shalt not covet gambes with
How then good O gamble with clear conscience?
OWN Ru Cod saws WOE unto them that call evil
good evi"Isa 52O smitty the gambler asked
become gambler His quick answer was that he
would tell him to out and hang himself first.
EVERYTHING A GAMBLE"
Yes risk chance 10 he of finite
earth But radically different thing for Lndbergh
winning the Jackpot The first prompted by high and noble
takes chances plants. does business
he stock goods but both ahead with faith
in their fellowmen hoping for honest gain How
different the gamblers base desire something for
nohng The gambler that everything happens by chance
Bible running the world. The gamblers
ideal would dehrone God
Horseracng the notoriety but form of lottery is
the gambling; and. after that cards slot
machines according to the Gallup Poll TO-
Church lotteries
many as bought sweepstakes year, Strange
teries because the to good cause Surely 1t is
the own which that
it'll! punch-boards
Playing marbles for keeps and being loyal to your
both just much gambling shooting
dice
years gambling
advertising, such Merchants drawings The
nothing when the customer tries to beat his
bill Which worse: SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, MOTH
ING FOR SOMETHING'S the drawings continue popu
along with banknte and all the rest OF it. of course nere
is gambling the carna heart of
like liquor and other SINS SO much the more reason ha
resist this temptation!
SUFFERING
OF course Everybody despise the
professional gambler The vice utterly demorazng
money quandered which would otherwise
spent clothing and housing Haskins Information
that for recent Americans spent
Northwestern Life Insur-
billion annual waste with half of it go
numbers rackes punch-boards bank
mite pn-ba bngo point is that somebody always
suffers pinch the gambler fails his family suf-
If succeeds the family of his victim suffers
CARDS
Young man was warning Sunday School class boys
against gambling asked he played cards
that he did, but tried to explain that he just played
game did play for The boys
selfustifcation And they right in identifying
gambling Cards always and everywhere have been
the gamblers TOOLS and Christians surely should have nothing
with such unclean things.
Recently preached in Chicago thousand
upon hundred thousand preachers
crusade against gambling, and the
public conscience against it.
cordially every Sunday,
am. m DIM.