GAMBLING
The Rev. G. H. Barrett gave k practical sermon on the subject of gambling at the Newton Congregational Church last evening, basing his sermon on Proverbs i. 10: "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." Mr Gray showed how gambling degraded man by making him callous to the interests of others in experiencing joy at the loss and expense of his fellows, and degraded hisSnoral nature by absorbing those faculties which should be employed in higher pursuits. This applied equally to the nation, and the habit was sapping the foundation of national industry. The minister denounced horse-racing as the modus viyendi of a class of social parasites, who made sporting the means of preying upon the public. The causes of the spread of gambling, he considered, were the legalising of gambling by the Government, the amount of it indulged in by persons in authority, and by the publicity and attention given by the press to horse-racing. At the conclusion of the sermon a petition was passed round for signature to be presented to Government praying for the suppression of the totalisator.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 93, 21 April 1902, Page 2
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