"TRYING TO BE TOO GOOD."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 10

"TRYING TO BE TOO GOOD."

Sir,—lt,is to be regretted, that certain rovoreutl, gontleiuqri, in- the-Dominion; should havo been carried away, by' their "over-zeal. to def nounce from'.tbo pulpit tho'attendance of two Ministers; of \ tho Crown at\ the.! opening "of Tattersalls Cliib in" this: City, : which they did' in; ithe capacity.'of. private • individuals.. .Mr: Missioner Moore also followed in like strain from tho platform of a. purely socular concert ■it the Mission, to' Seamen' last night. '''Clergy-, men are credited with'learning and good, taste, yet they';overlook the.record in the Bible'of. a certain king making a'bet (and winning it) of soma oils of. clotli (vide 2nd Samuel), nor do tliey. realise that tlvo casting of lots (otherwise a sweepstake) for the garments after the crucifixion, •'.was prophesied and fulfilled.. And,' lastly,'that His Most , Gracious Majesty King Emporor Edward VII is the head of the established Protestant Church. Yot his Majesty not onjy.runs horses at races but, wins too.. The bookinaking is now legalised by Act of Parliament. Let clerics practise what they preach— charity'. I .nivor have beta'a.betting man> nor . 'at my age-aril I .likely to tako it t up. As a •correspondent Wroti) in tJiis morning's issue, 'regarding playing cards in the gymnasium at Victoria Colloge, "we are .trying to be too ■good."—X am;.etc~ ■. 1 • : . .. ANTI-CANT. ~ : : September 16.