THE GAMBLING EVIL.

NZ Truth, Issue 112, 10 August 1907, Page 3

THE GAMBLING EVIL.

' . „ », . A deputation representing persons opposed to the popular methods of gambling waited upon, the Premier on Tuesday week. A person named Eagle, who wasn't on the programme, remarked to the assembly that it was hypocrisy to come there and condemn gambling when it failed to tackle the serious question, of gambling m land. . . The shroud of piety, is cast m thick", depressing gloom About this God's own country, like the 'sadness of the tomb ; The soul-destroying two-up joint shrieks loud beneath the rod, And erring wights m. private clubs have turned their thoughts to God. The- dev'lish tote contrivance still its victims young devour, And twice 'ten thousand "guessers" thus improve the shinteg hour : But the threatening menace to the ■ future of our race, Is the tote arranged for women who wish to go the pace. Remember, my dear brethren, 'that the Church is passed by man ; , The*, God help the collection if fr a il Eve frequents the tan. There are other forms of gambling, say property and land, But these be means of livelihood, for thou of moral brand. 'Tis true the poor are squeezed of rents, and pay exceeding high, But they are most ungodly, - antd will suffer 'when they die. If pious speculators gather m a dividend, The Church condones the wick-ed means which justify the end. Some modes of legal larceny, where moral wowsers win The cash of . sweated working-men— these gambles are no sin.