THE GAMBLING EVIL.
Mr Arthur Henderson, ,MIP., has' an ■article in Helping "\^qrds r . on, the evils of* gambling, in which,. heSsayis4r-!Ap insidious form for initiating- T|her. " gain' merit" life is - found "in. "tje - raffling at ,'bazaa.rs,/ carried on under -the name of charity, or the sacred-nanje." lot ihe ..Qhristiaa., religion. "That Tne>.:"-enai- jusfctfieS^the" means " has resulted in raffles being unrJlush'ingly" carried on under the notice — and often with the approval— of Christian ministers. The practice begun a+ the_ church raffle* has made." the bo'v an easier^ prey for the shot* sweopsTake. and then j the bookmaker. The late Bishop of Dur- I - ham once -said :: — "*' Gambling is the habitual > seeking of personal gain through another's loss — though it may be with his consent — j without making .any adequate return for * what they received or adding anything to the sum of the commonwealth." Charles Kingsley has told us that "gambling of every kind- is immoral: it is intended to take the money from your neighbour's t><*'ket without giving -anything in return."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 13
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171THE GAMBLING EVIL. Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 13
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