lose himself for days at a time seeking to satisfy that passion. An
enviable husband, father, citizen, and neighbor but for that evil; but how
wretchedly that ruined all! Dr. Holland, of Springfield, Massachusetts,
says: "I have all my days had a card-playing community open to my
observation, and yet I am unable to believe that that which is the
universal resort of starved soul and intellect, which has never in any
way linked to itself tender, elevating, or beautiful associations, but,
the tendency of which is to unduly absorb the attention from more
weighty matters, can recommend itself to the favor of Christ's
disciples. I have this moment," says he, "ringing in my ears the dying
injunction of my father's early friend: 'Keep your son from cards. Over
them I have murdered time and lost heaven.'"

Gambling is dishonest. It seeks something for nothing. Man possesses
no money, that he might risk giving it to some rogue to waste in sin.
All the property one possesses, he possesses it by stewardship to be
used wisely and honestly for good. Every age has needed a revival of
the Golden Rule in business. Much of the business of to-day is attended
to on the dishonest principle that characterizes gambling, "Get as much
as possible for as little as possible." This spirit is first cousin to the
spirit of gambling. The only difference is, one is called wrong and is
wrong; the other is wrong and is called right. Tell the gambler he is a
thief; he will acknowledge it, and will beat you, if he can, while he is
talking to you. Tell the other man he is a thief, and he will sue you at
court and win his case, although it is just as wrong to steal $100 from
an unbalanced mind, as it is to steal $100 from an unlocked safe or
off of an untrained football team. It will be an easy matter to produce
professional gamblers so long as society upholds dishonest dealers by
another name. What men need in this matter is moral and spiritual
vision, spiritual discernment. Some persons live by taking advantage