May, 1940
T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
194
that practically every prominent gambler dies in destitution, finan cial and spiritual. 2. Then why gamble! a. It is a disease! Professional “ dealers” can detect the symp toms and characteristics and call it “gamblers’ fever.” b. Disease can be and is healed by the “Great Physician” ! (Matt. 9:12). II. You “haven’t a chance” in the life hereafter! 1. It is common to hear some one say in connection with salvation, “I’ll take a chance,” implying that there is a possibility of spending eternity with God, other than in God’s prescribed way. Such is not the case! There is no “chance” involved. The definite result is already settled! Note and empha size 1 John 5:11, 12; John 3:36; Acts 4:12; John 14:6; 1 Timothy 2:5. 2. It is impossible to gamble with God—God does not gamble! Note Matthew 16:26; cf. Matthew 10: 28 and Psalm 49:7, 8 . For the Deader In addition to the Introduction, which you may handle yourself or give as a topic, the following would be of profi table interest: I. According to a recent Gallup Poll: 1. A larger percentage of people gamble at church lotteries than at any other game of chance in cluding “the horses,” “punch boards,” etc. (We are forced to ask, “What churches?) 2. More than one-half of the Ameri can adult population engages in some form of gambling. Some prominent signs o u t s i d e churches. 1. Neon sign outside Chicago church: “Don’t Miss Bingo Friday. Hand some Prizes.” 2. Rural church proclaims: “Bingo Party every week — Everybody welcqme.” 3. Climax reached by sign in front of a New York church: “Bingo every Thursday night in the Holy Spirit Room.” For additional material see also: 1 . Literary Digest, Jan. I, 1938, p. 32. 2. Life, Feb. 6 , 1939. 3. Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 24, 1936, p. 88 . 4. Nation, Jan. 16, 1937. To Enjoy and to Give Away “I received today my first copy of THE KING’S BUSINESS. I have prom ised to pass it along, but I find I do not want to part with it. I enjoy underlining parts which are an inspira tion to me, and reading them often. So will you please send me another subscription to your magazine?” Arlington Heights, Mass.
the earlier chapters of Ecclesiastes re* veal the philosophy of a man living “un der the sun” instead of In subjection to the God of heaven. Although living does involve taking some risks, and although we enter some undertakings without be ing able to see the end from the be ginning, we must remember that times and circumstances are in God’s hands, and gambling is a cheap, shabby, in sidious travesty on this fact. Heywood Broun, in an editorial in the Nation magazine, says that all America is beset by a gambling mania! Witness the horse races, gambling houses, dog races, and in your little town or city neighborhood the slot ma chines, pinball games, etc. There has always been gambling, but it is only in our generation that efforts have been made to make it legal and moral. This is a sad, sad commentary on the spiri tual condition of our land, and it should impress every child of God with *a desire to shim every appearance of evil. Gambling, whether playing the stock market or a punch board, is a vicious attack against good government, busi ness, sport, morality—and God! Hence there is no virtue in it. More surpris ing still, the famous (or infamous) gam blers of the world almost universally say, “You can’t win,” “The odds are against you,” “You haven’t at chance.” For Those Who Have Topics I. You “haven’t a chance” in this life. 1. Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 24,
1936, p. 88 , reveals that in all forms of professional gambling, chances are from 30 to 60 against the gambler. The article also shows that the “chance against any gambler’s quitting ahead of n. the game is over 100 to 1 ” and
Dr. Frank H. Guernsey Optometrist 604 WEST SIXTH STREET, NEAR GRAND —NEW LOCATION—
VAmdlke 1928
Los Angeles
C H R 1 ST I A N . L I T E R A T U R E . f j ArnUvew* fyo&n&on < 5308 El Verano Avenue, Los Angeles. California’ : CL-66728 : ? PR I N T I N G !, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CHURCH PAPERS j ■" ‘ Lowest Priees, »Estimates Gladly Given.- . v > j
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs