. Christian herald and signs of our times . Cast in Thy Lot Among us ; Let us all Have One Purse. of the fear of God, the mad demon ofgambling is taking the possession of allall classes in our land, and the fatal ex-citement of games of chance is laving holdof large numbers of our population, mak-ing them hate honest labor, and refusesteady work, while their course cannot butbe downward, downward to ruin. And still more sad it is that in the edu-cation of the day and even in religion, selfinterest is taught before the fear of God,and even children smile incredulously whena real answer to prave
. Christian herald and signs of our times . Cast in Thy Lot Among us ; Let us all Have One Purse. of the fear of God, the mad demon ofgambling is taking the possession of allall classes in our land, and the fatal ex-citement of games of chance is laving holdof large numbers of our population, mak-ing them hate honest labor, and refusesteady work, while their course cannot butbe downward, downward to ruin. And still more sad it is that in the edu-cation of the day and even in religion, selfinterest is taught before the fear of God,and even children smile incredulously whena real answer to praver is related. Thefool hath said in his heart, No God (: 1), and popular society, popular re-ligion, and popular education do not liketo retain God in their knowledge (: 28). and thev have not so much as theelements of wisdom for the want of reallvknowing, reallv taking account of God. The wise man supposes that his readerswill meet with temptation and it will heon the line of self-interest and of takingadvantage of others. He sup
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