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Show A GAMBLING ERA. ' 3 Between fifty and sixty years afjo the religious people of this eou ntiy were greatly Rgitated over the question ol gambling. An association wasbrmede at Philahelphia for the sup ression ol lotteries, which at that time a ud before were numtr; us and were aseil to iai.se money lor the putpose of religion and charity, public improvements and var ous beneficial enterpiises. An assauli on gambling practices generally followed, follow-ed, and the gambler was assailed wild the uimost violence by the rrvivaliss a id other pieachers of the day. ffi The result was ihe suppression ol lot-:eries lot-:eries by the law of r.ea.-ly all the Sta',t$ and the formal denunciation ol all gatt-oliug gatt-oliug by the churches So strong w4 ihe sentiment against barling in all if f irms as inheren ly vi:ious and d graceful, that aittndante upon hori races fell into disiepute among got! people, Cardswerediivt.a from p ot household as implements of the c!e and eveiy man who gambled was look! ed upon as a reprobate. Tales depict ing tne terrible fate of gamblers aii t ruin their wickedness brought families were published and arcuiaiif w.delv. Gamoln g wa; treated as i i ;elf a sin, and in the books of tls j-pl.iir j-pl.iir of n aily all tne Ptutestant denominations de-nominations it is made a ground tor t cl ii troni the communions I During the last generation garabliif ha . emended rapidly among the peopfe and moie especially with the growth v the enthusia: m f r outdoor sportj. llorse racing iciiiai is under the socill St "ni l I. .ilitr j It may be that the revelations as lb the o..ccai.ii gam i.ig u 1 ne Prince 01 .v .iles m ly staii a new leliyiotis muniment muni-ment igainst ganililing in bodi Fug-land Fug-land an 1 this couuiiy. but it cannot he Miccessiul without revalutioni.ing spoils aud destroying the present tendency lo engage 11 all sorts ol athletic contests and competitions from which belling is uisepar. ble. It must also extend to the modern methods of doing business sc piovocaiive of the passion for gambling, f |