Show CARDS AS AN EVIL the laci Lm ci takes s pleasure tire in Te reproducing producing an article froni froin the IM EKA 11 stilt lako city C I 1 ty the te article in quest iori is cu entitled tilled U I 1 AS ax AN ea evil all and is ie an all editorial by joseph ae F smith president of tile the mormon church cord card playing is not only a on n evil but iu in many instances is a positive crime nearly every day clay and night here iv ic marysvale Marys vale a lot of 18 saloon alocia bums spend almost their thel r entire tl time me playing cards many of those I 1 aume bums havo have families famili ps that tire are neglected 9 1 and in need of the comforte comfor tB of 1 life comforts corn fur ts that sud lira riot not obtainable because the husbands and fathers fathera I 1 tile the manhood to to break away from a is a curse to themselves and ofiel kneir families umi lieB I 1 it t is not tu to that class ns as their sir is i generally a holi hopeless eless case cage butto but to the young of both sexes the following is earnestly Ar nestly commended E editor aitor LANCE GAUDS CARM AS AN N EVIL 7 I 1 have been grieved with tile the knowledge that porsi kent card playing placing Is ia gaining till an alarming foothold among the people the saints have been beef aheu warned against tile the evil in the pa past president george Q cannon has spoken strongly and written writ tea ca clearly y ag against ainest this immoral habit abit h and president 0 snow also with voice and pen h has a a set the of ilia fits cond condemnation effin alioti I 1 upon it I 1 wish 1 too to declare against aird playing W with ith fall tile the fores force and in If tience at my command I 1 and to place n myself i on record ns Is being opp opposed bied to I 1 it in any and all forms and under tiny any aad ril d all condition ons 1 I warn abo tilo saints abd nd especially the young people that it Is ie a dangerous practice all and d it urge rge all to leave it alone repa of t the ll 11 cv iland turn to p profitable table and healthful pa klines and decre recreations antibus it is common thing for women young and middle aged to spend whole Av liole and many of thern them e evenings na its well in ill playing cards caida thus wa wasting hours and days of ious time in this useless and unprofitable profit way yet those same sam 0 people when approached declare they have no timo to spend as aa teachers in inthe mhd sabbath a schoola a hoots and no time to attend either cither S sunday schools or meetings their church chuich duties aro aio neglected for luck stcl of jf ti time tile yet they spend hours day after day at cards they have thereby en ea coin a ged aged and bacome poached of a spirit s p irit of indolence and their minds are arc filled with bilec halu ciria cinat ioa tion chum choirs and raso fascination lullion that take possession of the habitual to tile exclusion acin of till all spiritual and abid religious feeling auch it a spirit detracts from till all sayied thought imol and those rait at length jo do not quite know whether they are jews gentiles or sa ilits tind nad they the y do di n not b t c care it r e a fl tig fa r while it a simple lb game of c i n it k it is a faut fact that thai i t is WH 1 by I 1 immoderate repetition it itemus buds in an all infatuation for chance schemer in 1 habitt of excess in ili wayte waste of precious time in dulling and stupefying the mind find in the complete destruction of religious feeling these are serious results evils that should and must bu be avoided by we luw r day saints then again there is the grave dangev danger that lurks in ill persistent card playing which besets begets the spirit of g gambling of speculation and that awakens the dangerous desire to 0 o get something for nothing I 1 have in mind a mau mail whose life Is now ruined alio was wrecked by cards the habit began innocently too it star led from a simple game persistently repeated just juat to see who could cot ild win but the interest soon I 1 waned and it was found nece necessary sary to stimulate with a little hide glass of beer then beer was too weak wino wille was next and you know tile the old hebrew si lying when baton atan S cannot come himself lie sends wino as it a messenger but it became compulsory to go still further and at last to keep up tip lie he lu interest terest with whiskey then lie he stimulus for tile the game wai not strong enough in his own home P and lip went onic it for the needed excitement A drunkard a gambler it a man niall without means or property an outcast a culprit picked up tip from the gutter by the volice police is ia I 1 ha remainder of the story ills his poor wife died and lie he was punished for a strong of misconduct with ills his ov own ti children it all began coill aiom the innocent game of cards behold tile the that are con common where women leave their children fur for to go off to 0 ply play cards ards Cl of men spending their earni earnings at tile the tr ambling table behold tile spirit of gambling chance chalice of wanting lug some thin tiling for nothing and tile the dodging of honest work and tile waiting for luck tin and d lottery to bring easy I 1 if tio 7 t bonfoy bon foi cariall anllo e mania to gamble ae leads ads to ruin nun poverty JO verty spiritual death and destruction it is wrong for lit lat ter day da to e encourage courage it or to unduly indulge it in any game that fosters it let us cry it town down an and als aa we value our jur own eal salvation find and tile the good geml of our children let us leave par eard card playing play ying alone it is wrong and dangerous for foi tile the latter day saints and arid would bo better entirely abolished both in family public and private gatherings but you say we must have reccea liou what shall we do turn to doi enterprises enterprise 18 and to lo tile the gaining of II 11 jesul knowledge of 01 tile tho gospel let the love of reading gool and useful boo booke acs ics be implanted iu in the he hearts of tho young WWI und let them thefil be trained to talce take pleasure plea auro tind and recreation in bistor history y travel biography arii and olt classic issic story then thoro there ore innocent aames music songs 30 figs and literary lit eiry rl recreation creation what want would you think of the man alio w would arguo fur whiskey and beer as 18 a co common ninion beve beverage raffe ai because it is n sees sary for people to drink ile he is per haps little than the wan man who would place ards in the hands of tily my children whereby uy would inter after fter the spirit of chance and alil gambl g ambling I 1 t tr leading down dowil to destruct destruction io ll 11 1 t us e they must have ltv av I 1 would call the first i it villous enemy und refer illin him to writer water to drink ari and tile lie hitter an evil spirit in the guise of innocence alicei I 1 and refer him to recreation containing no germs gerins of leaie the devill vu 4 lot let our evenings be devoted devote d to innocent aali amusements ir 11 the home hoine and let all chance games gaines be banished from our and only recreant recreation ion indulged in that Is free from gambling and the ilie ginnif flug spirit and let le fc excessive curd playing and the person who strolls rubout among neighbors ut all hours of the nigh Is and day encouraging coura cou raging gitig the evil be put far from us is just us as auro as wt wrt CH encourage courage thi sevil it will bring oiher grievous troubles in its wake and those wiio indulge excessively will lose loae the tha spirit of th the e gospel and go got to temporal and spiritual lulu young people in ili their recreations should strive to form a love for allf that which will riot not bo ba hiji injurious rious it is not true that oula that recreation crin can be coved thit la detrimental to the budy body and ud spirit we should train ours ourselves elvei to flud pleasure in ili that tha which invigorates not nob and destroys the body tuat which leads upward find not down that which brightens tena riot not dilla and stuns the intellect eliat which elevates and exalts the spirit 0 riot not that clogs and dep depresses it ir ao 84 shall yve we please the lord enhance our own enjoyment and save ouri ourselves elves and our children frota from impending sins sills 1 at the root of which 11 dilca an evil genius lurks tho the spirit of cards and gaming gaining JOSEPH F fa SMITH 1 |