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GAMBLING

AND
CHRISTIAN
IDEALS

CECIL H. ROSE

GAMBLING

AND

CHRISTIAN IDEALS

By
CECIL H. ROSE, M.A.

Foreword by
HENRY CARTER

London

THE -EPWORTH PRESS
J. ALFRED SHARP

First Edition, 1930,

Mave AND PrInTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY

Rusu &

Warwick (Bedford), Ltd., Brprorp.

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CONTEN
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Foreworp~ - - - - - - =e
PREFACE - - - - - - st)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - - - - - 10
CRAP.
| I. Tue APPROACH TO THE QUESTION - - - il
Il. Tue Curistian STANDARD - - - - 21
III. GAMBLING AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL - - 34
TV. GAMBLING AND THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL
(Continued) - - - - - 46
V. Some PracticaL PRoBLEMS - - - - 59
VI. On PROPAGANDA - - - - - 7)
APPENDIX—THE DECLARATION - - - 83
BrsriocrapHy By E. Benson PERKINS

FOREWORD

Berrine and gambling have increased greatly in
volume since the war. New modes have been
popularized by the daily press. Even charity has
sometimes sought the aid of the gambling habit in the
raising of funds for hospitals. The State, in quest
of new sources of national revenue, has experimented
with the Betting Tax. The totalisator, or mechanical
bookmaker, has been installed on numerous race-
courses.

One cause of this rapid growth of the gambling
habit is unquestionably to be found in the restlessness
and venturesomeness which mark the post-war period.
The war upheaved the world of thought and emotion.
Throughout this generation men and women will
accept risk and uncertainty more readily, less fearingly,
than did men and women in pre-war days. In such
an atmosphere the appeal to chance and luck is at
one with the dominant mood of the multitude.

Yet in quarters where a more reflective view
prevails, and in particular among young men and
women on quest for the ideal meanings of life, the
gambling habit is under criticism. Its deliberate
commercial exploitation—illustrated by the establish-
ment of greyhound racing tracks where the making
of bets is the main concern—is challenged and scorned
by the finer minds of the new generation. The real
argument centres in another field of experience. Is

gambling, occasional and not habitual, well within
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GAMBLING

AND
CHRISTIAN
IDEALS

CECIL H. ROSE