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Lotteries in Church Fairs

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 7, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 14.

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Lotteries in Church Fairs

A BILL is now before the Legislature of New York to legalize lotteries in church fairs. The passage of this bill would be a great relief to the Roman Catholic church in New York City and other places, where fairs in which the lottery is freely used are a main reliance for raising funds. We trust the law makers of the Empire State will refuse to sanction a resort to gambling for any alleged sacred purpose. Happy will it be when Christians of every name will contribute liberally of their means from a sincere desire to glorify God and do good to men, without having to be coaxed to give by an appeal to their social enjoyments, or their covetousness.—Exchange.