The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-07
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| ANeoN@SAAiS viz POAi\J VI tilC lICOlSc
officer. All credit to him for uphold
ing an unpopular policy and stayin.
with the job. We wish we were OF
his side but we are not. We believ,
he is wrong; we know he is hopeless
ly Unconstitutional furthermore, a.
religious institutions with a financia
responsibility, we are fighting for oul
Gves-and fight we must.
We offer the following considera-
tons to your readers. At 10 o'clocE
this morning there were over sc
people in the Fashion Shop; the shop
has a considerably smaller air space
than the Episcopal church; the church
has not had for many months as large
a number as this. We are not giving
this as special instance, it is merely
typical. Will DR.. Adair tell the
churches why he refuses their worship
and allows this sale business? l am
not implying the business should not
GO ont should. Those good people
were too elated with the bargain-pas-
sion to be disturbed by germ-fear;
they were safe enough.
"The churches should support the
authorities" In reply to which we
say, we are not policemen but
prophets.-Our function is to proclaim
certain truths and to witness against
injustice and evil We intend to bear
witness to the fact that church people
consider the worship of God a sacred
right, and not to be scrapped in time
of hysteria, while secular business
takes it's normal course. Our altar
shall be as inviolate as the holy altar
of Mammon. We are asking only the
same privileges as are accorded to
secular business.
We know little about germs too;
we believe in germs, but we also be-
lieve in God. Psychologists have
laughed at religion and seven million
people have died under their treat
ment. We do not ask a careless I'M
hygienic policy; we ask a sane and
cautious one. At present we are be-
ing shut in our houses and taught to
live under debilitative blight of fear
and the physical resistance of the
whole community is being lowered.
The disease is staying with US be-
cause the authorities are cultivating
the panic-attitude. DR.. Sadler, we'll
known Chicago physician says: Gear
adds greatly to the mortality of all
great epidemics. 1t is even dangerous
for some susceptible persons to read
health literature, they are so liable to
acquire the disease they read about"
In New York where, owing to crowded |
one would naturally ex-
oect high mortality, the percentage
Of cases has been less than half that
IN many other large towns and cities
New York kept it's schools and the
aires and churches open, as against
The other cities DIR. MacFadden, edi-
,or of physical Culture" asks what
his means and comments as follows:
The outcome has proven in most
startling manner that the closed
schools, theatres ETC., and the panic
md worry associated Herewith,
,een unnecessary, but have possibly
oil from this disease. Fear and
lower. They lower the physical tone
-ou are more likely to become a vic
i'm of disease. Millions of
chool children have had their daily
outline interefered with to their dis
dvantage, mentally, morally and
hysically. DR.. ]. B. Fraser, one OF
'anada's foremost physicians, has s
lade series of bold experiments and
rived at the conclusion that the
erms associated with this and a num-
er of similar diseases are not com !
to those who enjoy or I
mary health. DR.. MacFadden, whose 5
uthority we do not fear to place be- c
ide our best men, concludes that +
he real cause of ailments of this sort 7
lowered vitality. If the school r
oard would get busy on a pragram of 9
hysical culture and maintaining the +
tally of the children by scientific :
nd constructive measures, give them +
curtailed curricula, they would get $
If the health department t
ould encourage sledging parties and c
,orts-and let the increased vitality a
the people do the germ killing, we f
light hope for better conditions. But q
} long as we are living in this I'M O
ciable and depressing atmosphere, S
,nied both worship and entertain t,
ent, we shall continue Flu-ridden. "
Many of us in the churches have n
i'll stronger grounds for fighting the a
'licy at present in force. Our science n
not sufficiently one sided to have N
stroyed our faith; while we allow 81
II religion to be placed among the Il
essentials Infinitely behind our f;
nking) we shall suffer 1t is up to o.
to bear witness to the essential Il
ture of our worship of God. The vi
sease will continue until we ac-
owledge the hand of God. We must E.;
unit God in if we want to get out. =,
d-fashioned, if you will, but some of r., e,
are ready to fight for it and the r
thorities ought to know that it is n.
dangerous thing to trifle with a +
ms religion. I am frankly and for c cl
7 religion, | mean to fight. | am v;
ling to suffer; but I stand for Ct
lief in God and due expression of IN
At belief in worship, and the secu- -,
mind shall not bully me out of it. N
am asking only for the liberty of wi WI
,tricted and guarded gatherings for Oh
rship I am willing to have my N
lrch policed as are the stores (tho' %
is rather joke). in
only hope that we shall not be Il;
AVN to desperate expedients and p;
1t nothing will happen to mar the h, h.
I'd temper and spirit of fellowship 60
which Moscow is notable. We r;
st that the various parties may be IN
e to get together in the true Mos 60
v spirit and agree upon a policy IL