The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-01-23
A SOUND POSITION ON
CHRISTIANITY.

Persons who believe III d reai 10
ligion of the heart, "nion .eaA
something in a mans 49, oouia %
considerable encouragement III eie0'
DAYS of materialism anu liolcuie
things religious, from Tue report y
the address delivered az 'ne MA
in Spokane, Sunday a1teinooh' Wy -
A. H. Upham, is especially encouras
ing coming. as it does, from the
head Of great educational institu'
ton. DR.. Upham sees signs tna'
realism is on the wane ana that the
people are getting back to the
emotional in religious nie-that IS
that they are getting back 10 po'n'
where the teachings OF Cnrisc aie az
cepted as the one foundation for re-
ligious thought and acton.
Dr. Upham expresses it this way:
"The common people go through
lot of trouble in their thinking ou'
ALWAYS come through clean There is
a growing realization that the one
program for a war-torn world IS 'pe
program of Christ. Business mas come
to recognize the importance Oh
Christianity. We are beginning to
turn away from the ultra materlailsin
and to emphasize the elno'ionai' 'ne
soul and the spirit
DR.. Upham called attention to the
Tendency of the drama, the screen, and
the cartoonist to ridicule tnlngs sac
red. or which SAVIOR OF REFORM put
saw signs that this tendency is iesseh-
ing.
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There is a stringent law proposed
against intoxicated drivers OF automo-
biles. permanently disqualfying
driver found guilty OF drunkenness
from driving again. A drunken oflVer
is not only a menace to himself and
those with him but to every other car
on the highways. -Reardan Gazette.
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Towns are about what the people
make them. Spokane, according 10
articles appearing recently IN the Re-
view, has had a slump III pep. her
citizens have. we are told, had
slump in the booster spirit, and for
some five years there mas Deen
gradual cooling off in enthusiasm It
is pointed out that there is nothing
the matter with Spokane; that it is
the same fine city it always was; that
it has the same wonderful resources
It ALWAYS had: it has the same eli
mate same environment and ought to
be enjoying the same proportlonate
growth. But things have, writers IN
he Review admit, slowed aoWn. Inc
hing needed right now, all agree, is
/ renewing of the Spokane spirit;
reviying of the booster habit that
caused everybody, to talk spokane
BOOST Spokane and work for the up
of Spokane. All Oh winch
S exactly according to the natural
avs Of community growth. ANY com
nunitv that loses it's pep is just like
man who grows stale-oegins TO-
progress kwards-Le"lston BAN
Ter.
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AS one reads of the flght made py
Wallace Reid. the screen star, against
he narcotic habit. which had under
mined his health and his will power,
esulting finally in death he can not
nut have the deepest sympathy ior
i'm and for others in like condition.
,eid was not a low type OF man by
nv means and had the deepest de-
ire to regain his health ana at the {
anne time to get away from the mar
otto habit. The country, for the sake
f its young people, may wen De on
he alert to stamp out the narcouc
vii which has. recently gained a
onderfuI hold, especially among the
Dung.
While the records in Wisconsin may
Q cleared of everything IN connectlon
18th Senator I.aFollette's position
uring the war. it will be hard
erase his notorious speech from the
inds of the present generation. We II
,utt 81 T.aFollette was disloyal in the
,nse that he wished his country to
Sc the war. He is the type OF man,
,weyer. who can't cooperate, even
it'll his own nation when it is at war,
ID rather, than abide by the action (
the president and Of congress, he
ok the position Of national out
". to the detriment OF his country
ID very much to his own detriment.