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mSSSIffSSS wJ?T-rr-wTv-'rT-iV-:-.wj..w j lJiW1i",VVn,ir7"1' THE PUBLIC FORUM COME ACROSS, "AMERICAN." Any Catholic priest who uses his of ficial position to further the interests of any political candidate or other wise attempts to mix religion with politics is subject to dismissal by his bishop. Let "American," who says his pastor told his people in the church that it was their duty to vote for Roger Sullivan, give us the name of the priest and church so that a proper investigation can be made. "American" need fear no publicity. Merely write to The Day Book and the attention of proper authorities will be called to it. Any failure of "American" to come across with this information will, in my opinion, be ample proof that he takes lightly the commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." A. B. H. LIVE AND LET LIVE Religion is right, but, without science, religion wouldn't be worth a bean. Believ ing in God alone never produced any thing, neither has it saved a soul. The great war now going on with such re ligious fervor is enough to prove that. Our greatest benefactors never as much as believed In a God, yet with out their work religion would have a frail foundation to stand upon.' Our magnificent churches and oth er works would never exist did we depend on God's help alone. The most religious say that God helps those who help themselves, and they help themselves good and plenty. If we all fell into deep water and were unable to swim we'd be gjad to have someone fish us out and we wouldn't care if that someone was an infidel or not Some power gave hhn or her the power tp act God is no respecter of persons, and what he does goes at all' times, whether we believe in Him or not We can't harm Him. Money never saved a soul or bought a ticket to admit one to the heaven that is to come. Right here on earth on which we dwell is where we should have heaven, and would if man be just to man. If we have a soul and want it saved we ourselves must save it or it can't be saved. I believe in a God because I believe in a supreme being. L.et other be lieve what way they like, for a man may not believe in God and yet be just, and believe and be unjust Live and let live has always been my mot to. That's why I am poor. Frank Smith. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE I call at tention to an article in The Day Bopk of April 1, which gives an account of how an M. D. quieted (with a hypo dermic) two Christian Scientists, one suffering with an injured knee and the other suffering from a mental de rangement (M. D.'s diagnosis) from quoting Jesus the Christ. I call attention to this because I know The Day Book and its editor are fair. But their article (if it ex presses their attitude) is most unfair. The accusation (believed) that too hard study of mental healing caused the breakdown, in the one, and the injured knee in the other, is too ridic ulous for refutation. I have studied this stuff for years and the more I study it (and practice it) the health ier I get And I call upon the count less readers of The Day Book who have been benefited to tell through its columns of their reason. It might be well ask who called in the M. D. and what right had he to call in trained nurses if, according to his testimony, the women ordered him to go? As to their being deranged, half the readers of The Day Book are so con sidered by the capitalists, and over 55 per cent of the diagnoses in the best hospitals in the land are wrong, according to medical statistics. It is no sign of mental derangement when two women rush from an invaded ' home when two nurses insist upon violating an important rule of theii; & fmssssassssasBs