| Show I l I I 1ATTMIIIVV HUNTS AND WAit I I llo 4 i I K If i I 14 11 While It la I true that the Latterday I Saints ever since they became an organiZed ch or-ganiZed religious buOy have lived In I 1 I M expectation that the leading nations I I I I of the earth would within the lifetime 1 life-time of many members of their Church 11 I become Involved In war they have desired 16 i 11 I V de-sired and have prayed to God that 1 fl I peace might be preserv < to the utmost SRI i limit of the time for which war could i I r 11 be postponed without thwarting the iJ lir I i purposes of the Creator In regard to 11 J i I the changes that must come over the J I 1 tr 1v world to free It from wickedness nnd I 11 I store It to Ita original paiadlslcal I 1 4 4 P condition ti 1 War Is I ft thing which every Latter I I 1 day faint Imburd with the spirit of I i l I his religion regards with dread and 11 11 horror It Is a calamity to avert i I I 11 4 which the sacrifice of everything less than national Barely and honor InK I I i f it I In-K I o I Inclinable Peace to a nation as to an k t54 4 J I I I i Individual U I one of the greatest bless i 0 1 J1 I llit I I Ing known to an existence In nlOr I I I 1 tallty and few Indeed are the advan I I I J 4 1 tags that can offset Its loan Warm 4 14 tj War-m ciftral more it all that go1 mn fear I I ad abhor than con readily be con 1 1 cetved ne hy an evvltness and In i Z these dais of destructive Inventions R 4 A 1 j 1 Ill It Impossible to foresee What a san il U gulnary struggle between two powerful i I nations might develop I j 6 ll Weir mu 11 sudden and awful z el 1 death 10 many mn the mlmlng and I 1 Mangling 01 many more the rvLh 14 7 1 I P Ing 01 pure women the murder 01 In 1 4 r 4 nocept children the reign of blood and i 11 fire hordes of devils from the nether ti I v I I A regions holding triumphant carnival i qld 1 I r L f I 1 L among the children of men Warm Ill War-m the quick transformation of 11 I y r 11 i I kind gentle refined and civilized peo it breuttsh c I I lie 1 Into brutish beasts capable of any 1 it I 1 crime the staining of the souls na well 4 I as the destruction of the bodies of qK f multitudes of Godn children who but 1 3H I V 7 I i for war would have been by the kind A r 1 1 if processes of nature ushered Into the I I I presence of their Maker In a state of fy l I 4 < I r innocence and Peace Me 41 All the skill wisdom and patience nf f I 1 1 nations statesmen should be a n ex I el i hausted before war Is consented to i 4 I t I but a people claiming to cherish principles I I 11 liIll f prin-ciples that entitle them to the respect i I I of mankind should not forget that i I 1 if there are calamities which may come I hw I 11 01 4 upon n nation that are worse than 11 I J I war The American 1 people I especially Al I i t i 11 j with their lofty Ideals of liberty I al f 19 II I human rights and national obligations i I 0 11 obliga-tions should not forget this and I rather than nacrince a principle whose I I t I A I I maintenance il I In the considerate I w 4 I judgment 01 mankind necessary 10 I 1 I the preservation of national honor 1 4 I I they should not shrink from a deadly 11 ncounter ilth any nation 11 I It la not the anticipation of the Let 11 il I I 1 ir r ltd1synot Sainte that an overruling 11 I 11 j 0 t I Providence will place upon them the vt pi I I duty of engaging to I tiny great extent rl 11 I I In the killing of their I fellow beings il I A They understand that their calling is I I I I A I to save r a ther that to slay to build > tomples I CA I her than to man warships I to prah repentance rather than 10 I I earnage 1 spread carnag lIut they believe 4 q I I I too that God has purposed the I pre I IT I 11 ervallon And extension among mn I I I kind of the principle upon which the I i 111 I American government wa founded 11 I 1 I and that a mMrD 10 those principles r I 1 4 0 by a foreign power would Impose upon I f It I thorn the naired duty of responding 11 it J it to their countrjn call I with a patriot 11 I i I I lam na lofty and a purpose as holy as I I I ever warrior felt I k A I If our KI flows Union shall become I A 4 11 i I Involved I In war she will never number 4 num-ber In all fler armies a truer a A I i I i I I braver or a better soldier than the 1 I Mormon recruit In discipline In obe I 1 A I dlnro In Pat ence under privation In I I I 11I 11 I I I Bound and practical Judgment In the I absence of rashness In the calm courage cour-age with which he I will t do his duty R 5 4 I I I and above all In Ills 1 unwavering faith i In ultimate results he willprove the 11I 1 I I peer of It I not superior to the lineal I 4 soldiers In the world J 11 4 q a I |
