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Show Pltl-SIDFAT SMITH ITTIlItS I'ljiw roil TiiK oppiuxsiu) Intervention In Mexico, or nny other eotintr where oppression holds sua) nnd despotism Is allowed to rule, wns Justified by Prealdent Joseph F Smith In hi closing aililriss of the eight) -sixth semi-annual lonfcrence of the Mormon church In th tabernacle taber-nacle Hiimlu) afternoon War, President Presi-dent Smith deplored The United State doe not want It, he declared, but he gave emphatic uttirnnce to his sentiment thnt It Is the diit) of n mighty nation to extend the hand of freedom lo nn oppressed people lie spoke n follow Now, I have Just one little short sermon Oct out of debt, keep out of debt, never mortgage oiir home nor )otir forms Put down Intempi rnnce nnd be wise nnd sober people Do not make war on, but love Jour neighbor. Keep the word of wisdom lie wle 11 ml modi-rate In nmusement nnd let jour amusement be Innotent nnd oiir enjovment pure Card pln)lhg Is nn evil; avoid ever evil. Honor the Hitbbnth day nnd divine nuthorlt) Keep otirsef pure and unspotted from the world. l.et ever) body who enn, rnlse his own bread nnd ment Palronlte home productions nnd sustain sus-tain home Industry He not scoffer, but show kindness and )mpnth to nil. nnd especially to the unfortunate 'I. somehow, hnve n feeling In no heort that the glorious republlt of the United Ktnte, of which vve nre citizens lo)al nnd true, has n glorious destln) to perform nnd to renth. nnd thnt glorious destiny Is to extend liberty lib-erty lo the oppressed nnd, n fur 11 It I possible unto nil nation, nnd un to nil people 'Afler hearing Ihe remarks of President Pratt, with referent e to th condition of our people and lo the downtrodden nnd oppressed people of Mexico, thirteen millions of whom nre held under serfdom nnd slavery by the defendants of their conqueror, who could not wish devoutb, with nil their heart, thnt some mighty power, some just power hill pome power that was equal lo the task should extend the hand of freedom lo those oppressed people, even If It costs the live of their oppressor. That Is m senti ment "I do not wanl war: but the Lord ha snld that It sha'l be poured out upon nit nations, nnd If we enpe It will be 'b Ihe skin of our teeth;' nnd I would rather kill the oppressor than to nllow the oppressor to kill Ihe Ilium Ili-um ent " |