![]() ![]() The nations of the earth have been divided over the present situation. ![]() I recognize it is a very sensitive subject for an international congregation, including those not of our religious faith. I have prayed and pondered much concerning this. Hopefully it is now drawing to a conclusion.Īs I discuss the matter, I seek the direction of the Holy Spirit. ![]() The present war is really an outgrowth and continuation of that conflict. When I came to this pulpit at that time, the war against terrorism had just begun. I spoke of this somewhat in our October conference of 2001. His life, his mission, his military service, his death seem to represent the contradictions of the peace of the gospel and the tides of war.Īnd so I venture to say something about the war and the gospel we teach. He returned home, served in the Marines, married, became a policeman, and was then recalled to active military duty, to which he responded without hesitation. Like so many others, he had grown up in the Church, had played as a schoolboy, had passed the sacrament as a deacon, and had been found worthy to serve a mission, to teach the gospel of peace to the people of Japan. Twenty years ago Elder Cawley was a missionary of the Church in Japan. He was 41 years of age, leaving behind a wife and two small children. Marines had been killed somewhere in Iraq. My brethren and sisters, last Sunday as I sat in my study thinking of what I might say on this occasion, I received a phone call telling me that Staff Sergeant James W. ![]()
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