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with them? You are not leaving me?"
"No, Homan, my time is not yet."
"May we not go together?--but there--that is as Father wills. He will
ordain for the best. There are nations yet to go to the earth, and we shall
have our allotted time and place."
* * * * *
A group of persons was engaged in earnest conversation, when a
messenger approached. He raised his hand for silence, and then
announced:
"I come from the Father on an errand to you."
The company gave him close attention, and he continued: "It is
pertaining to some of our brothers and sisters who have gone before us
into earth-life. I shall have to tell you about them so that you may
understand. A certain family of earth-children has fallen into evil ways.
Not being very strong for the truth before they left us, their experiences

in the other world have not made them stronger. This family, it seems,
has become rooted in false doctrine and wrong living, so that those who
come to them from us partake also of their error and unbelief of the
truth. As you know, kinship and environment are powerful agencies in
forming character, and it appears that none of the Father's children have
so far been able to withstand the tendency to wrong which is exerted on
all who come to this family."
The messenger paused and looked around on the listening group. Then
he continued: "The Father bids me ask if any of you are willing to go in
earth-life to this family, become kin to those weak-hearted ones--for
their salvation."
There was a long pause as if all were considering the proposition. The
messenger waited.
"Brother," asked one, "is there not danger that he who goes on this
mission might himself come under the influence you speak of to such
an extent that he also would be lost to the good, and thus make a failure
of his mission?"
"In the earth-life, as here," replied the messenger, "all have their agency.
It is, therefore, possible that those who take upon themselves this
mission--for there must be two, male and female--to give way to the
power of evil, and thus fail in their errand. But, consider this: the Father
has sent me to you. He knows you, your hearts, your faithfulness, your
strength. He knows whom He is asking to go into danger for the sake of
saving souls. Yes, friends, the Father knows, and this ought to be
enough for you."
The listeners bowed their heads as if ashamed of the doubting, fearful
thought. Then in the stillness, one spoke as if to herself: "To be a
savior,--to share in the work of our Elder Brother! O, think of it!" Then
the speaker raised her head quickly. "May I go, may I?" she questioned
eagerly.
"And I," "and I," came from others.

"Sister, you will do for one," said the messenger to her who had first
spoken. "And now, we need a brother--yes, you, brother, will do." This
to one who was pressing forward, asking to be chosen.
"Yes, yes," continued the messenger, as he smiled his pleasure on the
company, "I see that the Father knows you all."
"But," faltered the sister who had been chosen, "what are we to do?
May we not know?"
"Not wholly," was the reply. "Do you not remember what you have
been taught, that a veil is drawn over the eyes of all who enter mortality,
and the memory of this world is taken away; but this I may tell you,
that by the power of your spiritual insight and moral strength you will
be able to exert a correcting influence over your brothers and sisters in
the flesh, and especially over those of your kin. Then again, when you
hear the gospel of our Elder Brother preached, it will have a familiar
sound to you and you will receive it gladly. Then you will become
teachers to your households and a light unto your families. Again, not
only to those in the flesh will you minister. Many will have passed
from earth-life in ignorance of the gospel of salvation when you come.
These must have the saving ordinances of the gospel performed for
them, so that when they some time receive the truth, the necessary rites
will have been performed. This work, also, is a part of your mission--to
enter into the Temples of the Lord, male and female, each for his and
her kind, and do this work."
A sister, pressing timidly forward near to him who had been chosen,
took his hand, and looked pleadingly into the face of the messenger.
"May not I, too, go?" she asked. "I believe I could help a little."
The messenger smiled at her, seeing to whose