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hand she clung. "I think
so," he said; "but we shall see."
"When do we go?" asked the brother.
"Not yet. Abide the will of the Father,--and peace be with you all."

He left them in awed silence. Then, presently, they began to speak to
each other of the wonderful things they had heard and the call that had
come to some of them.
Times and seasons, nations and peoples had come and gone. Millions
of the sons and daughters of God had passed through the earthly school,
and had gone on to other fields of labor, some with honor, others with
dishonor. God's spiritual intelligences, in their innumerable gradations
were being allotted their times and places. The scheme of things
inaugurated by the Father was working out its legitimate results.
Homan's time had come for him to leave his spiritual home. He was
now to take the step, which, though temporarily downward, would
secure him a footing by which to climb to greater heights. Delsa was
still in her first estate. So also was Sardus. They, with a company, were
gathered to bid Homan farewell, and thus they spoke:
"We do not know," Homan was saying, "whether or not we shall meet
on the earth. Our places and callings may be far apart, and we may
never know or recognize each other until that day when we shall meet
again in the mansions of our Father."
"I am thankful for one thing: I understand that a more opportune time
in which to fill our probation has never been known on the earth. The
Gospel exists there in its fulness, and the time of utter spiritual
darkness has gone. The race is strong and can give us sound bodies.
Now, if we are worthy, we shall, no doubt, secure a parentage that will
give us those powers of mind and body which are needed to
successfully combat the powers of evil."
It was no new doctrine to them, but they loved to dwell upon the
glorious theme.
"We have been taught that we shall get that position to which our
preparation here entitles us. Existence is eternal, and its various stages
grade naturally into one another, like the different departments of a
school."

"Some have been ordained to certain positions of trust. Father knows us
all, and understands what we will do. Many of our mighty ones have
already gone, and many are yet with us awaiting Father's will."
"I was once quite impatient. Everything seemed to pass so slowly, I
thought; but now I see in it the wisdom of the Father. What confusion
would result if too many went to the earth-life at once. The experience
of those who go before are for our better reception."
"Sardus," said Homan, "I hear that you are taking great delight in
music."
"That is expressing the truth mildly, dear Homan. Lately I can think of
nothing else."
"What is your opinion of a person being so carried away with one
subject?" asked one.
"I was going to say," answered Homan, "that I think there is danger in
it. Some I know who neglect every other duty except the cultivation of
a certain gift. I think we ought to grow into a perfectly rounded
character, cultivating all of Father's gifts to us, but not permitting any
of them to become an object of worship."
"Remember, we take with us our various traits," said Delsa. "I think,
Homan, your view is correct. It is well enough to excel in one thing,
but that should not endanger our harmonious development."
"I have noticed, Delsa, that you are quite an adept at depicting the
beautiful in Father's creations."
"I?" she asked; "there is no danger of my becoming a genius in that line.
I do not care enough for it, though I do a little of it."
Thus they conversed; then they sang songs. Tunes born of heavenly
melody thrilled them. After a time they separated, and Homan would
have gone his way alone, but Delsa touched him on the arm.

"Homan, there is something I wish to tell you," she said. "May I walk
with you?"
"Instead I will go with you," he replied.
They went on together.
"I, too, soon am going to earth," she said.
"Is it true?"
"Yes; Mother has informed me and I have been preparing for some
time. Dear Homan, I am so glad, still the strange uncertainty casts a
peculiar feeling over me. Oh, if we could but be classmates in the
future school."
"Father may order it that way," he replied. "He knows our desires, and
if they are righteous and for our good He may see that they are gratified.
Do you go soon?"
"Yes; but not so soon as you. You will go before and prepare a
welcome