President Russell M. Nelson Quote

 "When I speak of having confidence before God, I am referring to having confidence in approaching God right now! I am referring to praying with confidence that Heavenly Father hears us, that He understands our needs better than we do.  I am referring to having confidence that He loves us more than we can comprehend, that He sends ANGELS to be with us and with those we love.  I am referring to having confidence that He yearns to help each of us reach our highest potential. " April conference 2025 "Confidence in the Presence of God" 

Heber C. Kimball Quote

 Let us endeavor to live up to our privileges; then the world have nothing more to do with us than they have with the angel of God whom they never saw. Know ye not, brethren and sisters, that you are angels to the present generation as well as those behind the veil?  You can read in the Scriptures that the Lord promised to make Peter and James ministers to his servant John,  D&C 77 whom the Lord appointed to tarry on the earth D&V 7:6 until Jesus should come again. John 21:21-24 If Michael the archangel were to come, he would appear as did Peter, James, and John when they appeared to Joseph Smith. D&C 27:12 If we are the elect of God, we should be among that number who will assist to gather the Saints in the last days. 

It won't be done again by angels that are said to have wings, but it will be accomplished by those that have hands and feet, and who travel about upon this earth. It is for us who are chosen to administer in the flesh, and men behind the veil minister to us.

JD 9:151 Heber C. Kimball, Obedience to the Commandments,

President George Q. Cannon

 "How delightful it  is to contemplate the departure of those who have been faithful, as far as their knowledge permitted, to the truth which God has revealed! There is no sting nor gloom nor inconsolable sorry about the departure of of such persons.  Holy angels are around their bedside to administer unto them. The Spirit of God rests down upon them, and His messenger are near them to introduce them to those who are on the other side of the veil. (Gospel Truth, 61)

Angels are Among Us Andrew C. Skinner

 "From a great many witnesses we learn that the spirits of the righteous have a genuine interest in the progress and welfare of those in mortality.  It seems to me that these ministering angels and spirits are as likely as not to be members of one's own family or one's circle of friends in mortality.  They aid us in our missionary work as well as our family history research and temple work.  They know us and know best how to help us.  Their experiences and activities are very much like our own activities on this side of the veil.  They yearn to be reunited with their family and friends.  The same sociality which exists among us here on this side of the veil exists among them on that side of the veil (D&C 130:2).  Beings in the spirit world may even pray for the health and happiness of us mortals.  

The experience of one of my own family members taught her that those on the other side of the veil can and do pray for us on this side and that she herself was prayed for at a difficult time in her life by family members who had gone before her.  She learned this by personal revelation.  In her history she tells of the death of her nineteen-year-old daughter and of being "frantic with grief" She was nearly devasted.  She had already lost another child years earlier.  In that moment of her extremity, a vision opened to her. She saw departed loved ones on the other side of the veil praying for her.  Just as important, her personal record of this and other experiences has taught her descendants valuable lessons about life beyond the veil.  As the Prophet Joseph Smith said, the spirit world in very near.

It is also true that inhabitants of the spirit world are themselves, in turn, ministered to by servants of God. "Angels [meaning resurrected beings in this case] are ministers both to men upon the earth and to the world of spirits.  They pass from one world to another with more ease and in less time than we pass from one city to another." (Pratt, Key to the Science of Theology,  69). All of this is according to our Heavenly Father's watchful care over his children on both sides of the veil and is mad possible by the very atoning act that had brought Jesus to the spirit world."  Andrew C. Skinner , (The Garden Tomb, 52-52)

President George Q. Cannon

 "But there are also angels around us.  Though invisible to us they are continually inviting us and pleading with us to do that which is right.  The Spirit of God, too, rests upon us, and it prompts us to keep the commandments of God.  By means of these influences, therefore, we are receiving experience and we are growing in knowledge."  (Gospel Truth, 66)

Experience of Andrew C. Nelson (Stalwart member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 "One night of April 6th, 1891, I had a strange dream of vision in which I saw the conversed with my father who died January 27th, 1891....

Though some may scorn and laugh at the idea of such a visitation, yet I feel assured that it was real, and it has been and I hope always will be a source of much pleasure and satisfaction to me.  To corroborate my testimony of the possibility of such a visitation I quote the following:  'Spirits can appear to men when permitted; but not having a fleshy tabernacle can not hid their glory." [Key to Theology, p. 120}  I was in bed when father came in or entered the room; he came and sat on the side of the bed...

When father came to the bed, he first said: "Well, my son, being you were not there (at Redmond) when I died, so that I did not get to see you, and as I had a few spare minutes, I received permission to come and see you a few minutes."  "I am very glad to see you father. How do you do?"  "I am feeling well my son, and have had very much to do since I died."

"What have you been doing since you died father?'' ...

... "My son, I have been travelling together with Apostle Erastus Snow ever since I died; that is, since three days after I died; then I received my commission to preach the Gospel.  You can not imagine, my son, how many spirits there are in the Spirit world that have not yet received the Gospel; but many are receiving it, and a great work is being accomplished.  Many are anxiously looking forth to their friends, who are still living to administer for them in the Temples.  I have been very busy in preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

"Will all the spirits believe you, father, when you teach them the Gospel?" "No, they will not." ...

"Father, can you see us at all times, and do you know what we are doing?"  "No, my son, I can not. I have something else to do.  I can not go when and where I please.  There is just as much, and much more, order here in the Spirit world than in the other world.  I have been assigned work and that much be performed." ...

"How do you feel at all times, father?' "O, I feel splendid, and enjoy my labors, still, I must admit that at times I get a little lonesome to see my family; but it is only a short time till we will again see each other." ...

"Father, is it natural to die? or does it seem natural? Was there not a time when your spirit was in such pain that it could not realize what was going on or taking  place?"  "No, my son, there was not such a time.  It is just as natural to die, as it is to be born, or for you to pass out of that door (here he pointed at the door).  when I had told the folks that I could not last long, it turned dark and I could not see anything for a few minutes.  then, the first thing I could see was a number of spirits in the Spirit world.  Then, I told the folks that I must go. ..."

"Father, is the principle and doctrine of the Resurrection as taught us true?"  "True.  Yes, my son, as true as can be.  You can not avoid being Resurrected.  It is just as natural for all to be Resurrected as it is to be born and die again.  No one can avoid being Resurrected.  There are many spirts in the Spirit world who would to God that there would be no Resurrection." 

"Father, is the Gospel as taught by this Church true?"  "My son, do you see that picture?" (pointing to a picture of the First Presidency of the Church hanging on the wall) "Yes, I see it."  "Well, just as sure as you see that picture, just so sure is the Gospel true.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ has within it the power of saving every man and woman that will obey it, and in no other way can they ever obtain a salvation in the Kingdom of God."  (Nelson, From Heart to Heart, 16-17)

President Boyd K. Packer at the funeral of President Ezra Taft Benson

 "Now this dear, venerable prophet has entered in, there to rejoice with his beloved Flora and to speak of their wonderful family, there to rejoice with Joseph and Brigham and John and Wilford and the others. 

The prophets who preceded him, ancient ad modern, have on occasion communed with the servants of the Lord on this earth. So it well may be that we have not seen the last of this great prophet of God. 

I testify that the veil between this moral realm and the spirit world opens to such revelation and visitation as the needs of the church and kingdom of God on earth may require. ("We Honor Now His Journey," 34)