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)

President Wilford Woodruff

 "Joseph Smith visited me a great deal after his death, and taught me many important principles.  On one occasion he and his brother Hyrum visited me while I was in a storm at sea... The night following [the storm at sea] Joseph and Hyrum visited me, and the Prophet laid before me a great many things.  Among other things he told me to get the Spirit of God; that all of us needed it....

Joseph Smith continued visiting myself and others up to a certain time, and then it stopped.  The last time I saw him ...[he] came to me and spoke to me.  He said he could not stop to talk with me because he was in a hurry. mmm I met half a dozen brethren who had held high positions on earth, and none of them could stop to talk with me because they were in a hurry.  I was much astonished. (Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, 288-89)

"I believe the eyes of the heavenly hosts are over this people; I believe they are watching the elders of Israel, the prophets and apostles and men who are called to bear off this kingdom.  I believe they watch over us all with great interest. ...

I have had many interviews with Brother Joseph until the last 15 or 20 years of my life; I have not seen him for that length of time.  But during my travels in the southern country last winter I had many interviews with President Young, and with Heber C. Kimball, and Geo. A. Smith, and Jedidiah M. Grant, and many others who are dead.  They attended our conference, they attended our meetings.

And on one occasion, I saw Brother Brigham  and Brother Heber ride in [a] carriage ahead of the carriage in which I rode when I was on my way to attend conference; and they were dressed in the most priestly robes.   When we arrived at our destination I asked Prest. Young if he would preach to us.  He said, 'No, I have finished my testimony in the flesh.  I shall not talk to this people any more.  But (said he) I have come to see you; I have come to watch over you, and to see what the people are doing.  Then, said he, I want you to teach the people-and I want you to follow this counsel yourself-that they must labor and so live as to obtain the Holy Spirit, for without this you cannot build up the kingdom; without the spirit of God you are in danger of walking in the dark, and in danger of failing to accomplish your calling as apostles and as elders in the church and kingdom of God.  And, said he, Brother Joseph taught me this principle.  And I will here say, I have heard him refer to that while he was living. ...

The thought came to me that Brother Joseph had left the work of watching over this church and kingdom to others, and that he had gone ahead, and that he had left this work to men who have lived and labored with  us since he left us.  This idea manifested itself to me, that such men advance in the spirit world.  And I believe myself that these men who have died and gone into the spirit world had this mission left with them, that is, a certain portion of them, to watch over the Latter-day Saints. (Journal of Discourses, 21:317-18)

Elder Parley P. Pratt

 "Persons who have departed this life and have not yet been raised from the dead are spirits.  These are of two kinds: good and evil. 

These two kinds also include many grades of good and evil.

The good spirits, in the superlative sense of the word, are they who, in this life, partook of the Holy Priesthood and of the fulness of the gospel.  This class of spirits minister to the heirs of salvation, both in this world and in the world of spirts.  They can appear unto men when permitted." (Key to the Science of Theology, 71-72)