A MODERN STOIC CHAPTER I. Birth of Niels--Obscure Childhood--Crippled, Helpless Condition--Gospel Preached--Taught Needlework--Training in Bible and Lutheran Creed--A Prophetic Priest--Remarkable Prediction Concerning Niels. Page 7. CHAPTER II. Death of his Mother--Life in Aalborg--Conversion to Mormonism--Heavenly Message to Elder Kempe--His Obedience thereto--Baptism of Niels--His Relatives Ashamed of Him--Proposition to Make Him a Lutheran Preacher. Page 12. CHAPTER III. Desire to Migrate--Discouraging Prospects--Help From an Unexpected Source--Religious Discrimination--Contends for His Rights--Effects a Compromise--Characteristics of Niels--Spiritual Impressions and Premonitions. Page 17. CHAPTER IV. A Vision and its Pre-Mortal Counterpart--Beset by Evil Spirits--Deliverance Therefrom--Preparations to Migrate--Long Voyage--Toilsome Journey--Lost on the Plains--Help from the Lord. Page 21. CHAPTER V. Feat as a Pedestrian--Lessons Learned and Ambition Developed While Traveling--Arrival in Salt Lake City--Employment Diligently Sought--Precarious Success--Miraculously Fed. Page 27. CHAPTER VI Invests in Real Estate--Acquires a Home--Vicarious Work in Logan Temple--Consequent Elation--Promise to a Dying Friend--Gratuitous Fulfillment in Manti Temple. Page 33. CHAPTER VII. Completion of Salt Lake Temple--His Work Therein--Sister Corradi Inspired to Apply to Him--Devoted Work for her Kindred--His Severe Afflictions--Saving Work for 2200--Graceful Old Age. Page 37. CHAPTER VIII. Modern Stoic--His Modest Obscurity--What Religion Has Done for Niels--Philosophic Way in Which He Views Death. Page 40. A WOMAN WITH A PURPOSE Purpose Essential to Success--Birth and Parentage of Carolina Corradi--Her Mother's Prescience--Preparation for Future Career--Devoted Work in Behalf of Dead Kindred. Page 47. AN EXCEPTION A Rich Man's Handicap--Wealth Not Essentially Bad--But Qualities its Possession Develops a Bar to Salvation--Typical Case of a Man Reared in Affluence--Unpromising Start in Married Life--How He Became Interested in Temple Work--Worthy Example in Recent Years. Page 55. MY MOTHER CHAPTER I. Prediction from Malachi Fulfilled--Birth and Childhood of Mary Alice Cannon--Cannon Family Embrace the Gospel--Migrate--Mother's Death at Sea--Arrival at Nauvoo--Father's Death--Her Marriage. Page 65. CHAPTER II. Strenuous Life in Nauvoo--City Besieged--Thrilling Experience--Miracle of Quails--Run Over by Wagon--Wagon Sinks to Bottom of River--Life in Utah--Mission Abroad--Her Posterity. Page 74. EXAMPLES OF RIGHTEOUS ZEAL Night Workers Who Serve in the Temple During the Day--Many Women Serve at Great Personal Sacrifice--Temple Work a Boon to the Blind. Page 89. A MODERN STOIC CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF NIELS--OBSCURE CHILDHOOD--CRIPPLED, HELPLESS CONDITION--GOSPEL PREACHED--TAUGHT NEEDLEWORK--TRAINING IN BIBLE AND LUTHERAN CREED--A PROPHETIC PRIEST--REMARKABLE PREDICTION CONCERNING NIELS.