“For thus saith the Lord, I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto
   those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in
   righteousness and in truth unto the end;

   “Great shall be their reward and eternal shall be their glory;

“And to them will I reveal all mysteries, yea, all the hidden mysteries of my kingdom from days of old, and for ages to come will I make known unto them the good pleasure of my will concerning all things pertaining to my kingdom;

   “Yea, even the wonders of eternity shall they know, and things to
   come will I show them, even the things of many generations;

   “And their wisdom shall be great, and their understanding reach to
   heaven:  and before them the wisdom of the wise shall perish, and the
   understanding of the prudent shall come to naught;

“For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will; yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.” (Doc. & Cov. 76:5-10.)

This constitutes a promissory note signed by our heavenly Father Himself.  A blessing beyond compare—­a dividend unfailing—­and our only investment—­devoted service!  Companionship with the Spirit of the Lord!  That is what it means, if we serve Him in faith and humility.

   “Be thou humble, and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand,
   and give thee answer to thy prayers.” (Doc. & Cov., Sec. 112:10.)

Like all other gifts and attainments, the Spirit of the Lord has to be cultivated.  Teaching insures a cultivation as few other things in life can.  An enriched spirit, then, is the first great reward of the teacher.

A second satisfaction is the guarantee of one’s own growth and development.  Teachers invariably declare that they have learned more, especially in the first year of teaching, than in any year at college.  A consciousness of the fact that it is hard to teach that which is not well known incites that type of study which makes for growth.  A good class is a great “pace-setter.”  Intellectually it has the pull of achievement.  The real teacher always is the greatest student in the class.  The “drive” of having a regular task to perform, especially when that task is checked up as it is by students, leads many a person to a development unknown to him who is free to slide.  “Blessed is he who has to do things.”  Responsibility is the great force that builds character.  Compare the relative development of the person who spends Tuesday evening at home with the evening paper, or at some other pastime, and of the person who, having accepted fully the call to teach, leads a class of truth-seekers through an hour’s discussion of some vital subject.  Follow the development through the Tuesday evenings of a lifetime.

How easy to understand that there are varying degrees of glory hereafter.