To the subscribers of the Spiritist Review.

For many of our readers, whose number has increased considerably this year, the season for renewing subscriptions to the Review is an occasion to bear witness to their devotion to the cause and, as far as we are concerned, to demonstrate sentiments that touch us deeply. The letters containing such expressions are too numerous for it to be possible for us to answer each one individually. We therefore address to you, collectively, our sincere thanks for the kind things you have been pleased to say to us and for the good wishes you offer for us and for the future of Spiritism. Our past conduct is to you a guarantee that we shall not stray from our task, however heavy it may be, and you will always find us in full activity. Until today your prayers have been heard, which is why we invite you to give thanks to the good Spirits who assist us and second us in the most evident manner, removing the obstacles that might hamper our march and showing us, ever more clearly, the goal we are to attain. For a long time we were more or less alone, but now, from every side, new fighters enter the lists, working with the ardor, perseverance, and abnegation that faith provides, in defense and propagation of our holy doctrine, without letting themselves be discouraged by obstacles and without fearing persecution; the greater part of them have seen ill will yield before their firmness. May they receive here our sincere congratulations, in the name of all Spiritists present and future, in whose memory they will surely live. Soon they will have the satisfaction of seeing numerous imitators marching in their footsteps, for the impulse, once given, will no longer be checked; before long, too, they will find themselves sustained by men of authority, who will courageously take up the cause of Spiritism, which is the cause of progress and of the material and moral well-being of Humanity. A cordial and fraternal greeting to our brothers in Spiritism of all countries.

Allan Kardec.