To the subscribers of the Spiritist Review.

— The Spiritist Review begins its eighth year. It is already quite a long period when dealing with a new idea and, at the same time, a denial to those who predicted the premature death of Spiritism. As in previous years, the time of subscription renewal is, for the majority of readers who address themselves directly to us, the occasion to reiterate the expression of their gratitude for the benefits of the doctrine. Being unable to reply to each one individually, we ask them to accept here our sincere thanks for the testimonies of sympathy that they have been so good as to give us in this circumstance.

— If the doctrine does good, if it consoles the afflicted, if it strengthens the weak and lifts up dejected courage, it is God, in the first place, who must be thanked, before His servant, and then the great Spirits, who are the true initiators of the idea and the directors of the movement. Nonetheless, we feel no less touched, and deeply so, by the wishes addressed to us, that the strength to go to the end of our task may be preserved in us. This is what we strive to deserve through our zeal and devotion, which shall not be lacking, in order to hand over the work, as advanced as possible, into the hands of the one who must one day succeed us, and to carry out with greater force whatever remains unfinished.