In the name of the Spiritists of the distant Centers,

Very dear Master, So many times have I had occasion, in my numerous travels, to be, beside you, the interpreter of the fraternal and grateful feelings of our brethren of France and abroad, that I would think myself failing in a sacred duty if, in their name, I did not come at this moment to bear witness to you of their sorrow. I shall be, alas! only a very feeble echo to describe to you the happiness of those souls touched by the Spiritist faith, who have sheltered beneath the banner of consolation and of hope that you so courageously planted among us. Many among them would surely fulfill, better than I, this task of the heart.

Since distance and time do not permit them to be here, I make bold to do it, knowing as I do your habitual benevolence toward me and toward our good brethren whom I represent.

Receive, then, dear master, in the name of all, the expression of the sincere and profound sorrows that your hasty departure from the Earth is going to give rise to on every side. You know, better than anyone, human nature; you know that it needs support. Go, then, to them, and pour forth hope once more into their hearts.

Prove to them, by your wise counsels and your powerful logic, that you do not abandon them and that the work to which you devoted yourself so generously will not perish, and could not perish, because it is established upon the unshakable foundations of reasoned faith. Meritorious pioneer, you knew how to coordinate the pure Philosophy of the Spirits and to put it within reach of all intelligences, from the most humble, which you elevated, to the most erudite, which came to you and which today modestly count themselves in our ranks. Thank you, noble heart, for the zeal and the perseverance you brought to instructing us.

Thank you for your vigils and your labors, for the vigorous faith you instilled in us.

Thank you for the present happiness we enjoy, and for the future happiness whose certainty you gave us, when we, like you, shall have entered the great homeland of the Spirits.

Thank you again for the tears you wiped away, for the despairs you calmed, and for the hope you caused to spring up in souls cast down and disheartened.

Thank you! a thousand times thank you, in the name of all our fellows of France and abroad! Until soon.