We received a death notice from Le Havre with the following subscription:
“We beg the Almighty and Merciful and the good Spirits to receive him well.”
The letter mentioned: “Given the sacraments of the Church.”
It is the first time, as far as we know, that similar public profession of faith has been carried out in similar circumstance. One must be thankful to the family for the example that has just been given. Generally speaking only a few persons, with the exception of closer relatives, take into account the request in the note to pray for the dead. We are certain that every Spiritist, even those strange to the family, that received it took it as their duty to attend the request because to them prayer is not a prosaic formula. They know about the influence of prayer on the detachment of the soul at the time of death.
