"If it should be asked what it is that· we ought to wish for our dear ones who have passed away, we who in many cases know so little of their condition that we might well fea to set in motion a force which might be ill-directed, for want of more exact knowledge of their need, we cannot do better than turn to the formulae of the Catholic Church once more, and use that beautiful antiphon which appears so often in the services for the dead: "Eternal rest grant unto him, 0 Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him.""