Ahmadiyyat in America — Page 6
'\ "If the pretender of Elijahship shows his willingness by any direct or indirect means to enter the list against me, he shall leave the world before my eyes with great sorrow and torment. " (The prophecy of the Promised Messiah Published in the New York Commercial Advertiser , October 26 , 1903) n ot he r cha pter in t he history of Ahm ad iyy at in Am er ic a is t he ·fulfil lmen t of t he Pr om is ed M ess ia h' s p ro p he cy a bout D r. Joh n A. Dow ie. Dr. Dowie a cong re gat ional pr eac h er e du ca ted in Scot- land and Aus t ra l ia, p roclaimed h imse lf to be the Prop het El i jah, t he fore run ne r of Jesus in his second advent. He was aga i ns t t he Mus- l im s and the ir re l igion, Is l am. He cla im ed if he was not God's prop het then th ere was none else in t he whole wo r ld who could be a tr ue prop h et. (Leaves of Hea li ng, Dec. 12, 1 903) Addressi ng the Mus l ims he asked them to embrace Chri stian it y otherwise, accordi ng to h im, they would pe r ish from the earth. When Hazrat Ah mad came to know abou t Dowie's claim he cal l ed u pon h im to stop his an t ago - nis ti c r em ark s abou t the Ho ly P rophet of Is- lam. Ha zr at A hm ad s ent a leaflet to Dr. Dowie ch all en gi ng hi m to en ter i nto a prayer contest with h im that whoso e ve r was a liar should die du ri ng the li fe of the trut hf ul one. Dowie 's a tt e nt ion w as drawn to t he prayer contest in 19 02 - 1 903, and t he Am e rican pr ess gave a wide c overag e to it. Som e ne wspa pers car- ri ed the p ic t ur e of bo th H az ra t Ahm ad and D ow i e. D owi e me t his fa te as of th e pra yer cont est. Hewas par a lyse d, h is self maded omina t io n Great ls Mirza GhulamAhmad The Messiah FORETOLD PATHETIC END OF DOWIE , AND NOW HE PREDICTS PLAGUE, FLOOD. &'ID EARTHQUAKE d wi n dled and he was th rown out of the Zion Ci t y, I lli nois he hi mself had foun d ed in 1901. He lost his senses, a nd in fu ll dejectio n and disa p po in tment, Dow ie died in M arch 1 907 - of course d ur i ng the li fe of Hazrat Ahma d.