Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 38
87 mercy is infinite·and is predo_rpinant over. His wrath. :if1sJJis eternal lawt,hat He foll_ows the manifestation of His -wtath With·· the display of His mercy. ~o ha. ring withesse~ His ··wrath, make'. yourselves deserving. _of His mercy. . 0 our fellow-Muslim brethren who"h. ave not yet accepted the:Promised Messiah and Mahdi. of the·age, and·O f~llwers ofthe frop,het of Nazareth, andOour 'Fljn_du fellow-countrymen, an&O youaJl. who follow- any religion, just consid~r. ,that had' the Pro- mised Mes'siah been f11-ls~ in his cl~im·s~ that is; -hacf he not been. a Mahdi 'fpr the·Muslims, ·a Christ for tl!~- Cbiistiani;,. a Kqshna for the Hindus and the Ptomised o:ie of theJatter days for all the -other natfonsrtiie very fact of b,is being_a liar -woul4 have broμghtab~ut ~is sp~dy ,destructipn, fof it is a divine. . law that God loses no time in. making a shor~ work of- a false claimant. A false cJaim to befog Go. d'~ elect catrie's'. its ·own doom ~ith it· and; req~lres no outside opposition or per5ecutfon. to desttoy it. But you find tha. t instead ~f· perjsbiqg, thb Move- meQ. t founded by the"'· :Prom'issed Messiah Js,. ,_despite'". air· opp_6sition,. steadily progressillg·and. gairiing io strength. In every· field of activity~ 'it is ·through God's. grace and help, ptov. i~g victorious and successful while its en~μiies and its antag9~ists - Guff er defeat and·'·are :the losers in every encounter. lt-"Was -a sm~ii, t~nder plant '\'hfob -God*s own h~~d had set in the soil. He. :armp_ut1~ed- t°'the World ~h~t Re would protect# and would not suffer it to be dei;troy~CI. So it grew and prospered and progressed. It is daily growing In vig~ur and s~rength. It is und~r the protectfon qf the great. Gardenet and no a_dvei:se win-ds o~ hostile storms can· do it any harm. He is indeed fortunate who succeeds in recognizing this tree and strives , fo pl\'rtake ?f it!i fruit, y>r·it-iS this fruit which ~ives perpetual life. ·Tcylto-acquifo thisJrui~, 0 ye people, and enter into. the ·Paradise evedasting. And our la$t words ai:e that all praise belongs to Allah, the. Creator and Sustainer ofthe Universe.