Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 362
sea The Message of Peace. (This is a paper written by the promised Messiah during the last two or three days of his life and it was intended to be read at Lahore on 3 1st May, 1908 but the death of the writer prevented this arrangement, and it was read on the 21st June at the University Hall, Lahore, in a gathering of over five thousand men including most of the respectable leaders of Hindu and Muhammadan society, Mr. Justice P. G. Ghatterjee was in the chair. } my powerful God! ray beloved Guide 1 Guide us into the path by walking in which Thy truthful and sincere servants taste of the sweetness of union with Thee, and keep us off from ways which are traversed by those who are moved by revenge or hatred or the attainment of sensual desires or worldly ends. My beloved 1 countrymen all of us, whether we are Hindus or Muhamrnadans, are, notwithstanding hundreds of differences, at one in believing in a God who is the Creator and Lord of 'the world. Moreover, we have a common cause not only because we are all human beings, but also because being denizens of one and the. same country are truly as neighbours to each other. It is, therefore, meet that we should live as true and sincere friends and sincerely sympathize with each other in temporal as well as religious difficulties so that we may be as parts of one whole or members of one body. My dear countrymen, that religion does not deserve the name of religion which does nob inculcate broad sympathy with humanity in general, nor does than person deserve to be called a human being who has not a sympathetic soul within him. Our God has not made any invidious distinction between different