The Devotion of Life — Page 116
116 “On another occasion, one of the Chiefs of Bhera wrote a letter saying that he was ill and since Hadrat Maulvi Sahib was their family doctor, requested him to come to see him. Maulvi Sahib wrote back to the Chief that he had migrated from Bhera and now he could not leave Qadian without the instructions of the Promised Messiah as and that he should write to Huzur as. The Chief wrote to Huzur and Huzur as asked Maulvi Sahib to go and visit that Chief in Bhera. When he arrived at Bhera, he went straight to the house of that Chief, examined him, gave him a prescription and came back to Qadian. He did not go to see his family home, or his own house under construction and not even his family members or friends. He executed the work for which he was sent by Huzur as and went back immediately. ” Hadrat Maulana Hakeem Nooruddin ra used to be a Royal Physician at the Court of the Raja of Jammu and Kashmir. He left that employment and returned to his birthplace Bhera where he planned to build a large hospital. He bought the land and the building work commenced. He came to Lahore to buy some construction material. He bought the material and sent it to Bhera and then thought that it may take some time for the material to reach Bhera and in the meantime he could go to Qadian, visit the Promised Messiah as and return home in time for the material to arrive. He travelled from Lahore to Batala. There was no railway beyond Batala in those days, there was only an un-metalled road and horse-drawn carriages used to ply. He rented a horse-drawn carriage and told the driver that he intended to go to Qadian and return back. In