The Devotion of Life — Page 240
240 return trip from Sri Nagar to Qadian, despite intense rainfall and a treacherous route, the devotees finished the journey on foot in two nights and two and a half days. Similarly, in 1944 and in 1945 the devotees travelled on foot under the leadership of respected Maulvi Sahib to Dalhousie. They stayed there for a while. Their teachers had also gone there to teach. 9. As this era was for the training of the devotees, Huzur ra drew the Community’s attention to it: “Today is the time for training young men and the period of training is one of silence. People must be thinking nothing is happening. However, when a nation, having received training, enters the practical fields, then the world beholds the outcome. The fact is that a living nation that rises on the signal of a hand and sits down on the signal of a hand brings about magnificent changes in the world. This has not yet been infused in our Community. Our Community offers a great measure of sacrifice, but the sentiment showed has not reached its summit; as soon as the Khalifa of the day makes an announcement, it is felt as if a human is speaking but it should be felt as if it is the voice of the angels and Israfeal’s trumpet is being blown; If the sound comes ‘sit down’ then they should not feel as if a human is speaking, rather it should feel as if the angels are descending on them and there are carriages with angels aboard; when the