A Gift for the Queen — Page 18
18 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD which are a sure consequence of affluence which we are seeing in this country with our own eyes. I do not want to cite specific examples of the rich and affluent which support my view. It is not befitting to present in support of my view the examples of the indolent, slothful, idle, negligent of world and faith, immersed in rich and affluent luxury, because I do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings. I just want to point out here that if the authority of our ancestors had not been disturbed, we might have been immersed in the same kind of gross negligence, darkness, and base inclina- tions. God Almighty made the British Empire a great blessing for us, in that we were freed from hundreds of chains of this world and its mortal binds. God saved us from all the trials and tests which appear in the state of sovereignty, rule, authority and afflu- ence; thereby destroying spiritual values. This is a grace of God that He did not want to destroy us with misfortunes and calami- ties that are related to a fall from authority. Rather, ridding us of insignificant sovereignty and authority in land, He bestowed on us the kingdom of heaven which is beyond the reach of the enemy. There are neither any dangers of perpetual wars and bloodshed, nor chances of machinations of enviers and misers. As He raised me in the likeness of Jesus Christ, and put the essence of Jesus in me due to the sameness in nature, it was necessary that there be a sameness with respect to a lost authority. With the loss of state, this parallel also came to be fulfilled through the will of God. Jesus was of the progeny of David, and none of the villages from the possessions of David, the king and prophet of God, were left in the possession of Jesus except for the title of prince. I cannot exaggerate and say that I do not have a place to lay my head; but I am grateful that after all the troubles and rigours,