Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 210
KHILAFAT Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 210 them had met me I would have prayed for them and admonished them. But those who did come to see me came when they were ready to depart and came only to say goodbye. Take note and keep it in mind that I dislike intensely such meetings whose main purpose is not the fostering of spiritual values. As I have said, the money could have been remitted by postal money order, and all travelling expenses and the cost of hospitality here could have been saved. The shopkeepers here also had only their worldly gains in mind, for they wanted the Conference to be held in town so that their sales might be boosted. Those who are listening to me should remember and should convey it to others that I detest all gatherings that are held and all moneys that are collected for worldly purposes. I am ill with anxiety on that score. How good would it have been if the secretaries and other office bearers of different branches had spent some time with me. I would have instructed them in diverse types of good. I am upset with the members of the S adr Anjuman also on account of their failure to point this out to those who had come from outside. I am not interested in how much was received and collected. Our great need is God. I do not know how much was collected, nor do I care. I urge you again to put God before everything else. All our efforts should be directed to that end. If we neglect that, of what avail is the high school, and of what avail are its buildings; We must seek the pleasure of our Master. Write to your friends and admonish them to that end. I kept awaiting even our friends from Lahore and Amritsar, but none of them turned up for the