Life of Ahmad — Page 466
466 CHAPTER 48 CONFERENCE OF RELIGIONS On December 29th, 1895, Ahmad as launched a new movement for the study of comparative religion. He issued a leaflet which ran as follows: 'As the followers of almost all the religions of the world residing in British India enjoy full peace and liberty under the benign rule of the British, and as Almighty God has blessed us with all the requirements for religious research, because distances have been reduced to nothing by the facilities for travelling, it befits lovers of truth to take advantage of the existing state of things and to make honest efforts to put an end to all religious strife and difference and thereby bring all worshippers of God to one altar. Among His manifold blessings very opportune to the accomplishment of this holy object are the invention of printing, to make any number of books on the different religions of the world accessible to every seeker after truth; the construction of rail roads, to bring persons from