Life of Ahmad — Page 485
as MEMORIAL FOR FRIDAY HOLIDAY 485 to take the management of the affair into their own hands. The object of the Promised Messiah as was purely unselfish. He had not counted upon any obligation or reward. His one wish was that somehow this great service might be rendered to Islam, it did not matter by whom. At the instance of Maulaw i Muhammad Husain of Batala, he made a public announcement that if the said gentleman undertook the responsibility of moving the Government on the question, he might do so and that he (Ahmad as ) would leave the matter entirely to him. It is to be regretted that Maulaw i Muhammad Husain by this means only served to postpone the useful measure. The proposal of the Promised Messiah as had, however, its origin in a Divine source and so ultimately found fulfilment at the hands of his followers.