Life of Ahmad — Page 689
as ADDRESSES RULERS AND THE RULED 689 reign than thine can we expect the Promised Messiah to appear in? Noble Queen! thy good intentions are drawing towards them aid from heaven, and it is on account of the attraction of thy sincerity, that heaven, attended with Divine grace, is drawing near to earth. Hence it is that no other than thy reign is fit for the appearance of the Promised Messiah. God Almighty had willed to bring down a light from heaven in thy brilliant reign, for light attracts light and darkness draws more darkness. Blessed and glorious Queen! the writings which foretell the appearance of the Messiah, clearly point to thy peaceful reign. But it was necessary that the Promised Messiah should appear in the same way as Elias appeared in the person of John, i. e. , John, in his power and spirit, was Elias in the sight of God. The same law holds here i. e. , in thy blessed reign one has been granted the power and spirit of Jesus as and has been called Messiah. It was unavoidable that he should have come, for the holy words of the scriptures cannot pass away without being fulfilled. ' Some of our political chameleons, who would make the world believe that there is nothing good in the British and that their Government is nothing less than Satanic, blame Ahmad as for praising Queen Victoria in this manner, and are vociferous in calling it sycophancy or Anglophilious proclivity. Prophets of God are certainly not sycophants. If it were