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28 ‘But he did not say he was Mirza Sahib; he said he was Ahmad. ’ ‘Mirza Sahib’s name is Ghulam Ahmad. You are on the right track. Continue your humble supplications; the truth will be made manifest to you. ’ It was announced that on September 3, 1904, a lecture of the Promised Messiah would be publicly read in Lahore in his pres- ence, by Maulvi Abdul Karim. My father went to Lahore to hear the lecture and, most fortunately for me, took me along with him. The moment my eyes rested on the blessed countenance of the holy personage I was entranced, and all through the reading of the lecture my admiring gaze remained riveted on that shining face. My mind and soul were penetrated by his truth and I felt I was totally committed to him. I was only a schoolboy, in the twelfth year of my age, but I was convinced that, by affording me this opportunity, God had endowed me richly with His grace. News came that the Promised Messiah would visit Sialkot toward the end of October. saw in her dream that, walking through some streets, she passed through a roofed lane and arrived at a house on the first floor of which she beheld once more the venerable personage she had encountered previously in her dream. He enquired whether she believed yet, and she replied, ‘Praise be to Allah, I believe. ’ The Promised Messiah accompanied by members of his family and a few disciples arrived at Sialkot on the evening of October 27. His advent was a tremendous event. There was great excitement in the town. A huge crowd was gathered outside the railway station. The authorities had made special arrangements for his secu- rity and the security of his companions during their transit from the railway station to the place of their lodgment. My father and