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! 61 magazines, etc. , would come in regularly. A majority of these papers and magazines would be sent free of charge in the name of the Jama’at library. In order to express the gratitude, it is appropriate to mention that in addition to donating his properties, Respected Al - Haj Ali Rogers Sahib also gave five hundred pounds on behalf of himself and his fa mily, for the purchase of necessary press machinery. May Allah bless him. Not only did the four pieces of machinery that were acquired from England prove worthy for the mission for many years, but they also proved to be beneficial for business. 42 The t h reat of the closure of the m ission and the Jama’at’s r eaction : a n ew e ra of s acrifice 1956 was a year of great sacrifice and contributions f or the Jama’at. Due to shortage in funds, there was a likelihood that some missions in various countries may be sh ut down, upon which Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) delivered a sermon. In the next sermon, Hadrat Musleh Ma’ud mentioned the Jama’at’s reaction to the previous sermon in the following words: “A few days ago, I delive red a sermon about the Tehrik - e - Jadid’ s foreign missions, in which I mentioned that Tehrik - e - Jadid has such little funds left for foreign missions that now we might have to close our missions. However, on one hand I delivered the sermon, and on the other, observe Allah’s Grace, that one day I opened the mail and there was a letter in it from one of our missionaries in which he had written that a German !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 42 ! Tarikh - e - Ahmadiyyat, vol. 18, pp. 469 - 479