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xviii questions published in advanced by the committee. The committee also stipulated that, as far as possible, each speaker should confine his answers to the holy book of his religion. The questions were: 1. The physical, moral and spiritual states of man. 2. What is the state of man after death, i. e. the Hereafter? 3. What is the true purpose of man's existence on earth and how can it be achieved? 4. What are the affects of one's deeds in this life and the afterlife? 5. What are the sources of divine knowledge? The conference was held on 26-29 December and was attended by representatives of Sanātan Dharm³, Hinduism, Arya Samaj, Free Thinker, Brahmo Samāj, Theosophical Society, Religion of Harmony, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. All representatives addressed the conference, but only one of the lectures provided a true and complete answer to all five questions. Words cannot describe the atmosphere of the conference when Maulawi Abdul Karim Sialkotia, most eloquently, delivered the lecture. Every person, regardless of religion, could not help but show his 5. Here “dh” in the beginning is pronounced as “dh” in “dharma”.