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audience and the moderators. The conference had been due to end at 4. 30 pm. , but in view of the wishes of the audience it was extended to beyond 5. 30 pm. The essay was delivered in four hours and from start to finish it was most interesting and well appreciated. " xxi After receiving prophetic revelation from God, on the 21st of December 1896, a few days before the conference, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement publicly declared that his essay would be the most overpowering one. A translation of his declaration is presented below: A Grand Piece of News for Seekers after Truth 'In the conference of Great Religions which will be 7. In his announcement Swāmī Shugan Chandar Ṣāḥib has invited the leading divines of Muslims, Christians and Aryas, in the name of God, to set forth the excellences of their respective faiths in the conference proposed by him. We wish to inform Swāmī Sahib that to do honour to the name of God, as mentioned by him, we are ready to comply with his request and, if God so wills, our paper will be read in the proposed conference. Islam is a faith which directs a true Muslim to demonstrate perfect obedience when he is called upon to do something in the name of God. We shall now see how much regard his brothers, the Aryas and Christian divines, have for the honour of Parmeshwar or for Jesus and whether they are ready to participate in the conference which is to be held in the name of the Glorious Holy One.