A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 2
2 from Your Royal Highness to the Headquarters of the Movement and could not enjoy the happiness of a personal meeting with you, their representatives who had assembled at Quadian during the last week of December, 1921, for their annual conference and who numbered over seven thousand, resolved, at my instance, that a present similar to the one which was sent by the Holy Founder of the Movement to Your Imperial Grand-mother, our Sovereign, Her Majesty the late Queen Victoria, on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, and which she most graciously accepted and acknowledged, should be presented to you on their behalf, on this the occasion of your visit to India. Rich and poor alike expressed their eagerness to be allowed to participate in making this present and the hearts of all present were filled with joy at the thought that though they could not expect you to visit their homes, they would be able always to remind you of their sincerity through their present. Gracious Prince! this present is not of the things of the earth, which thieves may steal or moth and rust may corrupt, nor is it a present which may be found in the vast treasures of your Sovereign Father! Nay, this is a present so rare, that the treasuries of all earthly kings cannot produce its like, nor can it be purchased by the united wealth of the banks of the world. August Prince! this is not a present which like the goods of this world a man is compelled to leave behind him when he departs this life; it is a present which a man can carry with him and which he can avail of both here and hereafter. Illustrious Prince! this is not a gift the benefits of which