A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 47
47 whose advent had been foretold in the Scriptures and concerning whom it was written that he would come to guide the world, and that Jesus, like all other prophets, had died a natural death at a ripe age, and like his brethren, the prophets, who had gone before, had returned to his Father in heaven, and that this that had been written that he would come again meant only that another would come in his spirit and power. As soon as he proclaimed this, an unprecedented storm of opposition arose and swept the country from one end to the other. Christians and Muslims alike took up the cry and Government too began to look upon him with suspicion. He claimed also to be the Mahdi, and this name was so intimately connected with bloodshed, that Government was bound to be alarmed at the mention of the name and to look with suspicion upon the bearer of this name and his followers. Nothing daunted, he continued to proclaim what God had told him and began to call men to God and to invite all mankind to enter the kingdom of God. The following is the substance of what he preached to the world in writing and by word of mouth:— “The only religion which can now redeem mankind and lead them to salvation is Islam, and the last divine word by which man can find God is contained in the Holy Quran, and the last Divine Law-giver is Muhammad (peace and the blessings of God be upon him!). “The Lord of Heaven and Earth has sent me to bring the world back to God and His word and His Prophet, whom they had forsaken, and to preach His word to the nations and to lead them back into His kingdom and to