A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 62
62 have believed in him. As these words were published, his enemies became still more violent and called them blasphemies. On the one hand they told the Government that he was disloyal and was only waiting for a fitting opportunity to appear in his true colours, and on the other they strove to incite the people by saying that he was a sycophant and held Jehad as unlawful. In the early days of his ministry he undertook certain journeys, the significance of which lay in the fact that God meant him to acquire a resemblance to Jesus. Wherever he went, opposition to him was aroused and every day his house was surrounded by multitudes who were waiting for an opportunity to do him harm, but who could find none owing to their fear of the law. First he went to Ludhiana, and the people of this place became violently excited as the result of the efforts of several priests who had gathered there from the neighbourhood, and the situation was only brought under control when the Deputy Commissioner ordered their leader to quit the town. Next, he went to Delhi, which is now the capital of India, and he challenged the leader of the Indian Maulawies to take an oath in the Jum‘a Masjid that Jesus was still living. At the appointed hour thousands gathered in the Jum‘a Masjid , many of them armed with stones, sticks and knives, and raised a clamour that this man who claimed to be the Messiah should not leave the mosque alive. And it so happened that like Jesus, he had only twelve disciples with him at that time, but they exhibited enviable