A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 87
87 SIXTH MIRACLE. Changes in the Earth. The sixth miracle relates to the changes in the Earth. Jesus had foretold that the Earth would be shaken by severe earthquakes at the time of his second advent. If, therefore, earthquakes had not occurred in recent years, people would have doubted the truth of the claim of the Promised Messiah. In order, therefore, to establish the truth of his claim, God told him that a severe earthquake would destroy both permanent and temporary dwellings. This revelation was published in the Ahmadiyyah papers. Sometime after this occurred the terrible earthquake of the 4th April, 1905, which destroyed twenty thousand lives, several towns and villages. Not only were permanent dwellings destroyed but even temporary dwellings, that is, barracks and cantonments were also destroyed. Dharmsala cantonment was completely destroyed and those at Dalhousie and other places were damaged. This earthquake originated at a place with regard to which geologists had expressed the belief that it was no longer subject to earthquakes, but neither human knowledge nor human understanding can contend against God’s power. After this earthquake, a Japanese geologist expressed his opinion that no severe earthquake could now occur in India for the next hundred years, and on a similar assurance being given to Government as regards Dharmsala by experts, the Government started rebuilding the cantonments. God then informed the Promised Messiah that another earthquake would follow in the