Some Hidden Pearls — Page 63
where he held consultations with various prominent people who, he thought were in a position to help in translating this excellent suggestion into action. Finally, with the moral support and prayer of the. Promised Messiah a firm plan emerged from these consultations for an international and intercommunal conference, in which for discussion, in the domain of the principles of religion, the existence of. God, His attributes, the object underlying the creation of man, etc. , five basic questions were fixed, which form the soul of every religion, and the essence of all serious religious thought. . In answer to these questions the Promised Messiah wrote an exhaustive Paper; and several days before the conference was due to be held he brought out an Ishtihar (a poster) in which he declared with great emphasis and conviction that God had informed him that: (a) his Paper would prevail against all others; (b) this Paper would be a means for 63