Truth About the Split — Page 356
356 In short, this Will had been written at a time when its great author was passing the last hours of his holy life; when, on the one hand, the thought of the imminent meeting with his Creator and his beloved Master filled his soul with pleasurable excitement and, on the other, the fear that his death might bring to end all that he had worked and striven for during the last years of his life, filled his heart with untold anxiety; the Will had been written at a delicate hour when hope and fear between them tossed the soul of this great man. This Will had been written by one at whose hands the whole of the Ahmadiyya Community with but few exceptions had solemnly pledged the oath of allegiance. This Will had been written by one who, apart from being a Khalifa of the Promised Messiah as , enjoyed an unquestioned pre-eminence in the whole Community in respect of piety and integrity. This Will had been written by one whose benefits both material and spiritual a greater part of the Community had enjoyed right from the time of the Promised Messiah as. This Will had been written by one who was universally acknowledged for his great knowledge of