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− way of determining whether Dowie's God is true or our God. That way is that Mr. Dowie should keep me alone in his mind and should pray that of two of us, the one who is false may die before the other. . . . The method I propose is that Mr. Dowie should come into the field against me with the permission of his false god. I am an old man of more than 66 years of age; I suffer from diabetes, dysentery, migraine and deficiency of blood. I realize, however, that my life depends not upon the condition of my health but upon the command of my God. If the false god of Mr. Dowie possesses any power he will certainly permit him to come forth against me. " (Review of Religions, Urdu, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp 342-48) − The Promised Messiah and Mahdi further wrote To Mr. as − Dowie in 1902: " It should be remembered that I am not just an average citizen of this country (India). I am the Promised Messiah who is being awaited by Mr. Dowie. The only difference is that Mr. Dowie says that the Promised Messiah will appear within 25 years and I proclaim that he has appeared already and I am that person. . . . If instead of the destruction of all Muslims, Mr. Dowie's purpose can be served by my death alone, he will have established a great sign, in consequence of which millions of people will acknowledge the son of Mary as god and will also believe in Dowie as his apostle. " (Review of Religions, Urdu, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp 342-48) − When Mr. Dowie did not reply and remained silent, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi made the statement: as − "Though he may try as hard as he can to fly from death which awaits him, yet his flight from such a contest will be nothing less than death to him; and calamity will certainly overtake his Zion, for he must bear the consequences either of the acceptance of the challenge or its refusal. " 252