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− Death of Mr. Dowie and fulfillment of Promised Messiah and Mahdi's prophecy was widely commented in American press. as − A few samples are given: The Dunville Gazette of June 7, 1907 wrote: "Ahmad and his adherents may be pardoned from taking ± some credit for the accuracy with which the prophecy was fulfilled a few months ago. " The Truth Seeker of June 15, 1907 wrote: "The Qadian Man predicted that if Dowie accepted the challenge, he would leave the world before his eyes with great sorrow and torment. If Dowie declined, the Mirza said, the end − only would be deferred; death awaited him just the same and calamity would soon overtake Zion. That was the grand prophecy: Zion would fall and Dowie would die before Ahmad. " ± Boston Herald of June 23, 1907 published a large photograph of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi with the caption, as − 'Great is Mirza Ghulam Ahmad' and wrote: − − ± "Dowie died with his hands fallen away from him and his fortune dwindled. He suffered from paralysis and insanity. He died a miserable death with Zion City torn and frayed by internal dissension. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad comes forward frankly and states − − ± that he has won his challenge. " The Promised Messiah and Mahdi wrote: as − "My mission was to break the cross. With Dowie's death, therefore, a major proportion of that aim has been accomplished. In the whole world Dowie was the principal exponent of the cross who had claimed to be a prophet through whose prayers all Muslims would be destroyed, Islam was to be effaced, and the − Ka‘bah was to be demolished. God, therefore, destroyed him 254