A Present to Kings — Page 81
( 81 ) them are sure to meet with disgrace and discomfiture. It may be possible and is natural that some small section of the community should still be weak, not having succeeded in deriving full benefit from the teachings of the Promised. Messiah. But such weakness can not be an argument against the truth of the movement, because in all communities there are sure to be found some members, who are more backward than others, even the Holy Companions being no exception to the rule, among whom even till the last days of the Holy,. Prophet (peace be on him) there continued to exist a part of, hypocrites. With the exception, therefore, of such a small section the community at large are the objects of the special favour of God. . How then. Your Highness may realise that a people who see everyday fresh signs of God and witness such manifestations of Divine power as to make them feel the actual presence of the Almighty, how strongly grounded must be their faith, and how rapid must be their progress in sincerity. A thief never ventures to commit a theft in the presence of a policeman. can they who have known the Almighty power of God and seen it working before their eyes, venture to approach a sin?. How can they continue to bear in their hearts a greed or longing for the world? Their hearts will be washed of all impurities and they will be as clean as one freshly come out from the bath. Thanks, then, be to God that the result of the prayers and labours of the Promised Messiah is daily manifesting itself in the shape of ever increasing success. . ONE AHMADI-A MARTYR. . I will here relate briefly the story of one of the members of this community which will show to Your Highness how God has strengthened the hearts of the sincere members of this community. Moulvi Syed Abdul Latif was one of the leading men of Afghanistan. He was held in such high respect that at the coronation of His Majesty the Amir Habibullah Khan, it was