Another Great Prophecy Fulfilled — Page 12
12 2. It would occur s_hortly after the assassination of Nadir Shah, the King of Afghanistan. 3. It would occur in the spring season. 4. The part of the country chiefly affected by it would be the North-east of India. 5. It would occur in the lifetime of Mirza Bashir Ahmad, the writer of these lines, \\ho would be the first to draw the attention of the public to the prophecy of the Promised Messiah regarding this calamity. Tha Earthquake Characterized by Floods The first great feature of this earthquake, according to the prophecies of the Promised tllessiah, is that it would be marked by exceptional intensity and would spread terrible devastation in the affected area, and that it would be accompanied by great floods of water. As far as its destructive nature is concern· ed, it is described in all the prophecies quoted above. This earth- qtn. ke forming as it does one of the series of the seismic shocks spoken of in the foregoing prophecies, this same description, reg3. rding their destructiveness, is applicable to them all in common. But there is one prophetic vision of the Promised Messiah, speaking of the two-fold havoc to be caused by earthquake and floods, which refers particularly to this earth- quake It runs : "Awake ! awake! for this is no time for sleep; God's holy revelation has imparted a piece of news which has filled my heart with grief. "A fearful earthquake, says the prophecy, will anon upheave and convulse the earth ; the time is nigh at hand when terrible floods will deluge the land. '. ' (A n-11icla, April 21, 1905. ) These prophetic lines, in the clearest possible terms fore- tell that in the near future a most terrible earthquake would come and work a great havoc in the affected area, and that, strange as it might seem, it would be accompanied by disaster- o~; fb::>~3 of wc1,ter. Fqrthermore, the wordin&s of the prophecr