A Gift for the Queen — Page 14
14 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD them with victory and triumph. We greatly thank the Merciful and Munificent God who showed us this delightful day, and who provided us security under such a beneficent, generous, just, and intelligent queen. Under her blessed rule, she has provided us the opportunity to attain all the good of the world and of faith, so that we may carry out acts of true beneficence towards ourselves, our nation and our fellow beings, and may tread upon the path of progress freely—the path that not only saves us from the undesir- able acts of the world but also enables us to attain the everlasting good of the hereafter. When we consider all the goodness, and the means to achieve goodness, that we have gained during the reign of this Empress of India—as well as all these doors of welfare and beneficence that have opened to us during the auspicious period of her sover- eignty—it provides us with strong evidence that the Empress of India harbours exceedingly good intentions for the progress of the public. It is an accepted matter that the intention of the ruler has a great effect on the internal condition, morals and behaviour of the public. Or, it can be said that when a sovereign governs over a part of land with good intentions and justice, it is the practice of God Almighty that the citizens of that land become attentive to good values and virtuous morals; and a trait of sincerity towards God and His creatures develops among them. Every eye can observe clearly that a great revolution is taking place towards good values and noble morals in British India. People with wild passions are transforming towards angelic dispositions, and the new genera- tion has more affinity to sincerity than to hypocrisy. People’s capabilities are becoming more amenable to accept the truth. A great change has occurred in the intelligence, understanding and