Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 128
WISE COUNSELLOR Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 128 subordinated our conduct. Therefore it is incumbent upon us to be watchful of religion. This is the purpose of this conference. " 46 The last item for that day’s session was the reading of the Promised Messiah’s as paper which was later published as The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam. He had announced in advance that he had been divinely assured that his paper would be acclaimed as far superior to all the other papers that might be presented at the Conference. From the very beginning it was listened to with rapt attention. By the end of the session the reading of the answer to the first of the five questions that had been set as the theme of the Conference could alone be completed and the audience that had listened spell-bound to every word insisted that the Conference be prolonged for another day beyond the three days which had been originally fixed for it, so that the reading of the entire paper could be completed. Thereupon the Executive Committee of the Conference, supported by the Moderators, obtained the permission of the Anjuman H im a yat-e-Isl a m for the use of the premises for an additional day, and requested the President of the session to make the necessary announcement. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra closed the session with these words: "My friends, you have heard the answer of Hadrat Mirza Sahib as to the first question. We are all deeply grateful to Maulaw i ‘Abdul Kar i m Sahib for his excellent reading of it. I now convey to you the good news that in view of the eagerness and interest that you have exhibited in the paper while listening to it, and on the special recommendation of the Moderators and distinguished members of the audience, the