Life of Ahmad — Page 124
THE RED DROPS as 124 showed it to a great number of people so that the witnesses of this Divine sign might be numbered by thousands. Often would he look at it himself with eyes full of mixed feelings of sadness and joy. His face would glow at the sight of the priceless gift only to make him sadder at the painful idea of the gulf that separated him physically from the one whom he had served every moment of his life. How interesting is this attitude when compared with both the belief and practice of early Christians concerning the so-called holy relics of Jesus as and the saints. According to the authorities, these were said to be endowed with many miraculous powers, which emanated from them. Tradition asserts that many miracles were actually wrought merely by touching these relics; and in the end this became so widespread that there is little doubt that the whole of the church relapsed into a form of paganism not far removed from the vicious superstitions of animistic customs. Materialistic unbelievers will laugh and mock at the incident of the drops mentioned above. In 1926 there died the author of a once famous book called Flat Land. It described a world of two dimensions in which everything was flat. The flat inhabitants of this world were in no way impressed with the strangeness of their condition for they had no conception of the possibility of a third dimension. One of their number, a square, did become enlightened, but he was put in prison for life lest his heresy should disturb the minds and excite the curiosity of his fellow citizens. From