Life of Ahmad — Page 412
412 CHAPTER 39 CHRISTIAN VITUPERATION As already mentioned, the debate with A thim had very much lowered the prestige of the Christians in so far as they could neither prove the superiority of their scriptures nor show any heavenly sign in support of their faith. Subsequent events show that they felt this most bitterly in their heart of hearts though they took care at the time not to show it in any way. It was a pitched battle that had taken place between recognised representatives of the two faiths. Hitherto Christianity had posed as the dominant religion and the converts that it had made were paraded as learned people of other faiths who had found the light in Christianity. Christendom, therefore, felt a rude shock at the terrible encounter which it had experienced with the living and superior forces of Islam through Ahmad as. Im a d-ud-D i n, 95 a native convert from Islam, had been a paid servant of the Christians for a long time. 95 He called himself Lah i z. Mansh u r-e-Muhammad i , (Bangalore, Vol. 1, No. 19, dated Dhil h ij 27th, 1268 A. H. , says that he belonged to Panipat and was a Tail i by caste. He was born at Panipat about 1830. He received baptism from Rev. Robert Clark at Amritsar in April, 1866. Degree of D. D. was conferred on