Life of Ahmad — Page 514
A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH as 514 in Qadian only the other day has mysteriously resounded from the four corners of the earth and the echo is gaining fresh force every day on an unprecedented scale. He and his illustrious son are now known from Lahore to London, from Kobe to Cairo, and from Chicago to Chungking and Hong Kong. Thousands owe Ahmad as spiritual allegiance from Cape Town to Lagos. His disciples have been subjected to persecution and martyrdom not only in India but also in Moscow and Kabul. The streets of Mecca, Damascus, Baghdad and Tehran have known his followers. His representatives have been working in Madrid, Rome, Berlin, Mauritius, Singapore, Batavia Centrum, Haifa, Nairobi and Buenos Aires. The newspapers of Budapest, Amsterdam, Melbourne, New York and Warsaw have published long accounts of the movement founded by him. Over the din and strife of the world, nay, over the clash of arms, over the fire of guns, and amid the bursting of bombs, in which humanity is hopelessely engulfed as never before, is heard the sweet voice of the Promised Messiah as gently calling the world to a haven of peace and safety which the Lord of the universe has prepared with His own hands. 'Come ye, and enter the Kingdom of heaven', says he, 'Find ye the Millennium which was promised by the great messengers of God throughout the centuries. '