Mirror of Charm and Beauty — Page 84
22. Here I have been reminded of incident in which, on one side, we another find an example of love and sincerity of members of the Movement, while on the other it illustrates the care and beauty of the manner followed by the Promised Messiah for the education and training of his followers. It is well known that among many nations one way for the followers to express their loyalty to their leader is that on occasions when a political or religious leader comes on a visit to a town, the people express their reverence sometimes by drawing the carriage themselves, after releasing the horses from the traces. . Towards the end of his of his life, when the. Promised Messiah paid a visit to Lahore, it occurred to some zealous youngmen of the. Ahmadis of Lahore that they should express their devotion to the Imam in this manner. . But when they submitted this request to the. Promised Messiah for approval, he rejected it, and said: "Our mission is to turn animals into human beings, not to turn human beings into animals. " (Hayat-i-Tyyaba, pages 456-57). 84