A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 3
3 a man carries away with him when he leaves this world, depriving his successors of them; it is a gift which serves not him alone who has it, in this life and the next, but is a rich and everlasting inheritance for his successors, and is not diminished by being divided. Gracious Prince! this is a gift the possession of which gives strength to the heart and floods it with streams of Heavenly light. He who has it is saved from all doubt and darkness, and angels spread over him the mantle of God’s Mercy. At His command mountains remove from their places, rivers afford passage, the sick and the diseased become whole, the blind of heart are restored to sight, the spiritually dead are quickened and water becomes more intoxicating than wine. And what is this gift? It is the guidance which God has always vouchsafed to mankind since the days of Adam, by the help of which Noah overcame his enemies, Moses caused the mighty Pharaoh to drown and rescued the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt; David tempted the beasts of the field and the birds of the air to join in his melody, and Jesus caused the Holy Ghost to descend upon him. It is the guidance which enabled Muhammad (on whom be peace and the blessings of God!), after having been driven out from his home, to vanquish his opponents and to forgive them in the hour of victory, and being a king, to live the life of the poor and to spend his life in the service of those who were of small account in the eyes of the world, but who in the sight of God were as much honoured as the mightiest of Sovereigns.