The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 87
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI "In India, there is a Mohammedan Messiah who keeps on writing to me that Jesus Christ lies buried in Kashmir. People ask me why do I not send him the necessary reply? Do you think that I should answer such gnats and flies? If I were to put my foot on them,. I would crush them to death. The fact is that I merely gave them a chance to fly away and survive". . Finally the prophecy was fulfilled. Rebellion broke out against Mr. Dowie in Zion. His wife and son deserted him and he was charged with many illicit and immoral practices. He was finally expelled from Zion and reduced to a miserable allowance. In 1905 he suffered a stroke and was paralyzed. On March 9, 1907 he died in misery and pain. . Death of Mr. Dowie and fulfillment of Hadhrat Ahmad's prophecy was widely commented in American press. A few samples are given. . The Dunville Gazette of June 7, 1907 wrote: "Ahmad and his adherents may be pardoned from taking some credit for the accuracy with which the prophecy was full filled a few months ago". . The Truth Seeker of June 15, 1907 wrote: "The Qadian Man predicted that if Dowie accepted the challenge, he would leave the world before his eyes with great sorrow and torment. If Dowie declined, the Mirza said, the end would only be deferred; death awaited him just the same and calamity would soon overtake Zion. That was the grand prophecy: Zion would fall and. Dowie would die before Ahmad". . Boston Herald of June 23, 1907 wrote: "Dowie died with his friends fallen away from him and his fortune dwindled. He suffered from paralysis and insanity. He died a miserable death with Zion City torn and frayed by internal dissension. . Mirza comes forward frankly and states that he has won his challenge". This was a sign shown by God, at the hands of Hadhrat. Ahmad, in America. 87