Signs of the Living God — Page 43
43 anywhere outside of India is the height of ignorance. Such a contention would have carried some weight if India had been unaffected by the horrifying effects of this disaster. However, the thousands of native Indians who have been buried throughout the world in distant lands are testimony of the fact that India too bears the scars of this catastrophic war. If the author of this tract still harbours any doubt, he is free to visit the Punjab where every town and dwelling mourns the death of its loved ones who were slain by the bullets of the enemies of peace, and who spilled their blood like flowing water for their benevolent king and country. Indeed, he ought to speak to those distressed mothers, widows, orphaned children and elderly fathers who have had the apple of their eyes snatched away from them, who have lost the shade which sheltered them and the strength which supported them in their old age. He might then realise that now is the time for grief not ridicule and come to see how forcefully the word of God is fulfilled. All that remains is to deal with the question of why the Promised Messiah as wrote that this calamity would appear in his lifetime. While this is certainly true, the perfect wisdom of God desired a different outcome and wanted for this disaster to strike not