Some Hidden Pearls — Page 32
took a bowl of curry and some bread in his hands, and said, addressing himself to. Mian Nizam-ud-Din: "come, Mian Nizamud-Din you and I will sit in the adjoining room, and eat there together". . Naturally it is not possible to gauge the depth of joy Mian Nizam-ud-Din must have felt when he heard these words, while those who had been unceremoniously edging him out towards the fringe must have been cut to the quick, at their lack of consideration for this humble man, of which, unwittingly, they had been guilty. . . The lesson to be drawn from this sweet and precious incident, against a proud and overbearing deportment, in favour of humility, solicitude for the feelings of others, equality, brotherhood, and love for the poor, does not need any elaborate comment, or exposition. With uncommon sagacity, the Promised Messiah on this occassion imparted the the lesson, not by word of mouth, but by his action and example, which is far more affective. . His loving eye, always full of solicitude 32