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test of the most elevated spiritual heights. He enriched thousands who surrounded him with his unrelenting inspiration. He institutionalized such great organizations within the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam that the thousands of Ahmadi Muslims we see throughout the world today, including those in America, are a living testimony of the missionary networks launched by him. In his historic message to the American Jamaat he said: "I have been asked by our Missionary-in- Charge in the United States of America, Mr. Khalil Ahmad Nasir, to write a message for you to be read in your Second Convention. It is a pleasure for me to do so. Twenty - nine years ago, I sent Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, an old companion of the Promised Mesiah (peace be on him), to introduce the Ahmadiyya Movement in your country. After reaching the United States of America, he chose Chicago as the center of his mission. His was a lonely voice raised in support of the Truth about a quarter of a century back; and probably the people laughed when they heard him preach Islam and call them to Ahamadiyyat-- the true and divinely inspired interpretation of Islam. Probably they thought every prophet and his disciples were mad. But those who thought so were mad themselves. The sheep 28 that does not recognize the shepard is mad and destined for desruction, for it becomes the prey of that old wolf, Satan; and loses all hope for salvation. "My dear friends and children! No country and no people are absoloutely without seekers for truth. The voice which was taken as the babble of a mad man by many, began to attract some of those who were destined to be the pioneers and torch - bearers of truth in the Unite States of America. May be some of them have left this world, their spirits might be hovering over your heads just now seeing you in the seed which is being sown by God in th wilderness , as well in some well prepared soil, to grow in time and become heavy crop to give a new life to millions and millions of people of your country. "My friends and children! Ahmadiyyat is the message of God Almighty and not a scheme conceived by any mortal being. So you should look upon it as such and try to follow it literally and with great care. No good citizen breaks the law of his country and so is the case of the true believer. "So always try and strive to know more and more about Islam and Ahmadiyyat , so that your actions may be in complete accord with law chosen for you by yout Creator. "