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with excitement and were so eager to see the Promised Messi- ahas that thousands of them gathered at the station platform, on the roads and in the bazaars. At the arrival of Hudūras, the at- mosphere was like a carnival. For about a week, there was so much religious zeal and fervour as has not been seen in Sialkot before or since. The arrangements the Sialkot Jama'at had made for the guests were commendable from every point of view. It was indeed an auspicious occasion for the Sialkot Jama'at that the God's blessed Messiah prepared this Lecture and had it read out in this city. Blessed be you who dwell in this city, which the Appointed One of God loves like his native land, for God's Messiah came to you and you were granted the honour of hosting this historic Jalsa. O' land of Sialkot! Blessed are you; be merry and sing songs of joy that the Mahdī has visited you! O God's Messiah, may the world see the light of guidance by the blessing of your presence, and may it come out of the abyss of darkness. Āmīn. Maulā Bakhsh Bhatti Ahmadi Chawinda, Tehṣīl Zafarwāl, Distt. Sialkot Nā'ib Muḥāfiz, District Office, Sialkot X