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.S -me littlo time ago a sensation was caused in certain religious ciroles in a Loudon •uburb by a gentleman named Pigott, who announced himself as the Messiah. I am not aware whether he hue submitted conclusive evidence—documentary or otherwise—to sub-sfantmte his claim, and soeing that Mr. Elijah Dowie of Chicago was, bo to speak, a prmr claimant, public judgment on the suh-jee' will no doubt be suspended pending the production of testimony. I note, however from a statement made in a London periodica! that the title is now disputed by a third party—0110 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Chief of Qadiao, Punjab. In a manifesto “ printed tor circulation in Europe and America, he denounces the conduct of Mr. Pigott in the moat scathing terras. He warna that gentleman “ that if he does not repent of thia irreverent claim, he shall aoon be enlight-eued. even iu my lifetime, with sore treatment proceeding from God, and not from the hand* of a man. Mirza Gdulam Ahmad ia able to state thia with some nuthority, inasmuch as he himself, as he goes on to explain is “the true Messiah, come to declare the glory of God upon earth. Signs to that effect, he says, “have been shown to thousands ; I have more than 100,000 followers, who have been brought to purity of life through me. Thousauda of heavenly signs which they have witnessed have worked a pure transformation in their lives. Now in the interests of true religion it seems to ine that the claims of fchesu rivals should be definitely settled. Ir. is obviously Impossible that both can be right, and as no good oan result from a contiuuanoo of this uncertainty,
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Albury Banner and Wodonga Express
Albury, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Mar 27, 1903
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