94 IN THE VISION OF GOD
remnants of rice. Indeed, in the economy of nature, crows
play the part of scavengers. So the compound was, as it
were, swept clean. The wondrous thing was that at four
o'clock the clouds gathered again in the sky,, and it began
to rain in right earnest. Ramdas returned to his room. The
feeding of over three thousand poor people, from food pre-
pared for one-third of the number and the cessation of the
rain for six hours, during the time of food distribution,
were really glorious works of G-od.
He recollects that some people who witnessed and took
part in the function, landed Bamdas for its success. He
unceremoniously stopped them with the remark:
" All the credit is only to the Lord. Don't make much
of the servant for -what the Master has done."