213 IN THE VISION OF GOD
They had brought milk and eatables with which they iw
him. They remained for an hour and then departed.
Another day, two European missionaries came in search
«f him- They could find him out on.lv with great difficulty.
In. the course of their talk they emphasized the persona!
aspect of God as the whole truth. Ramdas confessed hi*
faith in a God who is both personal and impersonal. He
added that one could not know the glory of the supreme
Person without realising His impersonal aspect as well.
They expressed doubt in the truth of his statement.
Without pursuing the subject further, they took their lea^e
and returned to the town.
STovr an event occurred which caused a good deal «rf
disturbance among the friends. One morning, as customary.
Kail a. the cook entered the lower cave to bring out th*
vessels for cooking. The vessels, a new set of which had, &
short time before, been purchased for the use of the sadhos
on the hill, were kept in the lower cave which had, of
course, no door. All the sadhus and friends retired to the
upper cave in the nights. Now Kallu discovered that
the vessels had disappeared. He ran up to Ramdas in a
state of alarm and said:
''M&haraj, the cooking utensils have disappeared.
Somebody has stolen them away/'
*4&iM)d,"' Ramdas replied quietly, "the man who took
them is evidently more in need of them than we are. It Is
ull right. Ram gave and Rum has taken away/'
He stared at Banidas with perfect blankness when he
hearJ his cool words. Immediately, leaving the hills, hentu
to Hahoba au<l spread the news of the lost ntensils and
Raaaiias' ei.mment on the loss. The friends who ha«i
fuppli^l the utensils understood what his words meant stud
at once substituted the lost vessels by some from their own
for the time being. A police sub-inspector, who
him greatly, used to come often to see him on the
hill. He bad alao beard the news of the loss of the vessels.