bent on misdirecting her once again. This went on a few times until Golap-Ma called out to the woman in an excited tone, 'Can't you distinguish between a mere human face and the face of a divine being?' These words at once drew the woman's attention to that subtle and elusive charm in the Mother's face - to that gentle dignity and incorporeal beauty which we associate with the expression of Gods and Goddesses. Indeed, only comparisons drawn from the conception of divine agencies can adequately convey an idea of the sublime expressiveness in the lines and curves of the face of one whose whole life had been dedicated to the pursuit of holiness and the practice of forbearance, innocence and loving service.
This combination of gentleness, dignity and grace gave her that maternal pose which no one who went to her failed to notice. It inspired reverence in one's mind without creating the least sense of inaccessibility. One felt the utmost freedom in her company, but one also got a feeling of elevation and an apprehension that one was before a presence that was something more than merely human. Many persons who went to her with a list of questions felt no inclination to ask them when they were actually before her; for they found their doubts dissolving in the sense of peace and exaltation that her presence conveyed. To restore faith and courage in the wavering, to inspire confidence in the weak, to disperse the clouds of despair and depression, were powers, which her personality always carried with it. But all this was not done by any sort of aggressive influence, such as we associate with a militant personal-