The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 8/Epistles - Fourth Series/XXIII Sisters
XXIII
To the Hale Sisters (about the Calcutta meeting of 5th Sept., 1894)
NEW YORK
9th July (Sept.?), 1894.
O MY SISTERS,
Glory unto Jagadambâ (Mother of the Universe)! I have gained beyond
expectations. The prophet has been honoured and with a vengeance. I am
weeping like a child at His mercy — He never leaves His servant, sisters.
The letter I send you will explain all, and the printed things are coming to
the American people. The names there are the very flower of our country. The
President was the chief nobleman of Calcutta, and the other man Mahesh
Chandra Nyâyaratna is the principal of the Sanskrit College and the chief
Brahmin in all India and recognised by the Government as such. The letter
will tell you all. O sisters! What a rogue am I that in the face of such
mercies sometimes the faith totters — seeing every moment that I am in His
hands. Still the mind sometimes gets despondent. Sister, there is a God — a
Father — a Mother who never leaves His Children, never, never, never. Put
uncanny theories aside and becoming children take refuge in Him. I cannot
write more — I am weeping like a woman.
Blessed, blessed art Thou, Lord God of my soul!
Yours affectionately,
VIVEKANANDA.