His unfailing patience, gentleness, kindliness and tact made His presence like a benediction.

It was His custom to spend a large part of each night in prayer and meditation.

From early morning until evening, except for a short siesta after lunch, He was busily engaged in reading and answering letters from many lands and in attending to the multitudinous affairs of the household and of the Cause.

In the afternoon He usually had a little relaxation in the form of a walk or a drive, but even then He was usually accompanied by one or two, or a party, of pilgrims with whom He would converse on spiritual matters, or He would find opportunity by the way of seeing and ministering to some of the poor.

After His return He would call the friends to the usual evening meeting in His salon.