In America, Shri Nathji’s mission found ultimate fulfilment in Dr. Harry Zeltzer, and his wife, Lois Zeltzer.
The husband was of Jewish faith, and the wife was a Catholic. It was an ideal combination for Shri Nathji, because no one had accepted him more readily than the Jews and the Catholics in the West.
The Jewish intellectuals would not easily take to religious beliefs. They were agnostics for the greater part. They took to Shri Nathji only because in him they found a fulfilment of their intellectual queries as well as their spiritual thirst. The Catholics, for the greater part, were disposed to accepting spiritual truths whenever these conformed with their own faith; in Shri Nathji, they found a visible living force of the Divine.
Dr. Harry Zeltzer was an agnostic. When his father had died, scepticism for religion had set in. If there was a God, He should have answered. There was a vast cosmic silence in the Universe. God appeared to be nowhere. But there was a quest in Dr. Zeltzer’s mind–a deep-rooted spiritual quest that exhibited itself in his pursuits in life, in his art, in his profession. He was an Optometrist of great repute.
He had travelled to the East, to Japan, and had sought an answer in Eastern philosophy, but complete fulfilment appeared to lie elsewhere.
Priya Nath had met him at a dinner party, and had told him about Shri Nathji. Is he here, in America? Dr. Zeltzer asked.
When Priya Nath told him that Shri Nathji was in America, a spark of happiness lit up within him. It was as if he was nearing his goal. He invited Shri Nathji to his house.
When the invitation reached Shri Nathji, he said:
This is the man I was waiting for! My work in America has now ended. I travelled thousands of miles from the East at the calling of thirsty souls, and until I have satiated the thirst of the last of them, I cannot leave. They come to me when the time is ripe for them, and I must wait till that time.