A PARSEE'S OPINION OF MASONRY
Freemasons' Magazine -
1852
IT is interesting as indicating the universality of the
Masonic Institution, and the light in which it is viewed by those
who have been trained up in schools and customs differing
from those with which we are most familiar, to note the
language of Brethren coming from remote, and what we
are accustomed to regard as heathen countries, on
occasions when they are called on or are offered an opportunity
to speak on the subject of Masonry.
An instance of this
kind was presented at the annual meeting of the Prov.
Grand Lodge of Kent, England, in June last. At the banquet,
the health of the distinguished visitors having been
proposed, Br. JEVANJEE PESTONJEE, rose and said:
"To acknowledge this distinguished mark of your friendship I
find some difficulty, your language being foreign to my own;
but when I look at this goodly assembly, presided over by
a Grand Master whose talents and whose virtues add a lustre to
our Order, I congratulate myself on being present at
this ceremony of an Institution which makes no
distinction between Christian or Mahometan, Jew or Parsee;
an Institution based on the pillars of Faith, Hope and Charity.
I thank the Fraternity for my reception in England. Far
from home, country, and friends, I have found family, country,
and home, with Freemasons."
Brief as this speech is, it is
rarely equalled on similar
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