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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 occasions.

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