Special thanks to George Helmer FPS

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.

POTS

During the time I have been in the army, I never knew a bad soldier
who was a Freemason. - DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

George Helmer FPS
PM Norwood #90 GRA
PZ Norwood #18 RAM
MBBFMN #362

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