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Masonic Sketches,
Himself , —that your patent is from the Grand Chancery above , and that you need neither sign nor token , warrant nor diploma , password nor grip , to ensure you a welcome to the heart of every honest Mason . " May you , Sir Jamsetjee , like the foundation we have laid , long be stable and secure ; — may you for years be spared as the cornerstone of Charity , the prop aiid support of the widow and the
fatherless ;—may your good deeds form a constant source of enjoyment to yourself while you remain amongst men ; and when the time does come that overtakes us all , and the solemn Tyler Death must raise the curtain of a new existence , may it be to usher you in as an accepted and exalted companion to the Supreme Chapter on high , there to take your place under the all-seeing eye of HIM who seeth not as man seeth , but will undoubtedly pay the workman his wages according to his work . "
Sir Jamsetjee expressed himself gratified beyond measure at the honour conferred in the foundation of the hospital by the ceremonial performed . Three cheers having been given in honour of the illustrious founder , the procession returned to their Lodge , when it was unanimously resolved that Bro . Burnes be requested to permit the publication of his speech , that it might he widely circulated for the benefit of the Craft .
On the hospital is the following inscription : — THIS EDIFICE WAS ERECTED AS A TESTIMONY 01 ? DEVOTIONAL LOYALTY TO THE YOUNG QUEEN OP THE BEITISH ISLES , AND OE UNMINGLED RESPECT EOR THE JUST AND PATERNAL BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA ;
ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE AND PATRIOTIC SOLICITUDE FOR THE WELFARE OE THE POOR CLASSES OF ALL RACES AMONG- HIS COUNTRYMEN , THE BRITISH SUBJECTS OF BOMBAY , BY SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY , KNIGHT , THE FIRST NATIVE OF INDIA HONOURED WITH BRITISH KNIGHTHOOD , WHO THUS HOPED TO PERFORM
A PLEASING DUTY TOWARDS HIS GOVERNMENT , HIS COUNTRY , AND HIS PEOPLE , AND , IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE OF BLESSINGS BESTOWED , TO PRESENT THIS , HIS OFFERING OF RELIGIOUS GRATITUDE , TO ALMIGHTY GOD , THE FATHER OF HEAVEN , OF THE CHRISTIAN , TIIE HINDOOTHE MAHOMEDAN ,
, AND THE PARSEE , WITH HUMBLE AND EARNEST PRAYER FOR HIS CONTINUED CARE AND BLESSING UPON HIS CHILDREN , HIS FAMILY , HIS TRIBE , AND HIS COUNTRY .
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Masonic Sketches,
Himself , —that your patent is from the Grand Chancery above , and that you need neither sign nor token , warrant nor diploma , password nor grip , to ensure you a welcome to the heart of every honest Mason . " May you , Sir Jamsetjee , like the foundation we have laid , long be stable and secure ; — may you for years be spared as the cornerstone of Charity , the prop aiid support of the widow and the
fatherless ;—may your good deeds form a constant source of enjoyment to yourself while you remain amongst men ; and when the time does come that overtakes us all , and the solemn Tyler Death must raise the curtain of a new existence , may it be to usher you in as an accepted and exalted companion to the Supreme Chapter on high , there to take your place under the all-seeing eye of HIM who seeth not as man seeth , but will undoubtedly pay the workman his wages according to his work . "
Sir Jamsetjee expressed himself gratified beyond measure at the honour conferred in the foundation of the hospital by the ceremonial performed . Three cheers having been given in honour of the illustrious founder , the procession returned to their Lodge , when it was unanimously resolved that Bro . Burnes be requested to permit the publication of his speech , that it might he widely circulated for the benefit of the Craft .
On the hospital is the following inscription : — THIS EDIFICE WAS ERECTED AS A TESTIMONY 01 ? DEVOTIONAL LOYALTY TO THE YOUNG QUEEN OP THE BEITISH ISLES , AND OE UNMINGLED RESPECT EOR THE JUST AND PATERNAL BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN INDIA ;
ALSO IN AFFECTIONATE AND PATRIOTIC SOLICITUDE FOR THE WELFARE OE THE POOR CLASSES OF ALL RACES AMONG- HIS COUNTRYMEN , THE BRITISH SUBJECTS OF BOMBAY , BY SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY , KNIGHT , THE FIRST NATIVE OF INDIA HONOURED WITH BRITISH KNIGHTHOOD , WHO THUS HOPED TO PERFORM
A PLEASING DUTY TOWARDS HIS GOVERNMENT , HIS COUNTRY , AND HIS PEOPLE , AND , IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE OF BLESSINGS BESTOWED , TO PRESENT THIS , HIS OFFERING OF RELIGIOUS GRATITUDE , TO ALMIGHTY GOD , THE FATHER OF HEAVEN , OF THE CHRISTIAN , TIIE HINDOOTHE MAHOMEDAN ,
, AND THE PARSEE , WITH HUMBLE AND EARNEST PRAYER FOR HIS CONTINUED CARE AND BLESSING UPON HIS CHILDREN , HIS FAMILY , HIS TRIBE , AND HIS COUNTRY .
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