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Excerpt from History of Lodge Rising Star of Western India, No; 342 S. C I have been asked to write a Short preface to this History of Lodge Rising Star of. Western India, and I do so with great pleasure and a ce1 tain degree of confidence because I was privileged to be present in Lodge on every occasion, save one, when that history, compiled with so much labour and devotion by Right Worshipful Brother D. F. Wadia, was read. Lodge Rising Star, is, if my memory serves me right, the third oldest Lodge under the Scottish Constitution in India, but its claim to venera tion rests upon higher ground than mere antiquity to her belongs the great honour in the West of India, of first enrolling Indian brethren in the Antient Craft, and the outcome of that action as set forth in this history - a the true masonic spirit displayed over long years by many of her Worthy sons - is in very truth more than justification of her initiation. Were it not invidious, I could mention many names on her rolls - some here, some gone - dwhose work for the Craft is not only a measure of their own merit but re'doun'ds to the credit of their mother Lodge. Feeling as I do} that Freemasonry in India has a great future before it, and a great work to accomplish, especially in the inculcation of tolerance and the removal of racial and religious prejudice, I can heartily commenda careful perusal of this history to earnest brethren, who seek to Spread the teachings of the Antient Craft. It is a record of vicissitude and prosperity, of calm and stom, mayhap even of good and evil, but through it all runs a golden thread of honest endeavour, whose reward is the high estimation in which the Lodge is now held, and the honoured place it now'o'ccupies on the rolls of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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