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CHAP. VI.]
GOOD CITIZENS.
291
Special Second Verse.
In Time of Famine or Pestilence.
0 Lord our God! arise !
0 Is Jagdis ! Tun uth!
Help while destruction flies
Jyan hoe martini kut,
Swift o'er us all.
Le am sambhal.
Stay now Thy chastening hand,
Sikhsakar hath Tun var,
Heal Thou our stricken land,
Des keru dukh nivar,
FATHER ! in grief we stand,
Tat! Santapman avar,
On Thee we call.
Am vahre chal.
The Parsis are the most law-abiding subjects of
the British crown. The returns of the criminal courts
furnish incontestable proof of the fact. They are
naturally averse to rioting. They may at times have
had to defend themselves, but they have never been
the aggressors. Fully recognising the obligations of
modern citizenship, they would never think of
resorting to violence or of taking the law into
their own hands. The leaders of the community
are always prepared to seek constitutional remedies
if their co-religionists suffer any wrong; but they
never encourage a spirit of lawlessness. The feelings
of the entire Parsi community were never more
outraged, nor were the Parsis ever more excited since
their arrival in India, than when two Parsi youths
named Dhanjibhai Naorozji and Hormasji Pestanji
were induced by the late Eev. Dr. Wilson to change
their religion for Christianity. It was in the year
1839 that these two Parsi youths (who are to-day
respected ministers of the Christian religion) were
GOOD CITIZENS.
291
Special Second Verse.
In Time of Famine or Pestilence.
0 Lord our God! arise !
0 Is Jagdis ! Tun uth!
Help while destruction flies
Jyan hoe martini kut,
Swift o'er us all.
Le am sambhal.
Stay now Thy chastening hand,
Sikhsakar hath Tun var,
Heal Thou our stricken land,
Des keru dukh nivar,
FATHER ! in grief we stand,
Tat! Santapman avar,
On Thee we call.
Am vahre chal.
The Parsis are the most law-abiding subjects of
the British crown. The returns of the criminal courts
furnish incontestable proof of the fact. They are
naturally averse to rioting. They may at times have
had to defend themselves, but they have never been
the aggressors. Fully recognising the obligations of
modern citizenship, they would never think of
resorting to violence or of taking the law into
their own hands. The leaders of the community
are always prepared to seek constitutional remedies
if their co-religionists suffer any wrong; but they
never encourage a spirit of lawlessness. The feelings
of the entire Parsi community were never more
outraged, nor were the Parsis ever more excited since
their arrival in India, than when two Parsi youths
named Dhanjibhai Naorozji and Hormasji Pestanji
were induced by the late Eev. Dr. Wilson to change
their religion for Christianity. It was in the year
1839 that these two Parsi youths (who are to-day
respected ministers of the Christian religion) were