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An Offering
AN OFFERING
BY BRO . WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW , TO BRO . GEN . GEORGE COOKE , AT THE BANQUET GIVEN TO HIM AT THE LODGE OP ST . PAUL , AT BLACKWALh , JULY 20 , 1847 . AVHAT brings our Friend across the sea ? AA hatbut the love of Masonry !
, AA ^ hat moved the General ' s noble heart From kindred and old friends to part ? A yearning for the Brotherhood ! To join with them in doing good ; To watch the progress of the School , AVhere Masons' daughters learn each rule By which Creation ' s Architect
May honored be , by every sect Acknowledging his power divine , His love of good , his hate of crime ! Oh . ' blessed be our ancient Craft , AVhich Virtue ' s self did deign engraft On weak mankind in early days , To make it worthy love and praise . If followed be its golden rules , By those who spurn the ways of fools ,
Masonic love , how vast thy field , How rich the fruits that thou dost yield ! Thou join ' st together in a band The children of each distant land ; Producing peace , in lieu of strife , Ancl spreading blessings o ' er the life Of countless beings , who might be Steeped , but for thee , in misery ;
And who through thee sustained in mind And body too , much comfort find , AVith increase full , from God above ! The fountain of Masonic love .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Offering
AN OFFERING
BY BRO . WILLIAM BARTHOLOMEW , TO BRO . GEN . GEORGE COOKE , AT THE BANQUET GIVEN TO HIM AT THE LODGE OP ST . PAUL , AT BLACKWALh , JULY 20 , 1847 . AVHAT brings our Friend across the sea ? AA hatbut the love of Masonry !
, AA ^ hat moved the General ' s noble heart From kindred and old friends to part ? A yearning for the Brotherhood ! To join with them in doing good ; To watch the progress of the School , AVhere Masons' daughters learn each rule By which Creation ' s Architect
May honored be , by every sect Acknowledging his power divine , His love of good , his hate of crime ! Oh . ' blessed be our ancient Craft , AVhich Virtue ' s self did deign engraft On weak mankind in early days , To make it worthy love and praise . If followed be its golden rules , By those who spurn the ways of fools ,
Masonic love , how vast thy field , How rich the fruits that thou dost yield ! Thou join ' st together in a band The children of each distant land ; Producing peace , in lieu of strife , Ancl spreading blessings o ' er the life Of countless beings , who might be Steeped , but for thee , in misery ;
And who through thee sustained in mind And body too , much comfort find , AVith increase full , from God above ! The fountain of Masonic love .