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Poetry.
In solitude , his true companion proves , And in his intercourse with those he loves , His intellect and glowing fancy warms , And decks the paths of friendship with new charms ; All evil passions in his youth she rules ; His talents in the paths of science schools , And when in disease has laid him low
age , And each succeeding day brings its new woe , AVhen in the veins the stream of life runs cold , And this frail mortal frame can scarcely hold The wearied spirit , striving to depart From the benumbed body and broken heart ; Here she the cup of consolation yields , The Mason ' s mind from dark despair she shields ,
one here brings true religion to console , To strengthen and revive his sinking soul—Points to the . promises of " Holy Writ , " And teaches Man with patience to submit To Heaven ' s decrees , and there in " Faith" to turn , AA'hen the lamp of life shall burn Dim , and expire ; and gives him strength to cope With death—inspires a holy steadfast " Hope , "
That when the soul , with " Charity" imprest , Shall leave its dwelling in the Mason ' s breast , And wing its way back to the Great All-wise !—All-seeing Judge and Ruler of the skies ! It will , in the eventful day of doom , Escape the judgment and the dreary gloom Of midnight darkness and eternal pain , And by the three Masonic steps 'will gain A place amongst the pure seraphic throng , Who praises hymn to GOD in endless song .
Thus , Brethren , in these few lines we show Some of the benefits which Masons know : It would a never-ending labour be , To mark each blessing of " Freemasonry . " Suffice it here to say—that those who trace Her paths of science , and her truths embrace , And ne ' er forsake through good or ill report ,
Have in themselves the fountain and support Of that real virtue , piety and worth , Which mark Masonic dwellers on the earth;—Subjects whose study will their minds expand , — A theme which has , in every age and land , Excited interest , which it still secures , And which will last so long as time endures . M . M .
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Poetry.
In solitude , his true companion proves , And in his intercourse with those he loves , His intellect and glowing fancy warms , And decks the paths of friendship with new charms ; All evil passions in his youth she rules ; His talents in the paths of science schools , And when in disease has laid him low
age , And each succeeding day brings its new woe , AVhen in the veins the stream of life runs cold , And this frail mortal frame can scarcely hold The wearied spirit , striving to depart From the benumbed body and broken heart ; Here she the cup of consolation yields , The Mason ' s mind from dark despair she shields ,
one here brings true religion to console , To strengthen and revive his sinking soul—Points to the . promises of " Holy Writ , " And teaches Man with patience to submit To Heaven ' s decrees , and there in " Faith" to turn , AA'hen the lamp of life shall burn Dim , and expire ; and gives him strength to cope With death—inspires a holy steadfast " Hope , "
That when the soul , with " Charity" imprest , Shall leave its dwelling in the Mason ' s breast , And wing its way back to the Great All-wise !—All-seeing Judge and Ruler of the skies ! It will , in the eventful day of doom , Escape the judgment and the dreary gloom Of midnight darkness and eternal pain , And by the three Masonic steps 'will gain A place amongst the pure seraphic throng , Who praises hymn to GOD in endless song .
Thus , Brethren , in these few lines we show Some of the benefits which Masons know : It would a never-ending labour be , To mark each blessing of " Freemasonry . " Suffice it here to say—that those who trace Her paths of science , and her truths embrace , And ne ' er forsake through good or ill report ,
Have in themselves the fountain and support Of that real virtue , piety and worth , Which mark Masonic dwellers on the earth;—Subjects whose study will their minds expand , — A theme which has , in every age and land , Excited interest , which it still secures , And which will last so long as time endures . M . M .