In an effort to provide stimulating content to the Brethren, rather than the transcribed ramblings of your pensive Senior Warden’s stream of consciousness, I have unearthed some poetic Masonic gems from the vast quarry known as google. Enjoy, my Brethren!
MIND OF GOD
By Bro. Rob Morris
And can we know the mind of GOD,β¨A window to the will Supreme?β¨And is His purpose all exposed
To human eye, so faint and dim?β¨Look! open upward broadly liesβ¨The WORD OF Godβthe unerring LAW,β¨Threatening and promising by turns,β¨As Masons yield to fear or love,
Oh, be it ours to walk thereinβ¨And at the end have sure reward!
THE MASONβS PLEDGE
By Bro. Rob Morris
Brother, harken, while I tell youβ¨What we Masons pledged to do,β¨When, prepared at yonder altar,β¨We assumed the Masonβs vow!β¨Foot and knee, breast, hand and cheekββ¨Harken while I make them speak!β¨
Foot to foot, on mercyβs errand,β¨When we hear a brotherβs cry,β¨Hungry, thirsty, barefoot, naked,β¨With Godβs mercy let us fly.β¨This of all our thoughts the chief,β¨How to give him quick relief.β¨
Knee to knee, in earnest praying,β¨None but God to hear or heedβ¨All our woes and sins confessing,β¨Let us for each other plead;β¨By the spirit of our call,β¨Let us pray for brothers all.
β¨Breast to breast, in sacred casket,β¨At lifeβs center let us sealβ¨Every truth to us entrusted,β¨Nor one holy thing reveal!β¨What a Mason vows to shield,β¨Let him die, but never yield.
Hand to back, a brotherβs falling,β¨Look, his burdens are too greatβ¨Stretch the generous hand and hold himβ¨Up before it is too late.β¨The right armβs a friendly prop,β¨Made to hold a brother up,β¨Cheek to cheek, in timely whisperβ¨When the tempter strives to win,β¨Urge the brotherβs bounden duty,β¨Show him the approaching sin,β¨Point to him the deadly snare,β¨Save him with a brotherβs care.
Brother, let us often ponderβ¨What we Masons pledged to do,β¨When, prepared at yonder altar,β¨We assumed the Masonβs vow;β¨Foot and knee, breast, hand and check,β¨Let these oft our duties speak.
Let us never forget our vows brethren.
Sam House,
Senior Warden