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The Chaplain's Song.
THE CHAPLAIN'S SONG .
BY THE HEV . s . OLIVER , OP WHAPLODE . Tune—Eve ' s Hymn in the Oratorio of" Abel . "
DESCEND , guardian angels , descend , Let Masonry still be your care : From every evil defend All Masons that act on the square . A Brother possessed of his tools , Obeys the Grand Architect ' s nod ; His actions he constantly rules By the precepts and mandates of GOD ,
Should envious cowans assail , Or misfortunes collect in a crowd ; Their intrigues can never prevail , The pillar protects them , and cloud . To him is true happiness given ; The pathway of peace he has trod ,
On the road to a structure in Heaven , Whose builder and maker is GOD . Set apart from the rest of mankind , He governs his passions with care ; Approaching perfection , his mind Is kept within compass and square .
Three mystical virtues unite , To hallow the staves that are trod , On a ladder most gloriously bright , Where the Mason ascends to his GOD . When he wander'd forlorn , and his sight Was with darkness mysterious obscur'd ; How refulgent the sparkling light ,
Which succeeded the gloom he endured . In knowledge and virtue when ripe , Comfort springs , like the herb from each sod , Of that glory—eternal—a type , Which streams from the throne of his GOD .
TOAST—The Three Great Lights of Masonry .
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The Chaplain's Song.
THE CHAPLAIN'S SONG .
BY THE HEV . s . OLIVER , OP WHAPLODE . Tune—Eve ' s Hymn in the Oratorio of" Abel . "
DESCEND , guardian angels , descend , Let Masonry still be your care : From every evil defend All Masons that act on the square . A Brother possessed of his tools , Obeys the Grand Architect ' s nod ; His actions he constantly rules By the precepts and mandates of GOD ,
Should envious cowans assail , Or misfortunes collect in a crowd ; Their intrigues can never prevail , The pillar protects them , and cloud . To him is true happiness given ; The pathway of peace he has trod ,
On the road to a structure in Heaven , Whose builder and maker is GOD . Set apart from the rest of mankind , He governs his passions with care ; Approaching perfection , his mind Is kept within compass and square .
Three mystical virtues unite , To hallow the staves that are trod , On a ladder most gloriously bright , Where the Mason ascends to his GOD . When he wander'd forlorn , and his sight Was with darkness mysterious obscur'd ; How refulgent the sparkling light ,
Which succeeded the gloom he endured . In knowledge and virtue when ripe , Comfort springs , like the herb from each sod , Of that glory—eternal—a type , Which streams from the throne of his GOD .
TOAST—The Three Great Lights of Masonry .