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The Mason's Duty.
THE MASON'S DUTY .
To stretch the liberal hand And pour the stream of gladness , O ' er Misery ' s withered strand , To cheer the hearth of sadness : To dry the orphan ' s tear , And soothe the heart nigh broken ; Breathing in Affliction ' s ear , Kind words , in kindness spoken .
This is the Mason ' s part , A Mason ' s bounden duty ; This rears the Mason ' s heart , In Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty .
To practice Virtue ' s laws , With fervency , and freedom ; And in her noble cause , Advance , where ' er she lead 'em : To curb the headlong course , Of Passion ' s fiery pinion ; And bend its stubborn force
, To Reason ' s mild dominion . This is the Mason ' s part , & c . To shield a Brother ' s fame From Envy and Detraction ; And prove that Truth ' s our aim , In spiritlifeand action :
, , To trust in God , through all The danger and temptation , Which to his lot may fall , In trial , and probation . This is the Mason ' s part , & c . W . SNEWING , Robert Burns' Lodge
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BY BRO . O . TAIT , OF THE HADDINGTON ST . JOHN ' S KILWINNING LODGE . Written on the day he completed his Forty-fifth year . " What are a thousand living loves To that which cannot quit the dead ? " —Bvnox . FULL forty years and five have glided by
To dread eternity—since first I drew The breath of life beneath a sunny sky ; Where nurtured well in infancy I grew—And joy and gladness grew along with me 'Midst love and happiness . For many years Light was my heart , and merry as the bee Which roams from flower to flower , nor hopes nor fears VOL . i . 4 A
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The Mason's Duty.
THE MASON'S DUTY .
To stretch the liberal hand And pour the stream of gladness , O ' er Misery ' s withered strand , To cheer the hearth of sadness : To dry the orphan ' s tear , And soothe the heart nigh broken ; Breathing in Affliction ' s ear , Kind words , in kindness spoken .
This is the Mason ' s part , A Mason ' s bounden duty ; This rears the Mason ' s heart , In Wisdom , Strength , and Beauty .
To practice Virtue ' s laws , With fervency , and freedom ; And in her noble cause , Advance , where ' er she lead 'em : To curb the headlong course , Of Passion ' s fiery pinion ; And bend its stubborn force
, To Reason ' s mild dominion . This is the Mason ' s part , & c . To shield a Brother ' s fame From Envy and Detraction ; And prove that Truth ' s our aim , In spiritlifeand action :
, , To trust in God , through all The danger and temptation , Which to his lot may fall , In trial , and probation . This is the Mason ' s part , & c . W . SNEWING , Robert Burns' Lodge
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BY BRO . O . TAIT , OF THE HADDINGTON ST . JOHN ' S KILWINNING LODGE . Written on the day he completed his Forty-fifth year . " What are a thousand living loves To that which cannot quit the dead ? " —Bvnox . FULL forty years and five have glided by
To dread eternity—since first I drew The breath of life beneath a sunny sky ; Where nurtured well in infancy I grew—And joy and gladness grew along with me 'Midst love and happiness . For many years Light was my heart , and merry as the bee Which roams from flower to flower , nor hopes nor fears VOL . i . 4 A