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A Voice From The Grave.
A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE .
" "IVT' ^ - 'SONIC Light illumines every place , JJ-L Kings , Prelates , Princes , every grade and race—True to their Sovereign , and their God above , A Mason ' s creed is Loyalty and LoA ^ e . " # # * # *
Shall any say that hearts too cold are grown To hear the Orphan ' s cry , the widow ' s moan ? Brethren ! The Architect of Earth and Heaven—He to whom Masons' highest love is given , He whomas King of Kingswe all
confess—, , Is still the Father of the Fatherless . The hand Avhich lays a father in the grave Is still stretched out his orphan child to save . The dying Mason that ye once did love , Bequeathed to you ( your brotherhood to prove ) ,
Those little ones , on whom his love once smiled , To be a father to thy brother ' s child . What sadder sight within this Avorld of tears , Than children orphaned in their early years ? No father ' s watchful care still at their side , Their minds to nurture and their steps to guide . Hard 'tis for boys , when fatherless and poor ,
If unsustained , life s battle to endure ; But harder still for tender girls to bear The world ' s rude shock , without paternal care . A mother ' s heart bowed down beneath her sorrow Is all unfit to cope Avith life ' s to-morrow ; And troubles—earthly troubles—far and wide
, To her own grief are rudely multiplied . If hearts in true Masonic pity shine , Full of that virtue , ever most divine , Stretch out the hand of " Charity " to those Thbrother ' s childrenand their earlwoes
y , y ; Haste , while ye may , a brother ' s child to save , Thus rescuing from , perchance , an early grave . As God has given , freely do thou give : So shall Masonic pledge , a witness live . Sure ' tis the gifts on others you bestow
Back on yourselves in joy and love will flow . Rise , Masons all , and battle side by side , To spread the orphan ' s cause , both far and wide . A voice ye knew , now silent in the grave , Calls on his brother Masons— " Rise and Save . " A . S . T . D 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Voice From The Grave.
A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE .
" "IVT' ^ - 'SONIC Light illumines every place , JJ-L Kings , Prelates , Princes , every grade and race—True to their Sovereign , and their God above , A Mason ' s creed is Loyalty and LoA ^ e . " # # * # *
Shall any say that hearts too cold are grown To hear the Orphan ' s cry , the widow ' s moan ? Brethren ! The Architect of Earth and Heaven—He to whom Masons' highest love is given , He whomas King of Kingswe all
confess—, , Is still the Father of the Fatherless . The hand Avhich lays a father in the grave Is still stretched out his orphan child to save . The dying Mason that ye once did love , Bequeathed to you ( your brotherhood to prove ) ,
Those little ones , on whom his love once smiled , To be a father to thy brother ' s child . What sadder sight within this Avorld of tears , Than children orphaned in their early years ? No father ' s watchful care still at their side , Their minds to nurture and their steps to guide . Hard 'tis for boys , when fatherless and poor ,
If unsustained , life s battle to endure ; But harder still for tender girls to bear The world ' s rude shock , without paternal care . A mother ' s heart bowed down beneath her sorrow Is all unfit to cope Avith life ' s to-morrow ; And troubles—earthly troubles—far and wide
, To her own grief are rudely multiplied . If hearts in true Masonic pity shine , Full of that virtue , ever most divine , Stretch out the hand of " Charity " to those Thbrother ' s childrenand their earlwoes
y , y ; Haste , while ye may , a brother ' s child to save , Thus rescuing from , perchance , an early grave . As God has given , freely do thou give : So shall Masonic pledge , a witness live . Sure ' tis the gifts on others you bestow
Back on yourselves in joy and love will flow . Rise , Masons all , and battle side by side , To spread the orphan ' s cause , both far and wide . A voice ye knew , now silent in the grave , Calls on his brother Masons— " Rise and Save . " A . S . T . D 2