MASONIC THOUGHTS
Many things have been written about Freemasonry in countless books and in papers
to be delivered to Masonic research associations, but how many of us know that there
is wealth of beautiful material out there about Freemasonry, such as quotations or poems.
Some of the world’s greatest men of letters who were Freemasons themselves, have
written some wonderful words.
Let’s take Rudyard Kipling and Robbie Burns as just two examples, yet equally some
less well-known Masons have embodied the teachings and philosophy of Freemasonry in
their writing and we will take a look at these too during the coming months.
A MASON
A Mason’s hand is a hand that helps
That lifts the fallen one,
That comes, in need, with a kindly deed
To him whose strength is gone
A Mason’s heart is a heart that loves
The best that’s good and true;
He stands the friend, his best to lend
Under his banner blue
A Mason’s eye is an eye that smiles
And his cheering voice;
He spreads the light, dispels the night
And makes the world rejoice.
Over the earth in stranger lands
Where distant peoples dwell,
The eye, the grip, the life, the lip,
Of love unchanging tell
Bro Carl W Mason
Faith, Hope and Charity
The three greatest forces are FAITH, which is the only true WISDOM
And the very foundation of all government; HOPE, which is STRENGTH
and ensures success; and CHARITY, which is BEAUTY,
and alone makes animated, united effort possible.
These forces are within reach of all men; and an association of men, actuated
By them, ought to exercise an immense power in the world.
If Masonry does not, it is because she has ceased to posses them.
Bro. Albert Pike