Identifier: gemsofmasonryemb00sher (find matches)
Title: The gems of masonry : emblematic and descriptive
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Sherer, John
Subjects: Freemasonry
Publisher: Cincinnati : The Author
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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MARK MASTERS ODE. ADAPTED AND ARRANGED BY BRO. JAS. D, TAYLOR. PIANOFORTE / Or / MElODEOJf. \ ~0 0 1 f i 1 isish- 1. Mark Masters all appear, Before the Chief Oerseer, 2. You who have passd the square, For your re - ward prepare, -I 3^ In con - cert move ;Join heart and hand; Let him your work in - spect, For the ChiefEach with his mark in view, March with the A 1 Ar - chi - tect, If there bejust and true, Wa - ges to no de - feet. He will approve,you are due. At your command. 3 Hiram, the widows son,Sent unto Solomon Our great key-stone ;On it appears the nameWhich raises high the fameOf all to whom the same Is truly known. 4 Now to the westward move.Where, full of strength and love, Hiram doth stand;But if impostors areMixed with the worthy there,Caution them to beware Of the right hand. —CEREMONIES.— 5 Now to the praise of thoseWho triuraphd oer the foes Of Masons art;To the praiseworthy three,Who founded this degree,May all t.heir virtues beDeep in our hearts. PAST MASTKE. 41
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42 PAST MASTER. avoid the abuse of that power, limiting his jurisdiction and pre-scribing his conduct. They likewise afford him copious topicsof advice to such as assist him in the government of the frater-nity, as well as to all the brethren over whom he is called to pre-side. He may descant on the excellence of the holy writingsas a rule of life ;—for those writings teach us that being bornupon a level, we should act upon the square, circumscribing ourdesires within the compass of Natures gifts, poured from thehorn of plenty. Here also, he may exhort them to walk upright-ly, suffering neither the pressure of poverty, nor the avarice ofriches to tempt the heart, for a moment, to swerve from the lineof rectitude which is suspended before them from the centre ofheaven. The division of time into equal and regular portions,he may also urge as the surest method of securing the greatestgood from the opportunities that are afforded us. The subjectionof our passions and desires is here lik

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