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On Laying The Corner-Stone.
ON LAYING THE CORNER-STONE .
A Masonic Ode . BY THE LATE P . G . M . BRO . J . K . MITCHELL , JI . D . Onglorious Builder of the vaulted skies !
, Almighty Architect of Earth and Heaven ! Come clown and bless the Mason ' s enterprise , To Thee , 0 God , in Faith aud Mercy given . A home to Friendship , Truth , and Love we raise Where , ages yet to come , shah sound our Master ' s praise .
0 make its deep foundations firm ancl fast ! 0 bless the rearing of the mi ghty pile ! And when to Thee its spires look up at last , Upon its finished work the workmen smile ; Nor loss the inner works of kindness bless ; And make the Mason ' s labour—peace and happiness !
Enlarge our spirit!—let our means improve ! Enforce our faith!—make strong our mystic ties ! Exalt our friendshi p , and refine our love ! Ancl let our hearts be pure before Thine eyes , So that while God approves , the world may see How great and good a thing is Ancient Freemasonry .
Aid us to wipe the widow ' s bitter tears ; Help us to hear the orphan ' s lonely cries ; Be present when we soothe a Brother ' s cares ; Ancl be our strength in all calamities . For what can we as one , or many , do , Unless , 0 Lord ! with Thee , our labours we pursue ?
Oh , therefore Builder of the vaulted skies ! Almighty Architect of Earth and Heaven ! Come clown and bless our holy- enterprise , To Thee , 0 God , in Faith ancl Mercy given . A home to Friendship , Truth , and Love we raise , Where , ages yet to come , shall sound our Master ' s praise .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Laying The Corner-Stone.
ON LAYING THE CORNER-STONE .
A Masonic Ode . BY THE LATE P . G . M . BRO . J . K . MITCHELL , JI . D . Onglorious Builder of the vaulted skies !
, Almighty Architect of Earth and Heaven ! Come clown and bless the Mason ' s enterprise , To Thee , 0 God , in Faith aud Mercy given . A home to Friendship , Truth , and Love we raise Where , ages yet to come , shah sound our Master ' s praise .
0 make its deep foundations firm ancl fast ! 0 bless the rearing of the mi ghty pile ! And when to Thee its spires look up at last , Upon its finished work the workmen smile ; Nor loss the inner works of kindness bless ; And make the Mason ' s labour—peace and happiness !
Enlarge our spirit!—let our means improve ! Enforce our faith!—make strong our mystic ties ! Exalt our friendshi p , and refine our love ! Ancl let our hearts be pure before Thine eyes , So that while God approves , the world may see How great and good a thing is Ancient Freemasonry .
Aid us to wipe the widow ' s bitter tears ; Help us to hear the orphan ' s lonely cries ; Be present when we soothe a Brother ' s cares ; Ancl be our strength in all calamities . For what can we as one , or many , do , Unless , 0 Lord ! with Thee , our labours we pursue ?
Oh , therefore Builder of the vaulted skies ! Almighty Architect of Earth and Heaven ! Come clown and bless our holy- enterprise , To Thee , 0 God , in Faith ancl Mercy given . A home to Friendship , Truth , and Love we raise , Where , ages yet to come , shall sound our Master ' s praise .