Master Mason's Poem
Last Night I
Knelt Where Hiram Knelt
Author Unknown
Last Night I
knelt where Hiram knelt
And took an obligation
Today I'm closer
to my God
And I'm a Master
Mason
Tho' heretofore
my fellow men
Seemed each one
like the other,
Today I search
each one apart;
I'm looking for
my Brother
And, as I feel
his friendly grip,
It fills my heart
with pride;
I know that while
I'm on the square,
That he is on
my side
His footsteps
on my errand go
If I should such
require;
His prayers will
plead in my behalf
If I should so
desire.
My words are
safe within his breast
As though within
my own;
His hand forever
at my back
To help me safely
Home.
Good counsel
whispers in my ear
An warns of any
danger;
By square and
compass Brother now!
Who once would
call me stranger.
I might have
lived a moral life
And risen to
distinctions
Without my Brother's
helping hand
And fellowship
of Masons
But God, who
knows how hard it is
To resist life's
temptations
Knows why I knelt
where Hiram knelt
And took that
obligation.