Masonic

The prominent names connected with Masonary are Kings Solomon and Hiram and Saint John, the parent Lodge is King Hiram in Ingersoll, and Saint John is the off-spring. Both masters in 1884 are legal gentlemen. Craft of King Hiram and Saint John They figurative work on stone, King Hiram he is the old sire And he was famous King of Tyre. But great as King upon a throne Is the good, kind, true Saint John ; Cathedrals did craftsmen raise, Fills all our mind now with amase. No modern chisel hath the power To trace such leaf, and bud, and flower ; But though our structures now are rude Let us all make the mortar good. And this injunction never spare To have the work both plum and square, And it must have no crack or flaw So masters will lay down the law. Of all our work this is the chief, To give the needy ones relief ; And with truth and brotherly love We sublime structure raise above. The greatest honor has been won By that great builder, Solomon, And craftsmen o'er the world do sing The praises of that mighty King.