Write him as one who loves his fellow men,
Who speaks no evil of an erring soul;
But ever strives by action, voice, and pen,
To point the wanderer to the safest goal.
Who understands Masonic beauties rare,
Who metes out praise if praise is rightly due,
And who rebukes if straying ones should dare
To walk the path that leads them from the true.
Write him as one who sows no discord seeds,
Within whose breast there dwellth perfect peace;
Whose heart rebels against ignoble deeds;
Whose praise for god doth day by day increase,
And who in lodge no earthly mason know
Will stand to order at the gavel's blow!
~ Bro. Chas. F. Forshaw, LL. D.
