Classic Poem

A CITY set upon a hill
Cannot be hid;
Exposed to every eye, it will,
Over surrounding plain and vale,
An influence shed,
And spread the light of peace afar,
Or blight the land with horrid war.

Each Mason's Lodge is planted so
For high display;
Each is a Beacon L IGHT , to show
Life's weary wanderers, as they go,
The better way;
To show, by ties of earthly love,
How perfect is the Lodge above!

Be this your willing task, dear friends,
While laboring here;
Borrow from Him who kindly lends
The H EAVENLY L ADDER that ascends
The higher sphere;
And let the world your progress see,
Upward, by F AITH , H OPE , C HARITY .