THE FIVE POINTS SYMBOLISM
(From The Builder, Anamosa, Iowa, October, 1916)
Foot to foot that we may go,
Where our help we can bestow;
Pointing out the better way,
Lest our brothers go astray.
Thus our steps should always lead
To the souls that are in need.
Knee to knee, that we may share
Every brother’s needs in prayer:
Giving all his wants a place,
When we seek the throne of grace.
In our thoughts from day to day
For each other we should pray.
Breast to breast, to there conceal,
What our lips must not reveal;
When a brother does confide
We must by his will abide.
Masons to us known,
We must Cherish as our own.
Hand to back, our love to show
To the brother, bending low:
Underneath a load of care,
Which we may and ought to share..
That the weak may always stand,
Let us lend a helping hand.
Cheek to check, or mouth to ear
That our lips may whisper cheer
To our brother in distress:
Whom our words can aid and bless
Warn him if he fails to see,
Dangers that are known to thee.
Foot to foot, and knee to knee,
Breast to breast, as brothers we:
Hand to back and mouth to ear,
Then that mystic word we hear,
Which we otherwise conceal,
But on these five points reveal.
i have been searching for poem that begins ” there was a young man that had just
begun, he was a willing worker and a widows son……….” i do not know the
rest, if you can help me, i thank you. fraternally,W. BRO. Ernest Potts from
Lancaster Masonic Lodge # 57 in Ohio.
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD JUST BEGUN,
HE WAS A WILLING WORKER AND A WIDOW’S SON,
HE WAS RAISED ON THE LEVEL AND DIED ON THE SQUARE,
WAS BURIED IN THE HILLS AND ONLY THREE KNEW WHERE (Widows Sons Masonic MC Club)