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HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 PHILANTHROPIC LODGE 
 
 S. anlj ?[. M. 
 OF MARBLEHEAD, MASS., 
 
 DELIVERED AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH 
 ANNIVERSARY OF THE LODGE, MARCH 25, 1885, 
 
 BY 
 
 STEPHEN P. HATHAWAY, Jun., Sec'y. 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 
 
 M. W. HENRY ENDICOTT, 
 
 GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
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INTRODUCTION. 
 
 BY THE GRAND MASTER OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 It is not strange that the events and customs of 
 past generations have great charm for us, when we 
 remember how much of our own Hves has been un- 
 consciously shaped by their influence. If this be true 
 in general, how much more do we feel its truth 
 when we study such a history as this of Philanthropic 
 Lodge, which presents in compact, readable form the 
 records of other men and other times, — men and 
 times in many respects unlike our own, and yet inti- 
 mately connected with us by the bonds of an undying 
 brotherhood. To know how to estimate your own 
 time and place in the world, there is no greater help 
 than the cultivation of what has been called the 
 historic sense, — the ability to set yourself back in an- 
 other generation, and estimate past deeds in the light 
 which a knowledge of the peculiar trials, or customs, 
 or social demands of the age affords. 
 
 When a Lodge values its history, treasures the 
 memory of good men who have blessed it by their 
 presence, and honors the past, it gives a pledge to 
 the future that it will in no wise lower the record, 
 but pass it on without blemish. Fortunate is the 
 Lodge which can call to its service a man so well 
 fitted to present such a history, as the Brother who 
 prepared this sketch. 
 
 HENRY ENDICOTT. 
 
HISTORY OF PHILANTHROPIC LODGE, 
 
 A. F. AND A. M. 
 
 A CENTURY and a quarter, — years seldom if ever 
 reached in the age of man ; a brief span in a nation's 
 history ; yet how much more brief when compared 
 with the age of the Institution of which we are mem- 
 bers ! Far off in the dim dawning of history, where 
 truth and fiction so often mingle, tradition places the 
 origin of Free Masonry. 
 
 In the land of the poet's dreams and the scholar's 
 study, where the veil of darkness is but slightly raised, 
 the traveller looks with awe and wonder on those 
 mighty pyramids and obelisks which meet his eye. 
 Why and for what purpose built, a question not yet 
 fully answered ; their only history stamped in hiero- 
 glyphics on their sides, and these not yet fully inter- 
 preted. Standing there in mute silence for centuries, 
 watching the stars in their courses by night, and by day 
 catching the first rays of the rising sun, and reflecting 
 back its farewell benedictions, they have seen dynasties 
 rise and fall ; cities, whose streets were filled with busy 
 crowds, abounding in all the luxuries that wealth can 
 give, with a civilization perhaps equal to our own, 
 pass away, and the sands of the desert cover them, so 
 that even their names are forgotten and lost. Stand- 
 
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 ing there, old and gray, when the temple of our faith 
 rose in all its beauty and strength on Mount Moriah, 
 the wonder of that and succeeding ages ; yet when a 
 few years ago one of those obelisks was taken from 
 its foundations, and borne across the ocean to our 
 shores, hidden at its base were found the implements 
 and symbols that we now use in our rites of Free 
 Masonry. Surely a century and a quarter of our life, 
 as compared to them, is as the infant's * brief hour 
 to the hoary patriarch's declining years. Scattered 
 throughout Europe stand those old castles, — some as 
 strong as on the day when the master laid the last 
 stone ; some crumbling to decay, covered with moss 
 and ivy, a hiding-place for the owls by day, and filled 
 at night by the spectres of departed heroes. There, 
 too, are the old cathedrals with their spires pointing 
 heavenward, whose aisles and arches are seen by the 
 light that streams through windows dim with the dust 
 of ages. V^ e are thus reminded how man's work 
 endures, when he has passed aw ay and is forgotten ; 
 for these pyramids, castles, and cathedrals were the 
 works of our ancient Brothers in Free Masonry. In 
 Rome at one time there were five hundred temples, 
 thkty-seven arches, besides obelisks and aqueducts, 
 built by the Craft. 
 
 In the fourteenth century, what is known as the 
 Plague, or Black Death, visited Europe ; and in six 
 years twenty-five millions of persons died. It was verv 
 fatal in England, especially among the working classes, 
 so much so, that, in a few years after it had ceased its 
 ravages, the wages of the workman rose to double 
 the former price. Parliament at once passed a law 
 regulating the price of labor for all classes, with one 
 exception. The old chronicler says, "The Masons be 
 
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 banded together into a society called free, and are 
 allowed to regulate their own wages." 
 
 At some time in all countries Masonry has existed. 
 It has gone with the Tartar in his wanderings ; with 
 the Arab in the desert ; lives beneath the cold skies 
 of Kussia, under the soft airs of France and Italy, and 
 has even found a resting-place in seclusion behind the 
 walls of China. It has extended the hand of friend- 
 ship to the king or the peasant, to the rich or the 
 poor, be he a man. It is found under every form and 
 system of government and civilization. And why] 
 "What is there in it that so adapts itself to alH Simply 
 because its foundation is truth, and belief in principles 
 that can never die, born in the first man, but dimly 
 understood then. It has grown with the centuries, 
 and is not yet ready to blossom into a fair flower. 
 A type of perfect manhood, friendship, morality, 
 brotherly love, and charity are all its cardinal points. 
 The candidate kneeling at its altar in Egypt's temples 
 was taught them from the master's lips, heard them 
 beneath the royal arch of the Temple at Jerusalem, 
 and all down through the ages have they been spoken, 
 and we hear them to-day as new and fresh as ever. 
 The language in which they were and are spoken may 
 be different, the meaning is the same, — God's eternal 
 truths; their meaning never changes. Thus it is that 
 Masonry will never die. Popes have issued their 
 bulls, and kings their edicts, in the Old World; and 
 politicians and demagogues have combined in the New 
 to crush it out, — yet all in vain : it is stronger and 
 mightier now than ever, and defies its enemies. 
 
 Masonry was introduced into this town March 25, 
 1760. Dr. Lowell and some others went to Boston, 
 and were made Masons by Brother Jeremy Gridley, 
 
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 then Grand Master, and authorized to form a Lodge. 
 As no record of their meeting can be found, nothing 
 further is known in regard to them. There are but 
 two Lodges older than this within this jui-isdiction, 
 both located in Boston: St. John's, chartered by- 
 Henry Price in 1733; St. Andrew's, by the Grand 
 Lodge of Scotland in 1756. For nearly fifty years 
 these two Lodges acted as Grand Lodges, granting 
 charters or dispensations, till, in 1792, they united 
 and formed what is now the Grand Lodge of !Massa- 
 chusetts, at the same time retaining their charters as 
 subordinate Lodges. Between 1760 and 1778, Samuel 
 Glover made an application for the charter ; but after 
 receiving it, the Brethi-en not meeting once in twelve 
 months, it was forfeited. In 1778 the charter was 
 again granted by Provincial Grand Master John Eowe 
 to Brother Bichard Harris and others. They assem- 
 bled on the fifteenth day of January, at the house of 
 the widow King, and formed a regular Lodge. 
 
 It was in the midst of those times when the clouds 
 hung blackest over our land, when the wise and the 
 true took council together, when the fair fields of 
 Lexington and Bunker Hill had been crimsoned by 
 the blood of their Brethren, — that this Lodge for the 
 third time received its charter. Then many of its 
 Brethi-en no doubt had joined that regiment of one 
 thousand, from this place, who had guided "Washing- 
 ton and his army in their retreat from Long Island, 
 and over the cold waters of the Delaware. For a 
 time the Lodge appears to have gained in numbers, 
 and to have prospered. Persons were initiated from 
 Maine, Connecticut and diflferent parts of our own 
 Colony, and we presume the Lodge to have been very 
 proficient in the work. 
 
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 Let us imagine the first night the Brethren met under 
 the returned charter. One has been stationed in the 
 entry as Tiler; another remains in the small room to 
 arrange the pipes, tobacco and punches. By the aid 
 of tallow candles, the Brothers have laid their loose 
 plaid cloaks on the chairs, and piled their cocked or 
 heaver hats in the corner. A small sheet-iron stove 
 heated by pine knots makes it very comfortable. But 
 let us enter. This is Masons' Hall, — the floor sanded, 
 the windows darkened by thick curtains ; but the light 
 is an improvement on the outer room, for here are wax 
 candles in large and elaborately wrought brass candle- 
 sticks, with snuffers ready for use. Then look at the 
 immense fireplace, with its huge logs crackling and 
 spitting, while they send out a genial heat. The 
 fender and brass andirons, shovel and tongs, are indeed 
 a curious sight. But notice around the fireplace the 
 different pictures on marble, of scenes from Scripture. 
 Above it is a mirror brought from Bilboa, a return 
 for some fishing adventure. A few Dutch prints hang 
 upon the walls, whose frames seem to be mellowed by 
 age. The settees are straight-backed and unpainted. 
 The leather-seated chairs are curiously carved. There 
 too, as in all times, are the altar with the Holy Bible, 
 square and compasses, and the three burning tapers. 
 In the East sits Master Richard Harris, dressed in 
 short-clothes, with large silver buckles at the knees, 
 and also on his shoes. His ample vest is covered by 
 a velvet coat, of the fashion of those days; on his 
 head is a cocked hat, from under which his cue comes 
 down ; and we should judge, from the appearance of 
 his coat-collar, that his hair was powdered. Slowly 
 he rises from his seat, and taking in his hand that 
 charter which is now the choice treasure of the Lodge, 
 
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 says, " Brethren, I have gathered you together this 
 evening to form a Lodge. But, first, as no man 
 should engage in any great or important undertak- 
 ing without first invoking the blessing of Deity, 
 let us unite in prayer." The prayer finished, he 
 proceeds: "By virtue of the authority vested in me, 
 I appoint Brother Fettyplace, Senior, Brother Roads, 
 Junior Warden." No further business, the Lodge 
 closed; and drawing round the fireplace, with their 
 pipes and punches, they talk in serious tones of the 
 events that are happening around them. After the 
 talk is ended, together they go forth into the clear 
 frosty air of that January night, each to his own 
 home. The names of many members of those early 
 days have been made familiar to us by tradition, — 
 Harris, Fettyplace, Lee, Orne, Gerry, Hooper. There 
 were others well known then, but now forgotten. 
 
 Our ancient Brethren always enjoyed a good 
 time. They regularly celebrated the festivals of St. 
 John in June and December ; and the charter of this 
 Lodge reads, " and the Brethren shall dine together 
 on the ■2J:th of June, or as nigh that day as possible." 
 
 As we glance over the record, we find death comes 
 among them. Some Brother has passed away, and 
 they vote to attend the funeral. They march to the 
 house adjacent to the deceased Brother's, and after sing- 
 ing a penitential hymn, go with the body to the grave, 
 return to the Lodge-room, sing another hymn, take 
 a collection for the widow, and close. We can almost 
 hear the solemn strains of martial music, or the wail 
 of the penitential hymn, sounding down through the 
 years, and the Master's voice saying, " Dust to dust, 
 ashes to ashes ; " the acacia and the silent tear are 
 dropped, and the Brethren pass on. 
 
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 The office of Master was filled by Brother Harris, 
 from 1778 to 1781 ; Samuel E. Trentt, 1781 to 1782 ; 
 Elisha Story, 1782 to 1786 ; then for ten years no 
 record appears. They meet on the evening of AprU 
 20, 1786, choose officers, make rules and close. They 
 meet again in 1797 to attend the funeral of a Brother. 
 The work appears to have fallen off from 1783, so 
 much so that they sometimes meet, but not in numbers 
 sufficient to open a Lodge. Feb. 14, 1797, Elisha 
 Story is again chosen Master, and holds office by 
 re-election, or because of no election, till 1803. 
 
 June 12, 1797, the Lodge came under the jui-is- 
 diction of the United Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
 setts, and received the name Philanthropic, which 
 it now bears. In February, 1780, the Lodge voted 
 that the hall they then occupied was not convenient. 
 Brother Peter Jarys therefore let them his assembly 
 rooms as a Lodge-room, receiving as rent sixteen 
 cords of wood per year. They occupied these rooms 
 from February to October, and then moved to the 
 house of Brother Burdock. After a little time there 
 was some trouble, in regard to rent, with Brother 
 Burdeck, and a committee of five was appointed to 
 confer with him. It was voted, that, if either of the 
 Brothers did not attend to that duty, they should be 
 fined three dollars as a fund for the Lodge ; and, 
 further, if that committee did not report on the next 
 Lodge night, each one of the committee should pay 
 six shillings. They were prompt in their report at 
 that time. In these early records we read that one 
 night the stewards were ordered to furnish rum, 
 pipes and tobacco for the next meeting, which was 
 done, and the bill promptly paid. After their funds 
 had increased somewhat, they bought theu- liquor by 
 
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 the barrel, theii- sugar by the loaf, and on Lodge 
 night the Tiler furnished the water ; and it is said 
 that it was not very hard work he had to perform in 
 that line. In those days they made Masonry a secret, 
 and threw as much mystery as possible around it. 
 None but the members were supposed to know of 
 the meetings ; and the uninitiated could only surmise 
 that one was to be held, by seeing the Tiler, about 
 four o'clock in the afternoon, bearing a pail of water 
 to the Lodge-room, and, the next morning about sun- 
 rise, seeing some of the Brethren returning to their 
 homes. 
 
 St. John's Day, 1783, was celebrated in what I 
 suppose they would term ample form. The secretary 
 has entered upon the records even the price to be 
 paid per head, three shillings for the dinner, six 
 pence for a bottle of wine, more than the first cost, 
 two pence for a bowl of punch, one penny for a bowl 
 of grog. Notvery temperate, you will say. Brethren, 
 do not bring that age to our bar for judgment. If 
 the wine is banished from our boards, does the charity 
 and brotherly love that existed then remain as strong as 
 in those times ] If due restraint was not placed upon 
 their appetites, it was upon their passion ; for words 
 spoken in temper in a Lodge-room were sufiicient 
 cause for expulsion. The Lodge met in those days 
 once in two weeks, or oftener if work requii-ed it. 
 They adopted rules, which were suspended by a major- 
 ity vote of the members present. For an example r 
 On one night a person applied for initiation ; he was 
 balloted for and negatived. Twice the same thing 
 occurred. The application was laid on the table till the 
 next meeting, again balloted on, again a black ball. 
 The Lodge then appointed a committee to see what 
 
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 should be done. They report : " Suspend the ninth rule, 
 and admit him." He was accordingly admitted, and 
 later on the same evening the ninth rule was resumed. 
 Let me state from the records another little incident : 
 Two Brothers have a disagreement. After some talk 
 it is agreed by both that the matter be referred to 
 two other Brothers ; but one of the disputants makes 
 this reservation, " I will leave it to be decided by the 
 Brothers agreed on ; but may damnation seize my soul 
 if I abide by the award, unless it be in my favor." 
 
 On the first day of January, 1800, the Lodge met, 
 and resolved "that the Brethren wear hlack crape with 
 blue ribbon on the left arm for thirty days, as a badge 
 of mourning for the decease of our illustrious Brother 
 George Washington, and the next day listened to an 
 eulogy pronounced by Joseph Story, who afterwards 
 became one of the most distinguished jurists of the 
 age. The records close in 1803, with Elisha Story 
 as Master, and open January, 1809, with Ealph 
 French. Then for the first time we find an account 
 of installation of officers. Brother French held the 
 office for one year, was re-elected, but declined, and 
 Brother Eben G. Evans was elected. Brother John 
 Candler was then elected, and served till the sur- 
 render of the charter in 1812. 
 
 At one of the festivals a committee is appointed 
 to invite " the gentlemen musicians from Salem to be 
 present with their instruments, and lead the proces- 
 sion," which they did. They met at the ringing of 
 the first bell ; and at the ringing of the second they 
 marched to Parson Story's meeting-house, where 
 they sang the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth and 
 One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Psalms, and listened 
 to an oration. They afterwards marched in the same 
 
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 order and decorum to the Lodge-room, and partook of 
 refreshment ; and at seven o'clock each went to his 
 own home, — so says the Secretary. 
 
 On one occasion a collection was taken to pay the 
 orator, and twelve hundred dollars was gathered. It 
 appears a large amount till you understand that one 
 hard silver dollar was worth one hundred of paper. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1780, they had a cold collation. After 
 dinner the stewards made up the accounts, which 
 amounted to eighty-five dollars for each member 
 present, which was immediately paid. Jan. 5, 1783, 
 it was so cold that the Lodge could not work, and 
 was compelled to close. June, 1784, the Lodge 
 voted to remove to the widow Payne's house, for 
 which they paid four pounds per year rent. This 
 house was afterwards purchased and occupied by 
 David Blaney, and it is in possession of the family 
 at the present time. 
 
 June 23, 1812, the Lodge voted to return the 
 charter. War was now raging, and its fiercest con- 
 flicts were upon the ocean. All the able-bodied 
 members were serving their country on the decks of 
 battle-ships or privateers ; and at the close of the war, 
 had the roll of the old Lodge been called, the greater 
 number of responses would have come from Dartmoor 
 or the prison hulks of England. From 1812 to 1821, 
 Masonry remained silent in town. From April, 1821, 
 the same old charter for the fourth time was re- 
 turned, and Brother John Bartlett was elected Master. 
 He was a very zealous Mason, and at one time served 
 as Deputy of this District. June 24, 1822, the new 
 hall was dedicated. Brother Thaddeus M. Harris, of 
 Dorchester, delivered an oration, and a dinner was 
 prepared at the fort. All of us remember that day 
 
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 by tradition. The first recollection of Masonry for 
 me was the saying, " that it always rained when the 
 Masons walked." I believe it is generally conceded 
 by all the oldest inhabitants, that it never rained 
 harder before, and never will again. The fact is a 
 matter of record, and the fact also that it was much 
 needed, as vegetation was suffering, and it was re- 
 garded as a great blessing from the Grand Master of 
 the universe. 
 
 Brother John Bartlett remained as Master till 1825 ; 
 then Brother R. W. French one year ; then Brother 
 Creasey for two years ; then Brother Trefy one year ; 
 then Brother Traill. Under these Masters the Lodge 
 increased in numbers, and prospered, till the dark 
 days of Masonry came on. In that wild tempest of 
 fanaticism, like many of the Lodges in the vicinity, 
 it surrendered its charter. 
 
 During the whole history of the Lodge, no lady 
 up to that time had been invited to participate in its 
 festivals ; and all of us who knew Brother Creasey 
 can imagine the holy horror that would come over 
 his sweet, angelic face if he' could look in here and 
 see the loveliness and beauty which have so honored 
 us by their presence to-night. 
 
 In March, 1841, for the fifth time, the charter was 
 again called back ; and Brother John Bartlett was 
 again elected Master. He held ofiice till December 
 of the same year, when Brother Trefy was elected ; 
 who held ofiice till 1846, when Brother David Blaney 
 was publicly installed as Master. He held the office 
 till 1858, twelve consecutive years, the longest term 
 ever held by a Master ; and when his successor was 
 elected Brother Blaney was the only Past Master 
 living. He was one of the best and truest of Masons, 
 
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 and the work of the Lodge at that time was so good 
 that they often went by invitation to neighboring 
 places to exemplify it. He died in 1879. In 1858 
 Brother H. H. F. Whittemore was elected, and held 
 the office tUl 1862. 
 
 In 1860 the Lodge celebrated its one hundredth 
 anniversary, and we note two remarkable co-inci- 
 dences. The birthday of the Lodge was darkened 
 by the gathering clouds of the Revolution, its one 
 hundredth anniversary by the stiU blacker and nearer 
 clouds of the rebellion. A doctor was Master on its 
 first birthday, a doctor was Master on the one hun- 
 dredth anniversary. At that time there were sixty-two 
 members, and every one not absent from town was 
 present. Yet more than one-half who gathered at 
 that festival have passed to the Grand Lodge above, 
 among them the Worshipful Master, Treasurer, Sec- 
 retary, Chaplain and Marshal. 
 
 In December, 1862, Brother M. J. Doak was elected 
 Master, and held the office till 1867, when Brother 
 Jonathan Cole was elected; Brother Benjamin Pitman 
 in 1868, who served till 1872, when Brother W. H. 
 Wormsted was elected, who served till 1875, when 
 Brother Doak was again elected and remained till 
 the surrender of the charter in 1876. 
 
 May 4, 1880, the old charter, vrith its signatures of 
 names famed in Masonry, among them Paul Revere, 
 whose deeds wrought into verse have made that name 
 immortal, was returned for the sixth time to the 
 Lodge. The square and compasses taken from the 
 powder-ship captured by Mugford were again placed 
 upon the altar. The sword ffi-st drawn in defence 
 of the Union was placed in the Tiler's hands, and the 
 Grand Lodge was present and installed the officers, 
 
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 Brother Michael J. Doak as Master for the third 
 time. At the regular meetiag in September, 1881, 
 the Lodge was opened, and, by order of the W. M., 
 immediately closed in token of respect to the memory 
 of our deceased Brother, James A. Garfield. Brother 
 B. Pitman was elected Master in 1881. Brother W. 
 W. Dodge was elected in 1882. Nov. 21, 1882, the 
 capitation tax was paid. Brother Horace Goodwin, 
 the present Master, was elected in 1883. Since the 
 resumption of the charter, the Lodge has prospered, 
 its numbers have increased, and its work still con- 
 tinues. 
 
 Many of the Brethren who were present at oui- 
 centennial festivals have been raised to the celestial 
 Lodge, those whom we honored, respected, and loved. 
 Some few of us are left ; but twenty-five years have 
 dimmed our eyes, and furrowed our cheeks, and, when 
 another twenty-five years shall have passed, most of 
 us will have been raised to — 
 
 A lodge not seen by mortal eyes, 
 
 Beyond death's rolling river, 
 Whose columns white in beauty rise, 
 
 In strength to stand forever ; 
 Its dome of heaven's own azure blue, 
 
 Resplendent with the noon-day's light, 
 Shaded and softened by celestial hues, 
 
 Which never fade to night. 
 Sweet music trembles on the air, 
 
 And softly floats around ; 
 While gentle breezes sweetly bear, 
 
 To listening ears, the sound. 
 More ancient than the Temple's dome 
 
 That graced Moriah's hill ; 
 Here gather all earth's weary ones, 
 
 All pain subdued, all passions stiU. 
 
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 From north and south, from east and west, 
 
 The countless mjTiads gather in. 
 Where the weary are at rest 
 
 And the wicked cease from troubling. 
 They have gathered in from the Arctic snows. 
 
 Where the icebergs glitter and gleam ; 
 They have gathered in from the orange groves, 
 
 By the bright and sunny stream ; 
 They have gathered in from the palace halls ; 
 
 They have gathered in from lowly homes ; 
 The crown has dropped from royal brows, 
 
 On a level now 'neath that Temple's dome ; 
 They have come from their ocean beds, 
 
 White with its pearly foam, 
 From earthly Lodges passed away. 
 
 To this bright celestial one. 
 They have left the Red Cross bleaching 
 
 'Neath the scorching desert rays ; 
 They have gathered into the temple old 
 
 The knights of the ancient days ; 
 They have come from battle-fields, 
 
 With a glor}' round their name, 
 While a nation proudly treasures 
 
 The history of their fame ; 
 Some have come with locks of gray. 
 
 Some in manhood's prime ; 
 Some in the morning's brightest ray, 
 
 Some in the evening's sweet decline ; 
 They have gathered in from every land 
 
 Which human feet have trod ; 
 They stand beneath that temple's dome. 
 
 Whose architect is God. 
 And to that Lodge we'll gather in. 
 
 When time with us is o'er. 
 One by one we'll pass the river. 
 
 And gather on that shore. 
 We'll meet in that Grand Lodge above. 
 
 And meet to part__no more ; 
 
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 And Brothers then shall greet 
 
 The Brothers passed before. 
 When first the morning stars together sang, 
 
 That Lodge in beauty rose ; 
 Those stars shall dim and fade away, 
 
 That Lodge shall never close. 
 
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