THE LAMB SKIN
It isn’t ornamental, the cost is not too great
There are other things more useful, yet truly I state,
of all my worldly possessions, there’s none that can compare,
With that white leather apron, which all the Masons wear.
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As a young lad, I wondered what it all meant,
When Dad hustled around a lot and so much time was spent,
On washing, shaving and dressing, and looking just right,
Until Mother would say; "It’s the Masons night tonight".
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And some winter nights she say; "What makes you want to go,
Way up there tonight thru’ the rain and sleet and snow,
You see the same things every month of the year".
Then Dad he would reply; "Yes, that’s true to say, you’re quite correct my dear".
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"Forty years I have seen the same things it’s true,
And though they are old, they always seem new,
For the hands that I clasp, and the friends that I greet,
Seem a little bit closer, each time that we meet".
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Years later I stood at that very same door,
With good men and true, who had entered before.
I knelt at the alter and there I was taught,
That virtue and honour can never be bought.
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That the spotless white Lambskin all Masons revere,
If worthily worn, grows more precious each year.
That service to others brings blessings untold
That man may be poor, though surrounded by gold.
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I learned that true Brotherhood flourishes there,
That enmities fade ’neath the Compass and Square.
That wealth and position are all thrust aside,
As there on the level, men meet and abide.
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So honour the Lambskin, may it always remain,
Forever unblemished and free from all stain.
And when we are called to the great Fathers love,
May we all take our place in that Grand Lodge up above.
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Author Unknown
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