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All poems in this book were written by Thomas Power, so no author index was necessary.

MASONIC MELODIES:

ADAPTED TO THE

CEREMONIES AND FESTIVALS

OF THE

FRATERNITY

BY THOMAS POWER,

PAST GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTES

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY OLIVER DITSON,

135 Washington Street;
AND AT THE OFFICE OF THE FREEMASON'S MAGAZINE,
21 School Street

1844

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1844,
by Thomas Power,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusettes.

Stereotyped at the
Boston Type And Stereotype Foundry.

Tuttle And Dennett, Printers.

PREFACE

In presenting this little volume to the Masonic Fraternity, it is natural that some anxiety should be felt. It will readily be seen that a course has been pursued differing, in some of its characteristics, from that of its predecessors. The principal differences are of a negative character, the book having neither table convivialities, nor the usually introduced claims of divine affinities and mysteries. This is all that is necessary to be said of its qualities.

No apology is asked for its deficiencies, no forbearance is asked for its errors. It is written for the Brethren of the Masonic Institution; and from them every indulgence will be extended. From its enemies no favors are asked or expected.

In preparing the book, — humble in its dimensions, but ambitious in its purposes, — embarrassments have risen in the selection of topics, and in the conjunction of appropriate music, which they only can appreciate who have made the trial. Differences of sound judgement, and differences of good taste, must necessarily exist. But it is proper to say, if the experiment is a failure, it is not for the want of the greatest solicitude, nor the most untiring labor. But in the latitude which is here allowed to subjects, the writer has not permitted himself to record a line repugnant to sensibility, or offensive to morals.

It will be seen that a leading feature of the book is seriousness. But this is in compliance with the first great principle of our Order; for, in every degree, this leading point is constantly impressed on the hearts and consciences of the members — Dependence on God. This dependence is recognized in the first stanza, and in the last it is most solemnly remembered. It is preferable to the writer that the work should wholly fail with a recognition of these qualities and principles, than that is should succeed with their antagonist qualities and principles. It may be too serious; and yet, if the best forms of our Institution are kept in view, it is impossible not to feel that the most grave subjects, sober illustrations, and religious influences, are combined with its beautiful feature — Charity. This feature of the Institution cannot be relinquised without doing injustice to its high purposes.

It was a point of sincere desire to prepare a book of Masonic Lyrics which might be placed with the music and songs of the domestic circle; that might be sung there, without offending good taste or intelligence. It was designed to make it essentially a combination of Songs of the Affections and Songs of Devotion.

The most heart-felt thanks are due to those branches of the Institution, and to those individual Brethren, who came forward with fraternal kindness, and with liberal encouragement, to sustain the author in preparing the book. To the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars, and to its members, particularly, this expression of grateful recollection is made in all sincerity.

The following Numbers, 23, 52, 81, 82, and 83, are all that have been previously printed. They were written, on request, for particular occasions.

In adhering to the requirements of writing for music, Aiken's definition of song, as given in his "Essay on Song-writing," has been observed — "A short poem, divided into portions of returning measure, adapted to vocal music, and turning upon some single thought or feeling."

With these preliminary remarks the writer commits the book to his Brethren.

Boston, April, 1844.

SUGGESTIONS TO SINGERS.

1. A Brother should be appointed, in each Masonic body, as Master of the Choir. His business will be, to select from the Brethren those who are competent to take the lead in singing, and also to have the general direction of music.

2. Should there be an organ or piano-forte in the hall, an organist also should be appointed.

3. Should there be no organ or piano-forte, the Master of the Choir should procure a tuning-fork, or, what is better, a pitch-pipe, in order that the right key may be taken.

4. Where no musical direction is given in the several Melodies, it is intended that the music shall be performed by the choir alone. Where the words are marked "Chorus," it is intended that all the Brethren shall join. These musical directions, however, may be varied, according to the taste of the Master of the Choir. [Note: the musical directions have not been included in this Internet file!]

PART I. — LODGE MELODIES

1. Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Opening
2. Entered Apprentice Candidate
3. Same Subject
4. Same Subject
5. Initiation of a Clergyman
6. Initiation of an Officer of the Army
7. Initiation of an Officer of the Navy
8. Initiation of a Foreigner
9. Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Closing
10. Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Opening
11. Fellow Craft Candidate
12. Same Subject
13. Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Closing
14. Master Masons' Lodge — Opening
15. Master Mason Candidate
16. Same Subject
17. Master Masons' Lodge — Closing
18. Constituting a Lodge — Introductory
19. Constituting a Lodge — Concluding
20. Master Masons Lodge — Installation Ceremonies
21. Dedication of Masonic Hall — Introductory
22. Dedication of Masonic Hall — Consecrating Ceremonies
23. Dedication of Masonic Hall — Concluding
24. Grand Visitation — Introductory
25. Grand Visitation — Salutatory to the Grand Master
26. Grand Visitation — Concluding
27. Grand Lodge — Opening
28. Grand Lodge — Closing

PART II — CHAPTER MELODIES

29. Mark Masters' Lodge — Opening
30. Mark Master Candidate
31. Same Subject
32. Mark Masters' Lodge — Closing
33. Past Masters' Lodge — Opening
34. Past Master Candidate
35. Same Subject
36. Past Masters' Lodge — Closing
37. Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Opening
38. Most Excellent Master Candidate
39. Same Subject
40. Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Closing
41. Royal Arch Chapter — Opening
42. Royal Arch Candidate
43. Same Subject
44. Royal Arch Chapter — Closing
45. Constituting a Chapter — Introductory
46. Constituting a Chapter — Concluding
47. Grand Chapter — Opening
48. Grand Chapter — Closing

PART III — ENCAMPMENT MELODIES

49. Red Cross Council — Opening
50. Red Cross Candidate
51. Same Subject
52. Same Subject
53. Invitation of the Red Cross Knight
54. Red Cross Council — Closing
55. Knight Templars' Encampment — Opening
56. Knight Templar Candidate
57. Same Subject
58. Life's Pilgramage
59. The Mousoleum
60. The Penitent's Prayer
61. The Newly-Elected Knight Templar
62. The Templars' Protection to Pilgrims
63. Knight Templars' Encampment — Closing
64. Council of Knights of Malta — Opening
65. Knight of Malta Candidate
66. Same Subject
67. Council of Knights of Malta — Closing
68. Constituting an Encampment — Introductory
69. Constituting an Encampment — Concluding
70. Grand Encampment — Opening
71. Grand Encampment — Closing

PART IV — MISCELLANEOUS

72. Opening — On any Degree
73. Same Subject
74. Same Subject
75. Closing — On any Degree
76. Same Subject
77. Same Subject
78. Election of Officers — Introductory
79. Election of Officers — Concluding
80. Installation of Officers — Introductory
81. Installation Ceremonies — On any Degree
82. Installation of Officers — Concluding
83. St. John's Day, or any other Festival
84. Same Subject
85. Same Subject
86. Faith in God
87. Hope in Immortality
88. Charity to all Mankind
89. Brotherly Love
90. Relief
91. Truth
92. Presentation of a Token of Regard
93. The Freemason's Wife
94. Friendship
95. Welcome to a visiting Brother
96. The Meeting of Brothers
97. Departure of a Brother for a Foreign Country
98. Return of a Brother from a Foreign Country
99. The Remembered Song of Brothers
100. The Brother's Call
101. Same Subject
102. The Beauty of the Temple
103. Compassion for the Afflicted
104. Invitation to meet
105. Unity
106. General Salutatory
107. Funeral Service — Introductory
108. Funeral Service — Concluding
109. The Death of a Brother
110. The Request
111. Laying Corner Stone — Introductory
112. Laying Corner Stone — Concluding
113. Placing Cap-Stone — Introductory
114. Placing Cap-Stone — Concluding

MASONIC MELODIES.

PART FIRST.
LODGE MELODIES.

No. 1.
Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Opening

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

Come, brothers of the mystic tie, —: Our social work begun, —
We'll raise an opening song on high: To Him, the Holy One!

Chorus
With hearts united, firm and free,: We round our altar stand;
Who best can work, and best agree,: Are dearest in our band.
Come, kindle, at our holy fire,: Fraternal thoughts and kind;
Each worthy act and pure desire: Shall kindred wishes bind.

No. 2.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

Music — Araby's Daughter.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

All hail to the friends that assembled in kindness,: To cheer earth's dark borders with radiant light!
The eye that, unchanged, hid its lustre in blindness,: Reflects the pure joys that it gathered with sight:
No longer his footsteps, surrounded by danger,: Uncertain and faltering, hold their dark way;
No longer to Truth's steady purpose a stranger,: He walks in the sunshine of glorious day.
All hail to the Art that gives true social pleasure,: That brings back the wanderer safe to his home!
Its maxims impressed may each Brother long treasure,: As guides still to lead, though in darkness he roam.
Like Hope's steady beacon on life's stormy ocean,: Its rays will illume when dark billows shall roll;
And fears, that shall come, with their threatening commotion,: Will give not a pang to the calm, trusting soul.
All hail to the thoughts in sweet charity binding: Each heart to true hearts in the swift flight of time!
How dear to the bosom the precepts reminding: Of glories immortal, of pleasures sublime!
With purpose fraternal, each sad heart consoling,: Beneficence marks the true Mason's career;
When sorrow's dark waves o'er a Brother are rolling,: He gives, with his aid, a compassionate tear.
All hail to that Being whose wisdom has made us: Inspired by the faith of His Spirit divine!
We'll ask, in devotion, that Spirit to aid us,: Our hearts to improve, and our thoughts to refîne.
With man for our friend, and with kind Heaven to guide us,: How safely the dark road of life may we go!
Such goodness to lead, and such true hands beside us,: A joy nigh immortal we gather helow.

No. 3.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

Music — Winchester

From East to West, o'er land and sea,
Where Brothers meet and friends agree,
Let incense rise from hearts sincere,
The dearest offering gathered here.

Let notes of praise united tell
Of thoughts most kind where Brothers dwell;
Though clouds may dim our darkened way,
Some kindly hand shall be our stay.

Our trust reposed on Him alone
Who ne'er will contrite hearts disown,
Our Faith shall mark that Holy Light,
Whose beams our dearest joys unite.

No. 4.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

Music — Sterling.

While journeying on our darksome way,: By love fraternal gently led,
Supreme Conductor! Thee we pray,: To smooth the dangerous path we tread.
No fear shall cross the trusting heart,: Our faith reposed on Him above
No dearer joy can life impart: Than gently breathes in words of love.
When earthly ties shall fade and die,: When earthly joys shall come no more,
Supreme Conductor! then supply: Thy holy aid, when time is o'er.

No. 5.
Initiation of a Clergyman

Music — Tallis' Chant.

When, met in Friendship's kindly name,: We round our altar stand,
Then each shall own Religion's claim,: And bow at her command.
Whene'er her messengers of peace: Shall light our holy fire,
Let each unworthy passion cease,: Controlled each wrong desire.
Here let our heart-felt prayers unite: For him who comes in love,
Each Brother blest in that pure Light: Reflected from above.
While traveling on life's weary road,: No hand to guide us there,
Then be the messenger of God: A friend to soothe each care.
In cheerful hour, or saddening day,: When memory brings its tear,
Though friends we love are far away,: We'll think of kindness here.
Thus fondly known the joys of time: That brothers kindly prove,
Our hopes shall point to that fair clime: Where dwells Immortal Love.

No. 6.
Initiation of an Officer of the Army

Music — All the blue Bonnets are over the Border.
Repeat first four lines of the first verse as chorus.

Hark! hark! voices are swelling now,
Charity's hand her sweet garlands entwining;: Hark! hark! friendship is telling now
Themes of affection that hearts are enshrining.: Met now in peaceful hour,; Far from war's deadly power,; Brave hearts surrender to mankind's true glory;; Whene'er oppressions fall,; Whene'er affections call,; Mercy still whispers its aid at the story.; Come! come! join each with hearts sincere;
Perils and dangers may gather before us;: Come! come! true ones shall linger here,
Trusting their cause to the Master that's o'er us.: Whene'er his country calls,; Though in her cause he falls,; True to his honor, all danger defying,; Where'er a sufferer dwells,; When grief its anguish tells,; Pity's kind voice to his sorrow replying.

No. 7.
Initiation of an Officer of the Navy

Music — Here's a Health, bonny Scotland, to thee.
Repeat first four lines of the first verse as chorus.

What heart e'er denies to true honor the claim
That springs from the brave one's career;
On glory's bright page, or the record of fame,
The deeds of the dauntless held dear!
Though ocean's dark perils, though dangers, surround,
His trust is recorded above;
Though wandering far on life's journey he's found,
He still is conducted by love.

When gathered the brave ones, the true and the free,
The tempest's rude voice heard no more,
Though memory shall trace the dark forms of the sea,
Affection still lingers on shore.
At the home of the Brother so firm and so kind
No breath of the storm shall he meet;
Let blue waves roll on with the fierce ocean-wind,
Be the calm for our social retreat!

Long, long may we find, in our haven of rest,
A solace for life's stormy days,
And still, when the hand of the faithful is pressed,
Remember the pledge it conveys.
When skies shall grow dark, and when tempests shall roll,
And dimly sweet Hope sheds its ray,
O! then may fair Truth light, in mercy, the soul
Safe on through its dark, stormy way!

No. 8.
Initiation of a Foreigner

Music — Flow gently, sweet Afton.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

When passed the gay dreams of our youth far away,
'Mid scenes full of hope and new charms though we stray,
Then fancy shall give to affection, once more,
The friends and the joys of a far distant shore.
Though memory shall bring, in its sadness, a tear,
One smile may be gathered with friends we find here;
For kindness of feeling by climes ne'er was bound,
But treasures its blessings where true hearts are found.

Though seas long have parted, our homes though afar,
Together we've gazed upon Love's gentle star;
The feeling of kindness it bound by its ray
Will linger when seas and when climes pass away.
For Friendship survives every country and clime,
Through pain and through sorrow, through changes of time;
And still shall it light the true heart to the shrine
Where Brothers still treasure the feeling divine.

No. 9.
Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Closing

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Now our social labors closing,: Homage of our hearts we pay;
Each in confidence reposing: Kindest thoughts that ne'er decay.
Let us each, in time's commotion,: Heavenly light and truth implore;
Thus we'll pass life's stormy ocean,: Landing on a happier shore.

No.10.
Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Opening

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

Come, Brothers of the Craft, unite,: In generous purpose bound;
Let holy love and radiant light: In all our works be found.

Chorus
Where columns rise in beauteous form,: Untouched by time's decay,
We'll fear no dark or threatening storm: To cloud our passing day.
And as we pass life's journey o'er,: Though trouble's waves may rise,
Our faith shall rest on that bright shore: Beyond the changing skies.

No.11.
Fellow Craft Candidate

Music — What Fairy-like music.

Come, Craftsmen, assembled our pleasure to share,
Who walk by the Plumb, and who work by the Square;
While traveling in love, on the Level of time,
Sweet hope shall light on to a far better clime.
We'll seek, in our labors, the Spirit Divine,
Our temple to bless, and our hearts to refine;
And thus to our altar a tribute we'll bring,
While, joined in true friendship, our anthem we sing.
See Order aud Beauty rise gently to view,
Each Brother a column, so just and true!
When Order shall cease, and when Temples decay,
May each fairer columns immortal survey.

No.12.
Fellow Craft Candidate

Music — Luton

Give thanks to Him who formed, in love,
All beauteous things, around, above!
The fragrant flowers that bloom so fair,
The clustered stars, His love declare.

With kindest care, He gave to man
His power to form, and skill to plan;
To calm his thoughts, to sooth his woes,
Then beauteous forms from chaos rose.

What eye unmoved can mark the grace
In our fair Temple love may trace?
What hand unkind will ne'er entwine
A garland true for that loved shrine?

Bring willing hands, bring hearts sincere,
While arch and column high we rear;
Each Brother true be ever seen,
With love most pure, and thought serene.

When time shall end, and Temples cease,
And gained, at last, eternal peace,
A moral temple each shall be,
Supported then by Heaven's decree.

No.13.
Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Closing

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Soon we part; the word once spoken,: Friend from friend in kindness goes;
Thus, till time's last ties are broken,: Be the claim each Brother knows.
On the Level met, forever: May we stand upright and true;
Friends on earth shall meet, and sever,: With a better world in view.

No.14.
Master Masons' Lodge — Opening

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

With Masters of the Art sublime,: In solemn conclave met,
Are found the dearest joys of time,: Our hearts can ne'er forget.

Chorus
Though dangers threat, and perils rise,: Our Hope is placed above;
Still traveling with the good and wise: We trust a Father's love.
Should foes beset our rugged way,: No danger will we fear;
A Brother's hand shall be our stay,: Our weary path to cheer.

No.15.
Master Mason Candidate

Music — The Muleteer's Evening Song.

When dangers cross our weary way,
And foes shall gather round us,
We'll cherish then, though friends betray,
The gentle ties that bound us.

Like beauteous flowers that soon decay,
Our hopes are found declining;
But Faith points out that brighter day
Whose sun is ever shining.

We bow to Him whose love is near,
Our dearest aid supplying;
When all shall fade we've cherished here,
Our joys shall live undying.

Though clouds that dim our morning sky
Life's shadowy forms shall borrow,
Our Father's voice, then whispered nigh,
Shall heal each Brother's sorrow.

And thus our closing days shall find
Their joys on Hope reposing,
And Truth direct the peaceful mind,
When time's fair scenes are closing.

No.16.
Master Mason Candidate

Music — Hark! the Convent Bells are ringing.

Hark! what gentle voices, swelling,
All their hopes immortal telling,: Call our earthly thoughts away!
When with grief the heart nigh broken,
When fraternal thoughts are spoken,: At our altar humbly pray.
For He whose care is o'er us
To Hope can still restore us,: And a Brother's care consoling; Each fear is now controlling.

Chorus
Come! O, come, with hearts sincere!: Joys unfailing,; Now prevailing,
In love we bring our offering here.
Now the sacred ties that bound us,
Like a holy light around us,: Call our earthly thoughts away.
Though our foes are found invading,
Though our dearest hopes are fading,: At our altar humbly pray.
When friends are seen forsaking,
When grief our days o'ertaking,: The a Brothers' home inviting,; Fraternal thoughts uniting,

No.17.
Master Masons' Lodge — Closing

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Soon, to part, in friendly feeling,
Will the Master's call be made;
Kindly words, the thoughts revealing,
Tell of joys that never fade.

Soon will our Grand Master call us
From the changeful joys of time;
Then no grief can e'er befall us,
In a blest and holy clime.

No.18.
Constituting a Lodge — Introductory

Music — Mornington

Come, Brothers, join each voice,
With kindly thoughts sincere;
Here bid the suffering heart rejoice,
And dry affliction's tear.

Far from the world's cold pride,
Come, join our peaceful band,
Where generous Love our thoughts shall guide,
Where Truth shall hold command.

Ne'er, o'er our calm retreat,
Let notes of discord roll;
But songs of joy, in accents sweet,
Our dearest thoughts control.

Though years on years shall come,
Though changes mark our skies,
Here be a Brother's welcome home,
Where gentle Hope relies.

May peace forever find
Its calm responses here,
While friendship's pledge shall be enshrined
In holy bonds sincere.

No.19.
Constituting a Lodge — Concluding

Music — Wilmot

Join we now each kindred voice;
Friends united, come, rejoice!
Ne'er may scenes so fair and bright
Fade from Hope's indulgent light.

Safely on our peaceful way
Joy shall guide with gentle ray;
Love shall highest bliss inspire,
Forming here each pure desire; —

Union here with Truth preside,
Hands, the feeble still to guide,
Where the wanderer faltering goes,
Where the generous feel his woes!

When is heard the orphan's cry,
When is heard the widow's sigh,
Be each Brother's heart and hand
Found at Pity's kind command.

Round our altar still be seen
Brothers firm, with thoughts serene;
All our labors finished here,
Brighter skies at last appear!

No.20.
Master Masons Lodge — Installation Ceremonies

Music — The bright rosy Morning.
[To be sung as the first three officers severally take their places after Installation.]

The Master.
Support to the Master, that rules by the Square!
Let sons of the Light to the East now repair; Chorus: With hearts for his aid, now united and free,; Obedient we labor, and kindly agree.; The Senior Warden.
Support to the Warden installed in the West,
Who works by the Level, where sorrows may rest!: The Junior Warden.
Support to the Warden by Plumb still upright,
Whose sun, in the South, never hides its fair light!

No.21.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Introductory

Music — Effingham.

How dear the place where Brothers true
Their holy pledge of Faith renew!

Chorus

Let notes of love responsive rise,
From East to West — to farthest skies.

While here sweet Hope its presence bears,
No fear indulged, no anxious cares.

May gentle Charity here find,
United friends and Brothers kind.

To Him, our Master, throned in Light,
Let every voice in praise unite.

No.22.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Consecrating Ceremonies

Music — Sterling.

All honors to our Master pay,: Who bade our holy temple rise;
While here we journey on our way,: Our thanks shall reach to farthest skies.; [Dedication to Freemasonry.]
We hail our holy patron's name,: Whose bright example guides us still;
His highest honors we proclaim,: While grateful thanks our temple fill.; [Dedication to Virtue.]
While thus we seek, in pure desire,: Immortal bliss in realms above,
Our hearts shall kindle at the fire: Whose light is Universal Love.; [Dedication to Universal Benevolence.]

This book did not include this 4th verse, found in another source:
This well-formed lodge shall long endure,
Through rolling years preserve its prime;
Upon a rock it stands secure,
And braves the rude assaults of time.

No.23.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Concluding

Music — Old Hundred

Raise high, in praise, each grateful voice;
Let friend and Brother loud rejoice;
For God, our Father, grants His aid
In brightening day, in evening shade.

Though artful foes in bands unite,
Or hopes destroy, or fears incite,
In God's the anchor of the soul,
When storms arise, when tempests roll.

O Thou, in heaven, indulgent, kind,
Make us to each event resigned;
Direct each purpose of the heart,
Though hope, and friends, and life, depart.

To Thee, our heavenly Father, Friend,
With grateful hearts, we humbly bend;
O, teach our fervent thanks to flow,
For all the joys to Thee we owe.

Our Temple reared, the cap-stone raised,
Our altars blessed, Jehovah praised.
Accept, O God, our solemn vow,
Before Thy holy name to bow.

O, let each heart a temple be
Of heavenly truth and charity,
That, life passed o'er, thy Spirit, given,
May gather all to Thee, in heaven.

No.24.
Grand Visitation — Introductory

Music — The Entered Apprentice.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

How true and how warm,; When assembled in form,
The pledge that we give to each other!: No Cowan can know; The pleasures that flow
From the word of a true-hearted Brother.: When, gathered around,; Each Brother is found
Obedient and true in his station,: Each act of the free; A record shall be
Of trust in his true obligation.: Come join hand in hand,; At superior command;
No changes our friendship can sever;: To the Master above; We tender our love,
Who guards the true Brother forever.: As Brothers well met,; We ne'er shall forget
To hail the Grand Master that's o'er us:: It ne'er shall be told; Our Faith we withhold,
Through changes of time lie before us.: How dear is the place; Which our principles grace,
Where friendship's bright chain is unbroken!: United and true,; Our vows we renew,
And the homage pay be our token.: [Grand Honors.]

No.25.
Grand Visitation — Salutatory to the Grand Master

^* Music — Rob Roy McGregor, O.

Brothers all, assembled here,
Join with voices soft and clear,
All whose hearts with love o'erflow,
All who hope for joys below,
All who worthy homage owe,: Hail the Grand Master, O!
Come with pleasure's joyous train;
When sweet music wakes the strain,
Travelling on a thorny way,
Gather roses while you may,
Garlands formed of blossoms gay,: Hail the Grand Master, O!
Ere the days of sorrow fall,
Brothers in affection call,
Come today, with hearts sincere,
All who duty's claim revere,
Join the chorus swelling near,: Hail the Grand Master, O!; [Grand Honors.]

No.26.
Grand Visitation — Concluding

Music — Roy's Wife.
Repeat first four lines of first verse as chorus.

Thanks to our Grand Master now
Each heart obedient here is bringing;
Joined in kindness, Brothers bow,
Their joyous strain together singing.
But soon, too soon, the kind "Good night"
Shall gently tell the soul of feeling;
For kindred thoughts shall still invite
Remembered hours their bliss revealing.

Tell no more of glory's dream,
Of nodding plumes that wave so lightly;
We ask for joy no dearer theme
Than Love Fraternal marked so brightly;
For glory's dream shall pass away,
And nodding plumes shall loose their lightness;
But Love shall find and endless day,
Where Heaven shall give it perfect brightness.

Who that's linked to friendship's chain
Such heart-felt joy would lightly sever?
Give back the peaceful hour again,
A boon whose light shall live forever.
Then, Brothers, join in song of praise,
More soft than echo's voice retreating;
When joys shall fade, when hope decays,
We'll think upon our social meeting.

No.27.
Grand Lodge — Opening

Music — 'Tis my Delight.

For counsel now assembled,
Our craft in love to guide,
From distant hills and sunny plains,
Where faithful hearts reside,
With thoughts most kind, and truth sincere,
We here our pledge renew:
O! there's nothing like the tie we own
To bind in union true!

No distance dims its lustre,
No climes its beauty fade;
For time, that wastes all other things,
Its guardian hope is made;
And Truth, that forms its fairest gem,
Shall be our pass-word through:
O! there's nothing like the tie we own
To bind in union true!

Then bring to our fair altar
The dearest offering now:
The pledge that marks the good and true,
The kind, fraternal vow:
In that Grand Lodge beyond this world
We'll pledge our vow anew:
O! there's nothing like the tie we own
To bind in union true!

No.28.
Grand Lodge — Closing

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

We met in love; we part in peace;
Our council-labors o'er,
We'll ask, ere life's best days shall cease,
To meet in time once more.

Chorus

'Mid fairest scenes to memory dear,
In change of joy and pain,
We'll think of friends assembled here,
And hope to meet again.

Though changes mark time's onward way
In all we fondly claim,
Fraternal hopes shall ne'er decay,
Our landmarks still the same.

Our faith unmoved, with Truth our guide,
As seasons mark our clime,
Through winter's chill, or summer's pride,
We'll hail the Art sublime!

When life shall find its silent close,
With Hope's kind promise blest,
In that Grand Lodge may all repose,
Where joys immortal rest!

PART SECOND.
CHAPTER MELODIES.

No.29.
Mark Masters' Lodge — Opening

Music — God save the King. [America.]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Mark Masters gather near;
Hail our Grand Overseer,: With heart and voice:
Each in his station known
As some fair corner-stone,
Before our Master's throne,: Let all rejoice!
May the Grand Architect
Keep us, as sons elect,: While time shall stand;
To Heaven our prayers shall rise,
In grateful sacrifice,
All hearts to solemnize: In friendship's band.

No.30.
Mark Master Candidate

Music — Sterling.

Accept, Great Builder of the skies,
Our heart-felt acts of sacrifice!
Each brother found a living stone,
While bending low before Thy throne.
Let holy love our work still be,
Inspiring hopes that rest on Thee!
Thus, when we see a Brother's woe,
Our hearts shall feel the love we owe.
While Craftsmen true their work prepare,
With thoughts unstained, and holy care,
May each be fitly formed, and placed
Where Love Divine his hopes had traced.

No.31.
Mark Master Candidate

Music — The Highland minstrel Boy.
Repeat first four lines of first verse as chorus.

O! there's never found a place so dear,
Of fairest scenes that be,
As that where dwells the heart sincere,
Where friends with friend agree!
Though others pass a stormy day,
In peace we still convene,
Each Brother, led by Heaven's own ray,
A true Mark Master seen.

When the fading light ambition sheds
Has dimly passed away,
The gentle rays that friendship spreads
Shall never find decay.
As clustered stars, in skies above,
So silent and serene,
Thus bound in kind, fraternal love
Be true Mark Masters seen.

No.32.
Mark Masters' Lodge — Closing

Music — Greenville.
Repeat first two lines of first verse as chorus.

Now each Brother, marked with kindness,: Leaves the calm retreat of love;
Holy light to mental blindness: Flows, like mercy, from above.
O'er life's tempest, Hope delaying,: As the gentle, trembling dove,
Ere that Hope is found decaying,: Friends will meet, and Heaven approve.

No.33.
Past Masters' Lodge — Opening

Music — God save the King. [America.]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Come, and with generous will,
Past Masters, bring your skill,: Our work to prove;
Calm each invading storm,
Each erring thought reform,
With Truth each bosom warm,: Inspired by love.
Firm as our columns stand,
Be each approved command,: Where Brothers dwell;
Let notes of kindness roll
Over each trusting soul;
Far as from pole to pole,: Let anthems swell!

No.34.
Past Master Candidate

Music — Sterling.

Come, gather round, with hearts sincere,
While prayers devout are offered here;
In peace to rule, in truth to guide,
Let kindness o'er our acts preside.

To Him, our Heavenly Master, now
With thoughts subdued, we humbly bow;
So to our chosen Master here
Let true obedience still appear.

When, all our earthly labors o'er,
Our earthly Masters rule no more,
May each in holier climes find rest,
Where cares ne'er come, nor foes molest.

No.35.
Past Master Candidate

Music — The Scene was more beautiful far.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Our Master we hail, now, invested to guide
In the East, like the sunlight appearing;
In his wisdom to rule may each Brother confide,
To our landmarks in firmness adhering.
His heart for man's woe, and his hope on his God,
Still a guide in the days yet before us,
We'll bring to the courts of the Temple we've trod
Our support to the Master that's o'er us.

Our confidence fixed, and our choice kindly made,
Here obedient we'll labor united;
For it ne'er shall be said we our Master betrayed,
Or with wrongs e'er a kindness requited.
Thus bound to our faith, like the sun's steady rays
May his light, though we wander, restore us;
And ever we'll bear, through our changeable days,
Our support to the Master that's o'er us.

No.36.
Past Masters' Lodge — Closing

Music — Greenville.
Repeat first two lines of the first verse as chorus.

Hark! the word is gently spoken;
Brothers, hear the parting sound!
Here, with silence deep, unbroken,
Masters kindly gather round.

While below, in love united,
Kindly affections truly known,
May our willing Faith once plighted
Guard our Hope to Heaven alone!

No.37.
Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Opening

Music — God save the King. [America.]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

See, from the Orient rise
Bright beams to bless our eyes,: All hearts to cheer!
Let all, with one consent,
Impelled by true intent,
Become Most Excellent,: In love sincere.
Where rise our Temple spires,
Bring hearts with pure desires —: Offerings most true!
Whate'er in time shall be,
Let all the good and free
Faithful to Heaven's decree,: Their vows renew.

No.38.
Most Excellent Master Candidate

Music — Sterling.

In beauteous form our altar raised,
Now be the Sovereign Builder praised;
Our holiest sacrifice we bring —
The thoughts that from affection spring.

Where true and contrite hearts are found,
By gentle ties of kindness bound,
A holy offering each will bear
Of grateful praise and heart-felt prayer.

See beauteous form and fair design
Now gathered at our holy shrine!
Thus be our Temple evermore,
While Brothers meet, till time is o'er.

No.39.
Most Excellent Master Candidate

Music — Snatch fleeting Pleasures.

Chorus

Raised now our Temple-spires,
Bear thoughts of homage true;
Where burn our sacred fires,
Bring hearts anew.

Let notes of joy exulting rise,
Our cap-stone laid in form most fair,
And, ever pointing to the skies,
Direct affections there.

No more, by fears or sorrows pressed,
The thoughts in vain shall wildly roam,
But where a Brother's hopes may rest
We find a peaceful home.

While here a home we truly find,
By Brothers' love most grateful made,
May every heart, each willing mind,
Still seek affection's aid.

No.40.
Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Closing

Music — Greenville.
Repeat first two lines of the first verse as chorus.

Unto Him whose power protected
Let united thanks ascend!
Arch and column, now perfected,
In each form of beauty blend.

Mark the cap-stone, proudly telling
All that highest hopes transcend!
Countless voices now are swelling
Where the faithful humbly bend.

No.41.
Royal Arch Chapter — Opening

Music — God save the King. [America.]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Where burns the Sacred Fire,
Each heart with pure desire,: Bring thoughts of love!
Who, with affection cold,
Would highest praise withhold,
When Hope's best joys unfold: The bliss above?
While to our Heavenly King
Hearts filled with love we bring,: Come, join in praise!
'Neath heaven's broad arch of blue,
Where dwell the free and true,
There our best vows anew: In anthems raise!

No.42.
Royal Arch Candidate

Music — Sterling.

While wandering on life's darksome way,
Protect us, Heavenly King, we pray!
In mercy, then, O guide our feet,
In midnight hour or noonday heat!

When threatening dangers press around,
When Hope gives back no cheering sound,
Be Thou, Our Father, kindly near,
And free our hearts from every fear.

Thus when our rugged path we tread,
By Thy kind Spirit gently led,
In dangers of a world like this,
Our Faith shall dwell on future bliss.

No.43.
Royal Arch Candidate

^* Music — The Swiss Boy.
Repeat first two lines of the first verse as chorus.

Gather near, where the Orient Light
Sheds its ray on the wanderer's path;
The glorious Arch of Hope, so fair,
Proclaims its bond of promise there!

Come today, where a whispered word
Brings its joy to the wanderer's heart;
In triple union hearts now bound
Invoke again Companions round!

Never more, on our rugged way
Shall the friendless wanderer go.
Love's constant flame, by night and day,
Shall guard him safely on his way.

No.44.
Royal Arch Chapter — Closing

Music — Greenville.

Lowly now we bend before Thee,: Holy guide in life's dark way!
Great High Priest! may each adore Thee,: Led by Truth's unerring ray!

Chorus; Lowly now we bend before Thee,; Holy Guide in life's dark way!
Grateful thanks in hearts are swelling,: While protection still we pray:
Still be heard the thanks we're telling,: As the scenes of time decay.

No.45.
Constituting a Chapter — Introductory

Music — Silver Street.

Blest are the thoughts that bind
In kind, fraternal ties,
Where altars raised to love shall find
The heart's best sacrifice!

Though dangers mark our way,
And darkness dim our course,
Companions see, in Truth's fair ray,
Their pleasures' dearest source.

The beauteous arch of night,
With stars all studded o'er,
Shall lead the thoughts to that pure Light
Where darkness comes no more.

Before our Great High Priest
Our offerings now we bear;
And still, when hopes of time have ceased,
We'll pay our homage there.

No.46.
Constituting a Chapter — Concluding

Music — Westborough.
Repeat last two lines of each verse as chorus.

Closely bound in ties fraternal,
On our rugged way we go;
Scattered there, like blossoms vernal,
Hopes their gentle boon bestow.

Peaceful are the hours devoted
Where the glorious Arch appears!
Grateful, too, the joys promoted,
Dearer seen in passing years.

Ever thus, to friends united,
Be our ties each coming year;
Like the Holy Flame that lighted
Love to God in hearts sincere.

When, at last, in time's sad closing,
Temples cease and arches fade,
Then, on Heaven our Hope reposing,
Sorrows shall no more invade.

No.47.
Grand Chapter — Opening

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

Again in solemn council found
The mystic Arch unveiled,
The ties that true Companions bound
Our clearest hopes ne'er failed.

Chorus

We join, with voice and heart sincere,
To ask that holy Light,
That radiant shines so bright and clear,
To guard and guide aright.

While time moves on its steady way,
As seasons gently fade,
Our purpose ne'er shall find decay,
Where Heaven bestows its aid.

Transcription Note: Only verses 1 and 4 of the following song #48 are actually in this book. The other two were found in a quotation of the poem in a transaction report, and included here because we had no better place to record them.
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No.48.
Grand Chapter — Closing

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Now, in peace our labors closing,
Kind Companions, all adieu!
Still our confidence reposing,
Friendly thoughts we here renew.

Let us, round this sacred altar,
All our solemn vows renew,
Never waver, never falter,
Each be steadfast, firm, and true.

Let us then, in bonds fraternal,
Ever, ever onward move,
Let our ties be the eternal
Chain of Brotherhood and love.

When the changing days before us
Bring the last great close of time,
May the Great High Priest that's o'er us,
Gather all in Heaven's own clime!

PART THIRD.
ENCAMPMENT MELODIES.

No.49.
Red Cross Council — Opening

Music — The Indian Philosopher.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

Our songs of praise we grateful bring
To Judah's line and Persia's king,: That gave the builders aid:
When arch and column prostrate fell,
Hope bade the song of triumph swell,: And Israel's hosts obeyed.
No more complaints, no sorrowing tears,
No servile chains, nor captive fears,: Their joyless hours shall find;
United songs from hearts serene,
Whene'er in Council friends convene,: In closer ties shall bind.

No.50.
Red Cross Candidate

Music — Sparkling and bright.

In Council met,; We'll ne'er forget
When dark oppression bound us;: Our thanks shall rise; To loftiest skies
For friends that gather round us. Chorus: What heart would miss; An hour like this,
That gives to Hope its lightness?: For the pennons white; Of the Red Cross Knight
Still wave in their starry brightness!: With Truth to guide,; 'Twas ne'er denied,
Each foe must fall before us;: A trusty band,; With heart and hand,
No tyrant sceptre o'er us.: When Judah's line,; In light divine,
Beheld the Temple rising,: Each heart most brave; An offering gave,
Its unmatched glory prizing.: Then gather near,; Without a fear,
Divine support imploring;: Our Temple spires,; Like holy fires,
To Heaven's high arch are soaring.: Our Sovereign's will,; Superior still,
Our willing hearts controlling,: We'll bend alone; To that high throne,
'Mid terrors o'er us rolling.

No.51.
Red Cross Candidate

Music — Calvin.

Come, hail the Prince of Judah's line,
Inspired by Truth and Love Divine!
When dark oppression held its sway,
His courage gave a brighter day.

No more shall tears unkindly flow,
No more complaints shall true hearts know,
Our beauteous Temple rising near,
Where thanks shall live in hearts sincere.

With thoughts most kind, our trust on high,
Companions for a brighter sky!
The Cross our emblem, Heaven our guide,
No fear shall come, no foes divide.

Be every act and purpose seen
Like Truth, that holds immortal green,
Where fairest blossoms gathered here
In brighter hues shall yet appear!

No.52.
Red Cross Candidate

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Bring your offering to our Temple!
Let the incense reach the skies!
Judah's line, no more a stranger,
Sees its holy altars rise.

Bring affections kindly tempered,
Hearts to join a kindred heart,
Heavenly Truth their worthiest object,
Christian Faith their worthiest part.

Bring devotion, free, inspiring,
High resolves and holy thought;
Seek to gain the worthy conquest
By a Savior's suffering bought.

Bring, in hearts of generous purpose,
Charity's endearing form;
Love enlarged, mankind embracing,
Ever faithful, active, warm.

Bring, O, bring a Brother's welfare
On the purest breath of prayer! —
Thus, when passed o'er life's frail confines,
Man shall find his heaven there.

No.53.
Invitation of the Red Cross Knight

Music — I see them on their winding Way.
Repeat first four lines of the first verse as chorus.

Come, gather to our social rite,
With purpose true, each Red Cross Knight;
Let notes of triumph fill the air,
Completed now our Temple fair!
No sound of arms, no deed of death,
Is mingled with the trumpet's breath;
But peaceful now the warrior's day,
No lance is wreathed with pennons gay.

What pleasure now the heart shall fill,
Obedient to our Sovereign's will!
For duty calls the warrior true,
Who for the Cross his falchion drew.
Then see the holy sign displayed,
That hosts have borne and hosts obeyed;
Then come and kneel; obedient still
We own our Sovereign Master's will.

Where brightly shines the Orient Light,
At honor's call all hearts unite;
Our ranks unbroken still shall be,
A band to guard the good and free.
We come, we come; obedient yet,
Our banner's sign we'll ne'er forget:
By Truth we're led, by Truth we're bound;
Our watchword still is heard around.

No.54.
Red Cross Council — Closing

Music — Old Hundred.

From hearts sincere, from lips most true,
We bring united thanks anew;
Be all our hopes reposed on Thee,
While Time shall last, or Truth shall be.

While humbly now our homage owned
To Him, our Sovereign, high enthroned,
O, be our footsteps guided still
Where Truth shall dearest hopes fulfil!

No.55.
Knight Templars' Encampment — Opening

Music — The Indian Philosopher.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

Come, soldier of the cross, draw nigh,
With manly arm and pitying eye,: To guard the Pilgrim band;
Though countless foes shall gather round,
Still be the valiant Templar found: Where duty shall command.
To orphan's cry and woman's woe,
We'll gently bear the boon we owe,: When true to Knighthood's claim;
Though dangers mark our onward way,
No foe we'll fear, nor friends betray,: But seek the good man's name.

No.56.
Knight Templar Candidate

Music — Far, far o'er Hill and Dell.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Still, as the midnight hour,: Holy thoughts revealing,
Come, own the Sovereign Power,: While we're humbly kneeling.; Hark! 'tis the voice of love; Whispers of peace above,; Hope's brightest joys to prove,; Dear to every feeling!
Hail, Pilgrim! travelling far: On thy way confiding;
Faith be thy beaming star,: Weary footsteps guiding!; Though near death's shadowy vale,; Though rising fears assail,; Truth ne'er in time shall fail,; Joy's best forms subsiding.
Now to the Savior's name: Grateful honors rising,
Love shall its worth proclaim,: Purest thoughts devising.; Armed now, with Truth our shield,; Ne'er to our foes we'll yield,; Found on bright honor's field,; Knighthood's laws still prizing.

No.57.
Knight Templar Candidate

Music — Hummel.

Thou King of kings, Thou Sovereign Lord,
Accept our humble prayer!
While travelling on life's dangerous road,
O, still protect us there!

A risen Savior here we own,
Who passed the silent grave;
His love immortal kindly shown,
Who came a world to save.

When weary Pilgrims, travelling far,
Shall seek thy holy light,
Be Thou, O God, that guiding star,
Ne'er dimmed by shades of night!

Be Truth's kind hand forever nigh
Each Pilgrim faint to stay,
No darkness cloud his trusting eye,
Nor sorrow mark his way!

No.58.
Life's Pilgramage

^* Music — My ain Fireside.

O, who, 'mid the changes of time, would remain
Where smiles may bring pleasure, but frowns must bring pain?
Our journey still onward, with Hope still our guide,
We have sought the pure joys that in time ne'er abide.

Chorus

'Mid all the best pleasures our hearts have known here,
How blest were our days with the friends we hold dear!

Though sad be our pilgrimage, dark though our way,
Our Faith ne'er shall falter, our Hope ne'er decay;
Like stars that shine on, when the night brings its chill,
The faces we loved come in fancy's dream still.

O, give back the days that so kindly have passed!
To life's latest hour may the memory still last!
Though pleasures immortal time's journey succeed,
Remembrance may yet for the kind moments plead.

No.59.
The Mausoleum

Music — Little Marlboro.

How dark the road we go
To our last resting-place!
There all we hold so dear below
Is lost in death's embrace.

Our Father, hear our cry!
To Thee, to Thee we pray;
Our trusting hearts on Thee rely
When life's best hopes decay!

No proudly-nodding plume,
No banner waving high,
Can stay the sadness of the tomb,
Or hush a rising sigh.

But Hope, with holy aid,
'Mid sadness gathering there,
Pours gentle light on grief's deep shade,
And finds relief in prayer.

See where a Savior's love
That sacred Hope decreed!
That men should live in bliss above,
Though dying hear him plead!

Be that immortal light
Still radiant o'er the tomb!
The soul, upborne to mansions bright,
Shall find undying bloom!

No.60.
The Penitent's Prayer

^* Music — Love not!

Hear me! hear me! Thou Holy One above!
Lonely and dark the dangerous road I go;
Though in the grave's deep shadows still I move,
Father, support me, when my tears shall flow!

Hear me! hear me! when all is darkness found!
Then be my light, as others fade away;
Though threatening forms my faltering steps surround,
Kindly protect me, in my darksome day!

Hear me! hear me! while thus I humbly cry!
Sorrow may come, but Thou canst gently heal;
Sighs shall be hushed, and every tear be dry;
Guide, then, O, guide me, thus my faith to seal!

No.61.
The Newly-Elected Knight Templar

Music — Venite, exultemus Domino.
[May be sung to any Double Chant.]

No.62.
The Templars' Protection to Pilgrims

Music — Anacreon in Heaven. [The Star-Spangled Banner]

They come, lo, they come, with their banners so bright!: The Temple's defenders are nerved with devotion!
Though Saraçen foemen unnumbered unite,: They fear not the host, nor the battle's commotion;; With his lance in its rest,; With the cross on his breast,; His dark, nodding plumes on his helmet's proud crest,

Chorus; The Templar, undaunted, unmoved by the foe,; Seeks treasures above in his duty below.
When weary and faint on his dark, misty way,: The Pilgrim, defenceless, shall tell of his danger,
Each good Knight and true will the impulse obey,: To aid with his sword and to cheer the sad stranger!; Each oppressor made known,; Though installed on a throne,; He offers the gage of defiance alone.
In purpose most kind, and in chivalrous deed,: He battles for Truth, all its purity feeling;
And though in the conflict the brave one shall bleed,: In that Truth he exults, not a purpose concealing.; As the sun's setting rays; Are the brave one's last days,; For their generous light on his path gently plays.

No.63.
Knight Templars' Encampment — Closing

Music — Old Hundred.

To Him, the Great Jehovah, now,
With holy awe we humbly bow;
Around the Cross, with hearts sincere,
We bring devotion's offering here.

What dearer offering shall we bring
To Thee, O God! our Heavenly King?
When death shall come, our duty passed,
Then take us to thyself at last!

No.64.
Council of Knights of Malta — Opening

Music — I have come from a happy Land.

When the thoughts of departed joy: Shall bring their regret,
There's a scene, where no cares annoy,: We ne'er can forget.

Chorus
Come! come! friends are here,
Honor true, and hearts sincere!
Come! come! Knights appear,: Brothers kindly met!
There is peace on our tented ground;: No war-notes dismay;
'Tis where Love's gentle voice is found,: When Hope sheds its ray.
Though our bark be in tempest tossed,: And dangers we view,
Not a true one shall e'er be lost,: For Faith guides us through.
Not a heart here be faithless seen: To God or our cause;
Truest friends here in love convene,: And own Knighthood's laws.

No.65.
Knight of Malta Candidate

Music — Believe me, if all those endearing young Charms.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

When the storm has passed by, and the tempest is o'er,
Then how dear are the feelings that rise,
As in safety now reached is the welcome, fair shore,
And our gratitude swells to the skies!
For our thanks shall ascend from Melita's fair Isle,
All our perils and dangers forgot;
May we never be faithless, but own, with a smile,
All the safety we found on the spot.

Though new dangers may come, and new foes may appear,
Not a pain shall e'er rest on a hand;
For as cloud-shadows pass in their silent career,
So all peril shall pass from our band.
While thus firm to our trust, and unmoved in our love,
Still together united and free,
Our true homage we'll pay to our Father above,
And our Union the pass-word shall be.

No.66.
Knight of Malta Candidate

Music — Missionary Chant.

What Christian Knight, though dangers press,
Unmanly fears would e'er confess?
'Mid gathering storms, when tempests roll,
No terrors shake his trusting soul.

His trust reposed on Heaven alone,
No foes alarm, no fears are known;
He sees in Faith that beaming star,
That shone on Bethlehem's plains afar.

Still faithful and believing found,
Where clouds and darkness gather round,
The Christian soldier onward moves,
Where duty leads, when Heaven approves.

In darkest hour, though death appear,
Without a sigh, without a tear,
Confiding still in Heaven's design,
He calmly owns the Hand Divine.

No.67.
Council of Knights of Malta — Closing

Music — The Minstrel's returned from the War.

Let good Knights and free firmly stand;
We part, though in friendship we're bound;
But, still, to our Ruler's command
Companions obedient are found.
No longer shall war's dread commotion
Be heard in our peaceful career,
No longer our Isle of the Ocean
Arrayed for the battle appear.

Chorus

Come, join in the homage we pay;
No foes shall our union e'er sever;
Though far from Companions away,
Our love still shall bind us forever.

Though glory's bright star gives its light,
And fame lifts its banner on high,
No lance is in rest for the fight,
No foes to the field we defy.
The rude din of war now declining,
The broad field of love we explore,
And the thoughts that our hearts are entwining
Shall live when ambition is o'er.

No.68.
Constituting an Encampment — Introductory

Music — Darwell.

O, rest our banners here,
No clarion sounding high,
No foe approaching near,
Nor fear of danger nigh!
In union bound,
Be each true Knight
Forever found
In Truth's own light.

Let notes triumphant tell
Of Hope's fair promise given!
Let holy anthems swell
In grateful thanks to Heaven!
No dearer joy
Can Heaven decree,
Or tongues employ,
While time shall be.

Come, join the social band,
Where kindness forms its tie,
Where honor holds command,
Where Truth still lights each eye.
Whene'er we meet,
Let hearts most kind,
With love replete,
Affection bind.

No.69.
Constituting an Encampment — Concluding

Music — Lyons.
Repeat last two lines of each verse as chorus.

Come, Knights, join our song; our banners wave fair;
No dangers assail, no foemen shall dare;
Our tents, uninvaded, in peace now shall be
The care of the faithful, the home of the free.

For Pilgrims oppressed by Saracen foe
Each warrior's true heart with pity shall glow;
And thus, in time's journey, Companions shall find
The bonds of affection all true hearts shall bind.

To true ones that died, or brave ones that bled,
Shall memory return, its glories to shed:
The bold field of Acre a pass-word be known,
While manhood we cherish, or Knighthood we own.

When banners shall fall, and plumes wave no more,
Our lances untouched, and pass-words are o'er,
Our Faith then be given the pass-word above,
Forever there treasured, the bond of our Love.

No.70.
Grand Encampment — Opening

Music — Triumph.

Come, gather, Knights, around,
For council kindly met,
By ties of honor bound,
We never can forget:

Chorus

With lances fair,
With banners bright,
Shall Truth declare
The Templar Knight.

In peace united here,
Let none our tent invade,
No thought unkind appear,
No act our hope degrade;

Then join, each trusty Knight,
In council hours most kind;
Let hearts true hearts invite
In honor's ties to bind.

No.71.
Grand Encampment — Closing

Music — Sicilian Hymn.

Now, Companions, parting sadly,
Join affection's voice once more;
Hope's bright dream we'll cherish gladly,
Days of social joys in store.

Never from a heart be broken
Bonds that form life's dearest bliss;
Ne'er denied the friendly token
Marking Knighthood's hours like this.

PART FOURTH.
MISCELLANEOUS MELODIES.

No.72.
Opening — On any Degree

Music — Jubilate Deo.
[May be sung to any Double Chant.]

No.73.
Opening — On any Degree

Music — Auld Lang Syne.

When worldly cares no longer press,
Ambition's fires decayed,
How dear the quiet they possess,
Where friendship brings its aid!

Chorus

When kindness forms fraternal ties,
Where Brothers fondly meet,
The heart no dearer bliss can prize,
Than marks our calm retreat.

Bring hearts sincere and thoughts most pure,
Where friendship holds command,
For Love's bright flame shall still endure,
While Truth shall guide our band.

No.74.
Opening — On any Degree

Music — 'Tis the last Rose of Summer.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

O! how dear to assemble
With true hearts alone,
When smiles of affection
So grateful we own!
No gay scenes of beauty,
That charm with their bliss,
Can bring half the pleasures
That gather to this.

'Tis the kindness fraternal
Whose whispers are found
Where Brothers united
Our altars surround:
Here thoughts marked so dearly,
Like blossoms of spring,
Give freshness to feeling,
As fondly we sing.

No.75.
Closing — On any Degree

Music — Gloria Patri.
[May be sung to any Single Chant.]

No.76.
Closing — On any Degree

Music — Gaily the Troubadour touched his Guitar.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Now, Brothers kindly met,
Kindly we part;
Dear is the true regret
Pressed on each heart:
Joys here so fondly known
Time shall renew;
Brothers all, Brothers all,
Kindly, adieu!

When other scenes shall bring
Pleasures most dear,
Then in each heart shall spring
Joys gathered here.
Hope gives its promise now,
Faithful and true;
Brothers all, Brothers all,
Kindly, adieu!

Still let the world behold
True ones so bound;
Ne'er can the ties be told
Friends here have found.
Scenes of our peaceful hours
Fancy ne'er drew:
Brothers all, Brothers all,
Kindly adieu!

When marked our final close,
Time's changes o'er,
May all at last repose
On Heaven's fair shore!
Bound to that holy clime
Hope brings to view,
Brothers all, Brothers all,
Kindly adieu!

No.77.
Closing — On any Degree

Music — Greenville.

While we close our social meeting,
Friendly thoughts each bosom fill,
'Mid the scenes of time so fleeting,
Parting hous the saddest still.

Gentle Hope, in whispered measure,
Tells we yet may meet again;
That kind promise still we'll treasure,
While we yet in time remain.

No.78.
Election of Officers — Introductory

Music — Come to the sunset tree.
Repeat first five lines of the first verse as chorus.

Come! come! come!
Come to our calm retreat,: And join our social band,
Where Brothers kindly meet,: And where friends united stand.
In purpose closely bound,: To our Order firm and true,
Let discord ne'er be found,: But let peace its bonds renew.
List to our Master's call!: We come with hearts sincere;
No word unkind shall fall,: Nor a painful thought be near.
We'll weave a garland fair: For our altar reared to Love,
And flowers that cluster there: Shall a welcome offering prove.
Each thus to others true,: By friendship's ties impressed,
Shall selfish thoughts subdue,: Still in Truth's fair promise blest.
No fairer scene can be,: Social joy unmixed with pain;
As Brothers all agree,: Where affection's bonds enchain.

No.79.
Election of Officers — Concluding

Music — Adieu! a heart-warm, fond Adieu!
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Come, Brothers, round our altar met,
Give homage of obedience now;
For ne'er shall true hearts e'er forget
The duty bound by sacred vow:
With generous heart and willing hand,
Unmoved by passion's wasting fire,
We'll own the just and true command,
As kindly thoughts each heart inspire.

Then gather round with one consent,
For joy shall light affection's eye;
While willing honors we present,
Our trust unfeigned we'll ne'er deny
In friendship's bonds united still,
As time in silent course rolls on,
No change shall mark our steady will,
Our hope still bound by Truth alone.

Now be our truest homage found
Where Love unites our willing hearts;
Unmoved by discord's angry sound,
Unmoved by foes' seductive arts:
Our earthly joys and duty o'er,
Our hearts redeemed from passion's ties,
May each be safe on that fair shore,
Beyond the reach of changing skies.

No.80.
Installation of Officers — Introductory

Music — Redeeming Love.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

When Heaven's Great Architect Divine
Raised world on world in kind design,: Then form on earth was laid:
Fraternal thoughts, conferred on man,
By love inspired the social plan,: And social hearts obeyed.
While wandering on our clouded way,
Compassion shed its kindly ray,: A guide to lead the blind;
Conducted by a holy light,
With generous love and solemn rite,: The purest joys we find.
With skill to work, and wise to guide,
No pain shall come, no thought divide,: Where hearts with heart agree;
Then let us to our altar bring
The dearest offering while we sing,: United, true, and free.

No.81.
Installation Ceremonies — On any Degree

[A Benediction Chant, to be sung as each officer, on his installation, takes his place.]
Music — Gloria in Excelsis.
[May be sung to any Single Chant.]

To our Brother, now before Thee, | Lord, our | God,
Grant thy holy pro- | tection | all his | days. || A- | men.

No.82.
Installation of Officers — Concluding

Music — Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Mark where friends united stand,
True of heart and free of hand!
Brothers own his just command,: Who rules in social hour:
Hark! he calls! obedient now,
Still and silently we bow;
Love impressed on every brow;: We own his rightful power.
While in kindness gathered here,
Voices joined, and hearts sincere,
Discord's notes be never near,: Bringing thoughts unkind:
Constant to our social tie,
Honor beams from every eye;
Who, that shall his trust deny,: Manhood's grace shall find?
Who, that joys of friendship know,
Who, that feels for others' woe,
Who, when tears of sorrow flow,: Coldly turns away?
At the words, in whispers told,
That to Brothers truth unfold,
Who would grateful thanks withhold?: Who would friends betray?
Gather, then, with hearts upright,
Where the East gives forth its light;
Give we now our solemn plight,: In fraternal love:
Soon, our earthly labors o'er,
Bliss immortal yet in store,
Each shall find a happier shore,: Blest with light above.

No.83.
St. John's Day, or any other Festival

Music — God save the King. [America]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Hail! gentle Charity!
Long may thy precepts be: Dear in our land:
May He who formed our kind
Bless to the troubled mind
Each gentle tie designed: In friendship's band.
When waves of trouble flow,
Then may a Brother's woe: Touch every heart;
Let Pity's kind decree,
Where'er the wretched be,
Bid, in sincerity,: All grief depart.
Should e'er a footstep stray,
Lost in its darkened way,: Hope still be near:
Eyes for the wandering blind,
Love, every wound to bind,
Truth, still to guide mankind,: Be ever here.
Blessed in a Father's love,
Beaming from Heaven above,: Our Faith shall rise;
That, in a brighter day,
Each voice shall join the lay,
When life shall pass away,: Above the skies.
Hail! gentle Charity!
Long may thy precepts be: Dear in our land:
Each heart a sacred shrine,
Hallowed with Light divine,
Improve the great design: While time shall stand.

No.84.
St. John's Day, or any other Festival

Music — The Indian Philosopher.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

When darkness veiled the hopes of man,
Then Light with radiant beams began: To cheer his clouded way;
In graceful form, to soothe his woes,
Then Beauty to his vision rose,: In bright and gentle ray.
Immortal Order stood confessed,
From farthest East to distant West,: In columns just and true;
The faithful Plumb and Level there,
Uniting with the trusty Square,: The temple brought to view.
Descending, then, from Heaven most High,
Came Charity, with tearful eye,: To dwell with feeble man;
Hope whispered peace in brighter skies,
On which a trusting Faith relies,: And earth's best joys began.
Abroad was seen the boon of Heaven,
Fraternal Love was kindly given,: And touched each kindred heart:
The sons of Light, with transport then,
In kindness to their fellow-men,: Unveiled the gentle Art.
Let grateful pæans loudly rise,
O'er earth's domains, to azure skies,: As time shall onward move!
A brother's joy and woe shall be
Undying bonds to mark the free,: To wake a Brother's love.

No.85.
St. John's Day, or any other Festival

Music — Bermondsey.

Blest Art of ancient fame!
Let echo's voice proclaim: The welcome word:
May this divine decree —
Man's dearest bond shall be
Indulgent Charity —: Still sound abroad.
When Chaos fled from earth,
Then Order first had birth: In forms of Light:
'Twas Wisdom's own behest,
That Strength should ever rest
Where Beauty stood confessed,: In radiance bright.
Then God's most perfect plan,
In love to feeble man,: Was kindly given:
With Level, Plumb, and Square,
Form rose from rudeness there,
Proportions just and fair,: The boon of Heaven.
Should sorrow seek relief,
Then be another's grief: In mercy there;
Kindness for human woe,
Soft pity's warmest glow,
Let each true Brother know,: Our constant care.
Come, join a Brother's joy;
In sweetest song employ: This festal day;
Let each fraternal tie
Its purest Faith imply,
Our Hope still fixed on high,: In clouudless ray.

No.86.
Faith in God

Music — Canadian Boat Song.

O, come around our altars fair,
And bring the best gift offering there!
Thoughts that are touched by Heaven's own light,
Our Truth most sincere, and hearts upright.

Chorus

Come Brothers, come with offerings kind;
Let faith in our God rule each willing mind.

Let sorrows come! our thoughts shall ne'er
Be marked by the chill of dark despair:
With steady eye we'll view that shore
Where sighs are all hushed, and sorrows o'er.

When joys are near, and hopes are high,
When pleasure shall light each kindling eye,
Let Faith that calmer world disclose,
Where bliss, in its home, shall find repose!

No.87.
Hope in Immortality

^* Music — Long, long ago.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Dear were the days that shall charm me no more,
Fancy has passed, and the gay dream is o'er,: Kind words were whispered, when danger was near;; Sweetly as music they came to mine ear;; Memory can give to those days but a tear,; far, far away.
O'er the dark scene rose a faint, trembling light,
Where friendship dwells, and where Brothers unite,: New themes of joy in kind whispers are told;; Voices of friendship new pleasures unfold;; Hope leads to scenes which the faithful behold,; far, far away.
Painful the thought, and though sad be life's scene,
Hope points its way to a clime fair and green,: Sorrow and tears never reach that fair shore,; Danger now passed, and life's troubles now o'er;; Grateful the heart for the bliss that's in store,; far, far away.
Safe from life's storm be our social retreat,
Where, free from danger, in kindness we meet,: Then Hope immortal each true heart shall tell,; Anthems of praise from each lip then shall swell,; Ever in God's holy Temple to dwell,; far, far away.

No.88.
Charity to all Mankind

Music — Love's young Dream.

O, how dear to know a Brother's love,
That shines so pure,
Like the sun's fair light to worlds above,
Shall still endure!
Though fades each day,
Though years decay,
That radiant orb so bright,
So that Brother's love unchanged lives on
As Heaven's own light!
O, that Brother's love unchanged lives on
As Heaven's own light!

When the thoughts that clime and country bound
Shall pass away,
Be that higher Love unaltered found,
As Heaven's own ray:
Where man is known,
Let kindness own
The joy of Brother's plight!
For that Brother's love unchanged lives on
In time's swift flight;
O, that Brother's love unchanged lives on
As Heaven's own light!

No.89.
Brotherly Love

Music — Oft in the stilly Night.
Repeat first four lines of the first verse as chorus.

Come where, in kindness met,: Affection's ties have bound us;
Ne'er shall our hearts forget: The friends we see around us;
The eye that turns in friendship's light,: The word fraternal spoken,
The hand that gives its solemn plight,: The chain of love unbroken.

Chorus
Come where, in kindness met,: Affection's ties have bound us;
Ne'er shall our hearts forget: The friends we see around us.
When scenes of anguish rise,: And trouble's waves are flowing,
Dear is the boon we prize,: A Brother's care bestowing:
In joy or sorrow, pain or bliss,: No change of kindness o'er us,
We feel that from a world like this: Our friends may go before us.
Though others prove unkind,: And mark, unmoved, our sorrow,
Still may each Brother find: True hearts the same tomorrow.
And thus, in every coming day,: Life's journey passed together,
Our hopes shall never find decay,: But love immortal treasure.

No.90.
Relief

Music — Near the Lake, where drooped the Willow.

Bring, to heal a Brother's sorrow,: Love whispered low;
Grief the light of hope may borrow,: When tears shall flow.
Let fraternal thoughts and feeling: In kindness glow,
Life its dearest ties revealing,: When tears shall flow.
Hark! the orphan's cry is ringing!: Sad notes of woe!
Pity in each thought is springing,: When tears shall flow.
On the heart though grief is falling,: Like winter's snow,
Hope is other scenes recalling,: When tears shall flow.
On the bed of anguish lying,: Days passing slow,
Calm shall be the loved one dying,: When tears shall flow.

No.91.
Truth

Music — The Harp that once through Tara's Halls.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

When touched by Truth's immortal fire,
How firm each purpose stands!
Each wandering thought, each vain desire,
Obeys its high commands;
And ever, as the day rolls o'er,
The holy feelings rise,
To mark that future, cloudless shore,
Beyond these stormy skies.

How dear the kind, fraternal tie
That binds each manly heart,
Though sorrows fill the weeping eye,
Or joys their charm impart!
How dear, to Brothers good and true,
The plighted word that tells
Of trusting thoughts that spring anew
Where'er a true heart dwells!

The pledge that holds the willing ear,
The whispered word that's given,
Are kindly blessings gathered here,
To ripen yet in Heaven;
For He, whose promise never fails,
Lights up the holy fire,
To guide us on, through sorrow's vales,
And highest thoughts inspire.

Let altars of immortal Truth
Receive our willing vows,
The fairest gem of hopeful youth,
Or age that feebly bows:
When years on years have calmly passed,
And sorrows come no more,
Be each true Brother found, at last,
Upon a happier shore.

No.92.
Presentation of a Token of Regard

^* Music — Jessie, the Flower o' Dumblane.

Let glory still charm, let ambition invite us,
With promise of pleasure, where proudly they grew, —
We'll cherish the bonds that in friendship unite us,
When passion is hushed, but when feeling is true;
Each accent of kindness, so gratefully treasured,
Shall dreams of ambition or glory exceed;
For fancy has never the feeling once measured,
How dear is the token of friendship decreed.

Though ties of our Brotherhood yet may be broken,
And words of affection no longer be told,
The lips sealed in silence, that kindly have spoken,
The hand that presented inactive and cold, —
Remembrance will yet, in its beauty, survive them,
Like Spirit Divine, as the world shall recede,
And own to That Being, from Whom we derive them,
How dear is the token by friendship decreed.

No.93.
The Freemason's Wife

Music — Kinlock of Kinlock.
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

O! who, in this wide world so filled with commotion,: Has sighed for the pleasures returning no more,
Like feelings that linger on life's stormy ocean,: When memory retraces some loved, tranquil shore!
Such fate ne'er be told, of the friend that possesses: A home and affections in love kindly met;
Sweet fancy shall treasure the gentle caresses: Of her, the true friend we can never forget.
In joy or in sorrow, the kind heart confiding,: In palace or cottage, affection still true,
Her love lives unfaded, its truth yet abiding,: Like sun-rays reflected from morn's early dew:
In winter's dark tempest or summer's soft breathing,: No change in devotion e'er brings its regret,
When hope its fair blossoms of love is still wreathing: For her, the true friend we can never forget.
On! give me the true heart for days yet before us,: The beauty undying that lives in the mind;
I'll cherish the feeling, though changes come o'er us,: By love gently led, and by goodness refined.
When life's scenes are closing, our altar unbroken,: The dream of fond moments shall linger there yet;
Affection's kind offering shall be the last token: For her, the true friend we can never forget.

No.94.
Friendship

Music — Cathleen O'Moore.

Come, bring to our altar the thoughts that renew
The best gift of kindness where dearest it grew;
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

O, give me the kind one, whose friendship is found
Unmoved and unshaken, though dangers surround;
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

When fancy has fled, and when passion is o'er,
I'll ask of kind Heaven one boon to restore;
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

Though sorrow's sad form at my door may be found,
His voice shall be heard, like sweet music around;
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

And ever, as time holds its silent career,
I'll mark, with affection, in each coming year,
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

Then bring to our altar, as time we review,
The tie that shall bind in affection anew;
The firm, trusting Brother,
The kind-hearted Brother,
The Brother so true!

No.95.
Welcome to a visiting Brother

Music — In the days when we went gypsying.

Your voices lend, to hail the friend
We welcome here tonight,
For Friendship's chain, with Brothers true,
Is seen more fair and bright;
And hours that kindness treasures here
The night-song still shall find,
While every heart shall catch the strain
That tells of thoughts most kind.

Chorus

And kindly thus shall Brothers know
True hearts will joyous be,
Where notes of love responsive rise,
In hours of social glee.

O, who, with thought and heart so cold,
The joyous hour would miss,
That brings, amid time's changing scenes,
The truest source of bliss!
One whispered word shall kindly tell,
One gentle hand shall bear,
A pledge that time shall never waste,
That changes ne'er impair.

When dreams of other days return,
And mark departed joys,
We'll treasure then their brightest forms,
That distance ne'er destroys:
Though other climes their charms disclose,
And newer hopes may bring,
Our memory then shall trace, once more,
The welcome friends now sing.

No.96.
The Meeting of Brothers

Music — Love's young Dream.
Repeat last seven lines of each verse as chorus.

O, the happy days we'll ne'er forget,: When kind words came;
When, in social joy, we safely met: In friendship's name:; No anxious care; Was whispered there,; To chase its charms away;
For each thought fraternal gently rose: As hope's fair ray,
When in cloudless sky it brightly glows,: On life's dark way.
Give me back the days when each fair scene: In beauty passed,
When no threatening cloud, o'er skies serene,: Its sad shade cast:; Each word most kind,; By Truth enshrined,; A Brother's love declared;
When the blessing of the well-known voice: Each kind heart shared;
Then how truly would each friend rejoice,: By Love prepared!
Though, in coming days, pale Sorrow's form: Shall meet our view,
Like the threatening waves of ocean-storm,: That fears renew, —; Kind memory then; Shall wake again; The days so dearly known;
And the whispered joys of fancy bring: To friendship's throne
All the thoughts of Love that kindly spring: From Truth alone.

No.97.
Departure of a Brother for a Foreign Country

Music — Our Way across the Sea.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

Dear one, adieu! When on the ocean deep,
Our prayers shall still be o'er thy trackless way;
Kind angels watch and guard thee in thy sleep,
Fair suns shine o'er thee with a brighter ray!
Dear one, adieu!
Kindly, adieu!
Life's dearest joys we'll ask for the anew.

No foe invade, no danger mark thy course;
Be Hope's bright vision still thy beaming star!
No sadness come, no pang of cold remorse,
By friends unseen in varied climes afar.
Dear one, adieu!
Kindly, adieu!
Let memory's chain still bind to Brothers true.

Ne'er be forgot, when other skies shall charm,
How dear the hour, in social pleasure met;
Safely at last, no foe, no pain to harm,
We'll hail the friend that parted with regret.
Dear one, adieu!
Kindly, adieu!
New friends may come, but thee we'll ne'er forget!

No.98.
Return of a Brother from a Foreign Country

^* Music — O! take me to your Arms.

A Brother true returned again,: Our joyous song shall rise!
A Brother true returned again,: From distant, favoring skies!; O'er kindly seas,; With gentle breeze,; He sought our own fair land;; Returned once more; To home's dear shore,; We give the welcome hand.
And thus may every friend return,: When passed each danger o'er;
And thus may every friend return,: Who loves our own dear shore;; Our Hope the same,; With Truth our aim,; United may we stand;; To him alone,; Whose Faith we own,; We give the welcome hand.
Though other lands may prove unkind,: And coldness mark their plight,
Though other hands may prove unkind,: A Brother's still is right;; And this shall be; The firm decree,; Unaltered in our band:; Till time shall end; To each true friend; We give the welcome hand.

No.99.
The Remembered Song of Brothers

Music — The Light of other Days is faded.

O, give, once more, the grateful measure
So oft with Brothers heard!
No dearer joy this heart would treasue —
The bliss by Love preferred:
For life's dear scenes, its charms awaking,
A Brother's Love enchain;
Give me back, though all are found forsaking,
That well-remembered strain!

When life's sweet dreams shall come unbroken,
And friends still faithful prove,
I'll ask once more, so kindly spoken,
The charms affection wove:
The charms that wake each gentle feeling
On memory still remain;
Then how dear, when o'er the senses stealing,
That well-remembered strain!

When friends, like autumn's leaves, are falling,
And wintery days are near,
The song of brighter days recalling,
I'll think of friends most dear:
And thus, though passed the day in sorrow,
Our joys shall come again;
For sweet Hope will promise for tomorrow,
That well-remembered strain.

No.100.
The Brother's Call

^* Music — Home, Sweet Home.

When friendship invites to the joys of her home —
So gentle her whispers! — O, then, Brothers, come!
The bliss that is offered all hearts will approve;
For Hope lies before us; her promise is Love.

Though fortune shall smile, and the world shall be kind,
Here still may he gathered the joy Brothers find;
No envy shall reach us, nor discord be heard;
A smile is our token, and friendship our word.

Should trouble oppress, or should sorrow be near,
Then come to the friends who still wait for thee here;
For Truth ne'er shall fail, nor our faith ever roam,
This life but our journey, and Heaven our home.

No.101.
The Brothers' Call

^* Music — Sincerity.

With the faithful meeting,
Come in love today;
Charity entreating,
All her voice obey.
Who the grateful hour would miss,
Filled with joy and social bliss?

With the faithful meeting,
Come in love today;
Heart with heart is beating,
Bidding Hope to stay.
Bright like hues of summer flowers,
Pleasure marks our social hours.

With the faithful meeting,
Come in love today;
Joy's sweet form retreating,
Pleasures in decay.
On the heart though sorrows fall,
Listen to affection's call.

With the faithful meeting,
Come in love today;
None our hopes defeating,
None will here betray;
Each to others firm and true,
Till to life we bid adieu.

No.102.
The Beauty of the Temple

Music — The Campbells are coming.
Repeat first four lines of the first verse as chorus.

Hark! hark! to the voices exulting that rise,
That roll o'er the earth and that reach to the skies!
The faithful are telling, with song and with glee,
How blest the accepted, how joyous the free!
The Temple's completed; the labor is o'er;
No column nor arch in such beauty before;
With forms full of grace, and proportions most fair,
No beauteous design with the work can compare.

When summer's gay blossoms, so rich and so rare,
Shall throw their sweet perfume abroad on the air,
Each beautiful form and each delicate hue
Shall cherish the thought and affection anew.
Each true to his Order, in purpose sincere,
Will bring to the altar the flowers most dear;
The blossoms that live upon honor's own breath,
That spring at its sunshine, and droop at its death.

When years have gone by, and when seasons are o'er,
The beautiful forms we have loved seen no more,
Our great Moral Temple in beauty shall stand,
While Hope shall be cherished, or Truth shall command:
Then Order immortal shall gracefully rise,
Beyond the dark scenes of these changeable skies;
The soul the Great Architect then shall adore
Where arches and columns are needed no more.

No.103.
Compassion for the Afflicted

Music — Come, ye disconsolate.
Repeat last two lines of each verse as chorus.

Child of misfortune, come, here tell thy sorrow,
Trusting when others turn coldly away;
Soon, in compassion's voice, Hope yet shall borrow
Joys marked with kindness, that ne'er shall decay.

Friend of the wretched, come, where Brother's feeling
Brings to the sufferer's aid care for his woe;
Here shall the wounded heart, grief still revealing,
Find dearest solace affection can know.

Weary and dark the way, life's journey making;
Where, like a beacon-light, Hope yet will shine;
So shall His Spirit lead, hearts ne'er forsaking,
Blessed in the accents of friendship divine.

When trouble's waves shall flow, in dark commotion,
Then may the light of Love kindly be given;
Thus shall its rays illume life's stormy ocean,
Guiding the pilgrim to mansions in Heaven.

No.104.
Invitation to meet

^* Music — Thou reign'st in this Bosom.
Repeat last line of each verse as chorus.

Come! fond ones invite thee;
Yes, faithful and true;
See! true hearts now plight thee,
Brothers invoke thee anew.

Hark! words gently spoken!
Calm, like dream of bliss;
Soon, in dearest token,
Friendship shall bring joys like this.

List! voices are singing;
Kind hearts now unite;
Peace, pleasure is bringing,
Blessed in the Truth's steady light.

Here, Pity is bending,
Deep anguish to heal;
Now, true ones attending,
Round our fair altar we kneel.

No.105.
Unity

Music — Rural Felicity.
Repeat last three lines of each verse as chorus.

How dear are the symbols of friends so united,: That live by the Level, and work by the Square,
Where Light shines unfading, by true hearts invited,: While Charity traces beneficence there!
With love so undying, true Brothers combining,: How gently roll on their kind moments each day!
Our fancies shall gather, like blossoms entwining,: The joys of past days that shall ne'er fade away.
Though lowly and humble his worldly condition,: Each Brother still finds his true merits confessed;
For whispers unkind ne'er awake dark suspicion,: Our honors bestowed on the wisest and best.
With wonder the world sees the chain of affection: Grow firmer and brighter as years roll away;
When wrongs and oppressions demand our protection,: Their hopes we ne'er slight, nor their trust e'er betray.
O, who, in this world, the kind feeling has treasured,: That springs from the Unity Brothers so prize?
Has ever its bliss with that world's ever measured,: To know how much dearer the pleasures that rise?
As summer waves sparkle in sunlight that's o'er them,: While others succeed in their brilliant career,
Long, long may the faithful, in time yet before them,: Kind Unity's chain become brighter each year!

No.106.
General Salutatory

Music — Arlington.

To him who rules be homage paid,
Where hearts with voice unite;
To Him we bring fraternal aid
Who guides in solemn rite.

Come, Brothers, bound by kindly ties,
Your notes harmonious bring,
While acts of generous sacrifice,
In thoughts of love, we sing.

As days and years roll silent by,
As time's sad changes rise,
No doubt shall dim the trusting eye,
Where rule the good and wise.

To him who rules be homage paid,
Where hearts with voice unite;
Till life shall cease, and time shall fade,
We'll bring our solemn plight.

No.107.
Funeral Service — Introductory

Music — Bangor.

Let notes of sadness gently rise
Upon our solemn rite;
Fraternal hearts and weeping eyes
In sorrow's bonds unite.

Rest, pilgrim, rest! thy journey o'er,
Immortal life begun!
Now safely reached a calmer shore.
Beyond a changing sun!

No painful thought, no anxious care,
Can e'er invade thy rest;
The bliss above thy better share,
In Heaven's own glory blessed.

No burning tear, no mournful sigh,
Can pass the silent tomb;
There Love's sweet blossoms ne'er shall die,
But find a dearer bloom.

When autumn's leaves shall gently fall
Unmarked to mother earth,
The soul shall hear our Father's call,
And rise to heavenly birth.

Though notes of sadness gently rise
Upon our solemn rite,
Fraternal hearts and tearful eyes
In Hope's dear bonds unite.

No.108.
Funeral Service — Concluding

Music — Windham.

With bursting sighs, with notes of woe,: What saddening thoughts each bosom swell!
But Hope directs from scenes below: To climes where joys immortal dwell.
There sorrowing thoughts and sighs no more: O'er death's cold form shall e'er unite;
No pain shall reach that cloudless shore,: Where Love reflects its holy light.
To Him, our Master, humbly bend,: Whose Spirit gave our mortal breath;
His hand our stay, when life shall end,: Will guide us through the vale of death.
Let Hope's immortal joys arise,: Where grief fraternal fills each breast!
Let Faith direct to cloudless skies,: Where each shall find his peaceful rest!

No.109.
The Death of a Brother

Music — Canterbury.

What sounds of grief, in sadness, tell
A Brother's earthly doom,
No more in life's fair scenes to dwell,
A tenant of the tomb!

No more the friendly hand now pressed,
No gently-whispered word,
He finds a long, unbroken rest,
Where rules his Heavenly Lord.

All earthly joys and sorrows o'er,
Each changing hope or fear,
He sees the light of that fair shore,
Without a sigh or tear.

Then bring to Him, whose holy care
That better Temple forms,
Our wish that all may gather there,
Beyond life's coming storms.

No.110.
The Request

^* Music — Here's a Health to ane I lo'e so dear.

Chorus

We have met in kindness so true,
That the smile we have treasured our hearts ne'er shall fail,
When called to our final adieu — Brothers!

Though passed to the world that's above, —
I ask it of friends I hold dear, —
Then think of our days of friendship and love;
Then give to my memory a tear — Brothers!

When joy shall impart its fair light,
The voice of sweet music then near,
One moment let friendship remembrance invite;
Then give to my memory a tear — Brothers!

Though sad be the days yet in store,
Though sorrow and pain may be here,
O, think of the friend that's departed, once more!
Then give to my memory a tear — Brothers!

No.111.
Laying Corner Stone — Introductory

Music — Italian Hymn

Let notes of gladness tell
Thoughts that each bosom swell,: The work begun!
Hope's joyous thoughts we bring,
While to our Heavenly King
Friends now united sing,: Hearts joined as one.
Where laid the Corner Stone
Ever in kindness known,: Be man's best good!
Though years shall pass away,
Though human works decay,
Ever by Heaven's own ray: Be Truth renewed!
May, in proportions true,
Rising to grateful view,: The work ascend!
Long may it safely stand,
Untouched by ruthless hand,
Till, at Heaven's last command,: All time shall end.

No.112.
Laying Corner Stone — Concluding

Music — Turin.
Repeat last two lines of each verse as chorus.

Placed in form, the Corner Stone,
True and trusty, Brothers, own;
Come and bring, in thought sincere,
Hands to help and hearts to cheer.

Marked with love the Master's will,
Kindly proved the work of skill,
Beauteous forms in grace shall rise,
'Neath the arch of favoring skies.

Join we now our offering true,
While our homage we renew;
Bear to Him, whose praise we sing,
Thanks that from each bosom spring.

When on earth our work is o'er,
Be a dearer life in store!
Each in form, in heart upright,
Taught by Truth's unerring Light.

No.113.
Placing Cap-Stone — Introductory

Music — Triumph.

Bring songs of joyous sound!
Bring hearts triumphant now!
Bring holy thoughts profound!
Devoutly let us bow!

Chorus

To Him above
Let anthems rise,
Whose radiant Love
Fills earth and skies.

Awake, inspiring song!
Awake, celestial strain!
Let echo's voice prolong
Its note o'er hill and plain!

May hearts united find
Responsive blessings here!
No whispered word unkind
Create a rising tear.

Then come with joyous heart,
No sound of discord near;
Let forms of beauteous art
Yet rise triumphant here.

No.114.
Placing Cap-Stone — Concluding

Music — God save the King. [America.]
Repeat last four lines of each verse as chorus.

Placed now in form most true,
Our finished work we view,: With hearts sincere;
Long be the Cap-Stone found
Grateful to all around,
And notes of joy resound,: In accents clear.
While years roll silent by,
Pointing our Hope on high,: Here let it stand:
There may the good and great,
With fondest joys elate,
Faith's promised bliss await,: At Heaven's command.
When, our last labor o'er,
Scenes of this life no more: Charm our frail sight,
Then in God's holy care
May each protection share,
Bliss found unending there,: In Perfect Light.

THE END

1. Come, brothers of the mystic tie —
2. All hail to the friends that assembled in kindness,
3. From East to West, o'er land and sea,
4. While journeying on our darksome way,
5. When, met in Friendship's kindly name,
6. Hark! hark! voices are swelling now,
7. What heart e'er denies to true honor the claim
8. When passed the gay dreams of our youth far away
9. Now our social labors closing,
10. Come, Brothers of the Craft, unite,
11. Come, Craftsmen, assembled our pleasure to share,
12. Give thanks to Him who formed, in love,
13. Soon we part; the word once spoken.
14. With Masters of the Art sublime,
15. When dangers cross our weary way,
16. Hark! what gentle voices, swelling,
17. Soon, to part, in friendly feeling,
18. Come, Brothers, join each voice,
19. Join we now each kindred voice
20. Support to the Master, that rules by the Square!
21. How dear the place where Brothers true
22. All honors to our Master pay,
23. Raise high, in praise, each grateful voice;
24. How true and how warm
25. Brothers all, assembled here,
26. Thanks to our Grand Master now
27. For counsel now assembled,
28. We met in love; we part in peace;
29. Mark Masters gather near;
30. Accept, Great Builder of the skies,
31. O! there's never found a place so dear,
32. Now each brother marked with kindness,
33. Come, and with generous will,
34. Come, gather round, with hearts sincere,
35. Our Master we hail, now, invested to guide
36. Hark! the word is gently spoken;
37. See, from the Orient rise
38. In beauteous form our altar raised,
39. Raised now our Temple-spires,
40. Unto Him whose power protected
41. Where burns the Sacred Fire,
42. While wandering on life's darksome way,
43. Gather near, gather near, where the Orient Light
44. Lowly now we bend before Thee,
45. Blest are the thoughts that bind
46. Closely bound in ties fraternal,
47. Again in solemn council found
48. Now, in peace our labors closing,
49. Our songs of praise we grateful bring
50. In Council met We'll ne'er forget
51. Come, hail the Prince of Judah's line,
52. Bring your offering to our Temple!
53. Come, gather to our social rite,
54. From hearts sincere, from lips most true,
55. Come, soldier of the cross, draw nigh,
56. Still, as the midnight hour,
57. Thou King of kings, Thou Sovereign Lord,
58. O, who, 'mid the changes of time, would remain
59. How dark the road we go
60. Hear me! hear me! Thou Holy One above!
61. Come, let us give thanks to God,
62. They come, lo, they come, with their banners so bright!
63. To Him, the Great Jehovah, now,
64. When the thoughts of departed joy
65. When the storm has passed by, and the tempest is o'er,
66. What Christian Knight, though dangers press
67. Let good Knights and free firmly stand;
68. O, rest our banners here,
69. Come, Knights, join our song; our banners wave fair;
70. Come, gather, Knights, around,
71. Now, Companions, parting sadly,
72. Rejoice, all ye that are assembled in the Lord,
73. When worldly cares no longer press,
74. O! how dear to assemble
75. For our social blessings, let us give thanks to God;
76. Now, Brothers kindly met,
77. While we close our social meeting,
78. Come! come! come!
79. Come, Brothers, round our altar met,
80. When heaven's Great Architect Divine
81. To our Brother, now before Thee, Lord, our God,
82. Mark where friends united stand,
83. Hail! gentle Charity!
84. When darkness veiled the hopes of man,
85. Blest Art of ancient fame!
86. O, come around our altars fair,
87. Dear were the days that shall charm me no more,
88. O, how dear to know a Brother's love,
89. Come where, in kindness met,
90. Bring, to heal a Brother's sorrow,
91. When touched by Truth's immortal fire,
92. Let glory still charm, let ambition invite us,
93. O! who, in this wide world so filled with commotion,
94. Come, bring to our altar the thoughts that renew
95. Your voices lend, to hail the friend
96. O, the happy days we'll ne'er forget,
97. Dear one, adieu! When on the ocean deep,
98. A Brother true returned again,
99. O, give, once more, the grateful measure
100. When friendship invites to the joys of her home —
101. With the faithful meeting,
102. Hark! hark! to the voices exulting that rise,
103. Child of misfortune, come, here tell thy sorrow,
104. Come! come! fond ones invite thee;
105. How dear are the symbols of friends so united
106. To him who rules be homage paid,
107. Let notes of sadness gently rise
108. With bursting sighs, with notes of woe,
109. What sounds of grief, in sadness, tell
110. We have met in kindness so true,
111. Let notes of gladness tell
112. Placed in form the corner stone —
113. Bring songs of joyous sound!
114. Placed now in form most true,

98. A Brother true returned again,
30. Accept, Great Builder of the skies,
47. Again in solemn council found
2. All hail to the friends that assembled in kindness,
22. All honors to our Master pay,
45. Blest are the thoughts that bind
85. Blest Art of ancient fame!
113. Bring songs of joyous sound!
90. Bring, to heal a Brother's sorrow,
52. Bring your offering to our Temple!
25. Brothers all, assembled here,
103. Child of misfortune, come, here tell thy sorrow,
46. Closely bound in ties fraternal,
33. Come, and with generous will,
94. Come, bring to our altar the thoughts that renew
18. Come, Brothers, join each voice,
10. Come, Brothers of the Craft, unite,
1. Come, brothers of the mystic tie —
79. Come, Brothers, round our altar met,
78. Come! come! come!
104. Come! come! fond ones invite thee;
11. Come, Craftsmen, assembled our pleasure to share,
70. Come, gather, Knights, around,
34. Come, gather round, with hearts sincere,
53. Come, gather to our social rite,
51. Come, hail the Prince of Judah's line,
69. Come, Knights, join our song; our banners wave fair;
61. Come, let us give thanks to God,
55. Come, soldier of the cross, draw nigh,
89. Come where, in kindness met,
97. Dear one, adieu! When on the ocean deep,
87. Dear were the days that shall charm me no more,
27. For counsel now assembled,
75. For our social blessings, let us give thanks to God;
3. From East to West, o'er land and sea,
54. From hearts sincere, from lips most true,
43. Gather near, gather near, where the Orient Light
12. Give thanks to Him who formed, in love,
83. Hail! gentle Charity!
102. Hark! hark! to the voices exulting that rise,
6. Hark! hark! voices are swelling now,
36. Hark! the word is gently spoken;
16. Hark! what gentle voices, swelling,
60. Hear me! hear me! Thou Holy One above!
59. How dark the road we go
105. How dear are the symbols of friends so united
21. How dear the place where Brothers true
24. How true and how warm
38. In beauteous form our altar raised,
50. In Council met We'll ne'er forget
19. Join we now each kindred voice
92. Let glory still charm, let ambition invite us,
67. Let good Knights and free firmly stand;
111. Let notes of gladness tell
107. Let notes of sadness gently rise
44. Lowly now we bend before Thee,
29. Mark Masters gather near;
82. Mark where friends united stand,
76. Now, Brothers kindly met,
71. Now, Companions, parting sadly,
32. Now each brother marked with kindness,
48. Now, in peace our labors closing,
9. Now our social labors closing,
86. O, come around our altars fair,
99. O, give, once more, the grateful measure
74. O! how dear to assemble
88. O, how dear to know a Brother's love,
96. O, the happy days we'll ne'er forget,
31. O! there's never found a place so dear,
68. O, rest our banners here,
93. O! who, in this wide world so filled with commotion,
58. O, who, 'mid the changes of time, would remain
35. Our Master we hail, now, invested to guide
49. Our songs of praise we grateful bring
112. Placed in form the corner stone —
114. Placed now in form most true,
23. Raise high, in praise, each grateful voice;
39. Raised now our Temple-spires,
72. Rejoice, all ye that are assembled in the Lord,
37. See, from the Orient rise
17. Soon, to part, in friendly feeling,
13. Soon we part; the word once spoken.
56. Still, as the midnight hour,
20. Support to the Master, that rules by the Square!
26. Thanks to our Grand Master now
62. They come, lo, they come, with their banners so bright!
57. Thou King of kings, Thou Sovereign Lord,
63. To Him, the Great Jehovah, now,
106. To him who rules be homage paid,
81. To our Brother, now before Thee, Lord, our God,
40. Unto Him whose power protected
110. We have met in kindness so true,
28. We met in love; we part in peace;
66. What Christian Knight, though dangers press
7. What heart e'er denies to true honor the claim
109. What sounds of grief, in sadness, tell
15. When dangers cross our weary way,
84. When darkness veiled the hopes of man,
100. When friendship invites to the joys of her home —
80. When heaven's Great Architect Divine
5. When, met in Friendship's kindly name,
8. When passed the gay dreams of our youth far away
65. When the storm has passed by, and the tempest is o'er,
64. When the thoughts of departed joy
91. When touched by Truth's immortal fire,
73. When worldly cares no longer press,
41. Where burns the Sacred Fire,
4. While journeying on our darksome way,
42. While wandering on life's darksome way,
77. While we close our social meeting,
108. With bursting sighs, with notes of woe,
14. With Masters of the Art sublime,
101. With the faithful meeting,
95. Your voices lend, to hail the friend

MASONIC MELODIES:

CEREMONIES AND FESTIVALS

FRATERNITY

1844

PREFACE

SUGGESTIONS TO SINGERS.

Contents

MASONIC MELODIES.

PART FIRST. LODGE MELODIES.

No. 1.Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Opening

No. 2.Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 3.Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 4.Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 5.Initiation of a Clergyman

No. 6.Initiation of an Officer of the Army

No. 7.Initiation of an Officer of the Navy

No. 8.Initiation of a Foreigner

No. 9.Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Closing

No.10.Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Opening

No.11.Fellow Craft Candidate

No.12.Fellow Craft Candidate

No.13.Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Closing

No.14.Master Masons' Lodge — Opening

No.15.Master Mason Candidate

No.16.Master Mason Candidate

No.17.Master Masons' Lodge — Closing

No.18.Constituting a Lodge — Introductory

No.19.Constituting a Lodge — Concluding

No.20.Master Masons Lodge — Installation Ceremonies

No.21.Dedication of Masonic Hall — Introductory

No.22.Dedication of Masonic Hall — Consecrating Ceremonies

No.23.Dedication of Masonic Hall — Concluding

No.24.Grand Visitation — Introductory

No.25.Grand Visitation — Salutatory to the Grand Master

No.26.Grand Visitation — Concluding

No.27.Grand Lodge — Opening

No.28.Grand Lodge — Closing

PART SECOND. CHAPTER MELODIES.

No.29.Mark Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.30.Mark Master Candidate

No.31.Mark Master Candidate

No.32.Mark Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.33.Past Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.34.Past Master Candidate

No.35.Past Master Candidate

No.36.Past Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.37.Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.38.Most Excellent Master Candidate

No.39.Most Excellent Master Candidate

No.40.Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.41.Royal Arch Chapter — Opening

No.42.Royal Arch Candidate

No.43.Royal Arch Candidate

No.44.Royal Arch Chapter — Closing

No.45.Constituting a Chapter — Introductory

No.46.Constituting a Chapter — Concluding

No.47.Grand Chapter — Opening

No.48.Grand Chapter — Closing

PART THIRD. ENCAMPMENT MELODIES.

No.49.Red Cross Council — Opening

No.50.Red Cross Candidate

No.51.Red Cross Candidate

No.52.Red Cross Candidate

No.53.Invitation of the Red Cross Knight

No.54.Red Cross Council — Closing

No.55.Knight Templars' Encampment — Opening

No.56.Knight Templar Candidate

No.57.Knight Templar Candidate

No.58.Life's Pilgramage

No.59.The Mausoleum

No.60.The Penitent's Prayer

No.61.The Newly-Elected Knight Templar

No.62.The Templars' Protection to Pilgrims

No.63.Knight Templars' Encampment — Closing

No.64.Council of Knights of Malta — Opening

No.65.Knight of Malta Candidate

No.66.Knight of Malta Candidate

No.67.Council of Knights of Malta — Closing

No.68.Constituting an Encampment — Introductory

No.69.Constituting an Encampment — Concluding

PART FIRST.
LODGE MELODIES.

No. 1.
Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Opening

No. 2.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 3.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 4.
Entered Apprentice Candidate

No. 5.
Initiation of a Clergyman

No. 6.
Initiation of an Officer of the Army

No. 7.
Initiation of an Officer of the Navy

No. 8.
Initiation of a Foreigner

No. 9.
Entered Apprentices' Lodge — Closing

No.10.
Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Opening

No.11.
Fellow Craft Candidate

No.12.
Fellow Craft Candidate

No.13.
Fellow Crafts' Lodge — Closing

No.14.
Master Masons' Lodge — Opening

No.15.
Master Mason Candidate

No.16.
Master Mason Candidate

No.17.
Master Masons' Lodge — Closing

No.18.
Constituting a Lodge — Introductory

No.19.
Constituting a Lodge — Concluding

No.20.
Master Masons Lodge — Installation Ceremonies

No.21.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Introductory

No.22.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Consecrating Ceremonies

No.23.
Dedication of Masonic Hall — Concluding

No.24.
Grand Visitation — Introductory

No.25.
Grand Visitation — Salutatory to the Grand Master

No.26.
Grand Visitation — Concluding

No.27.
Grand Lodge — Opening

No.28.
Grand Lodge — Closing

PART SECOND.
CHAPTER MELODIES.

No.29.
Mark Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.30.
Mark Master Candidate

No.31.
Mark Master Candidate

No.32.
Mark Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.33.
Past Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.34.
Past Master Candidate

No.35.
Past Master Candidate

No.36.
Past Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.37.
Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Opening

No.38.
Most Excellent Master Candidate

No.39.
Most Excellent Master Candidate

No.40.
Most Excellent Masters' Lodge — Closing

No.41.
Royal Arch Chapter — Opening

No.42.
Royal Arch Candidate

No.43.
Royal Arch Candidate

No.44.
Royal Arch Chapter — Closing

No.45.
Constituting a Chapter — Introductory

No.46.
Constituting a Chapter — Concluding

No.47.
Grand Chapter — Opening

No.48.
Grand Chapter — Closing

PART THIRD.
ENCAMPMENT MELODIES.

No.49.
Red Cross Council — Opening

No.50.
Red Cross Candidate

No.51.
Red Cross Candidate

No.52.
Red Cross Candidate

No.53.
Invitation of the Red Cross Knight

No.54.
Red Cross Council — Closing

No.55.
Knight Templars' Encampment — Opening

No.56.
Knight Templar Candidate

No.57.
Knight Templar Candidate

No.58.
Life's Pilgramage

No.59.
The Mausoleum

No.60.
The Penitent's Prayer

No.61.
The Newly-Elected Knight Templar

No.62.
The Templars' Protection to Pilgrims

No.63.
Knight Templars' Encampment — Closing

No.64.
Council of Knights of Malta — Opening

No.65.
Knight of Malta Candidate

No.66.
Knight of Malta Candidate

No.67.
Council of Knights of Malta — Closing

No.68.
Constituting an Encampment — Introductory

No.69.
Constituting an Encampment — Concluding

No.70.
Grand Encampment — Opening

No.71.
Grand Encampment — Closing

PART FOURTH.
MISCELLANEOUS MELODIES.

No.72.
Opening — On any Degree

No.73.
Opening — On any Degree

No.74.
Opening — On any Degree

No.75.
Closing — On any Degree

No.76.
Closing — On any Degree