The Masonic Press, No. I

The Masonic Press, No. I. [No. 89]

Give, my good Brothers, all the aid you can
To the Masonic Press. It is an age
Of Free Inquiry; and we must engage
In nought we can’t Defend. There is no Ban
By Popish hate e’er put on our dear Craft 5
Can injure us, if we are only true
To our own Precepts. We have men enow,
Wise and courageous, who have ever laugh’d
All curses unto scorn: full able they
To Answer all the Churches’ Calumnies: 10
They see the naked Truth with undimm’d Eyes;
Their Pens are ever ready for the fray,
Knowing their Cause is Right, they’re not afraid,
But only ask the reading Mason’s aid.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887