Charity

Charity. [No. 24]

Well taught the Apostle Paul, how men might give
Their substance to the Poor, and yet might be
Lacking at heart in all true Charity.
We must in Thought and Word and Deed aye live
In Charity with all the World, or we 5
Are not true Masons. Our Country we must love,
Without despising other Lands, to prove
Our Brotherhood sincere. And Charity
Must guide our hearts to love the many minds
Who think as we do. The Right of Thought, 10
Free Speech, (when utter’d, as all Speaking ought,
Boldly but kindly,) each is a Right which finds
In Masonry defence: or how could we
Bind Men of every Clime into one loving Family.

by George Markham Tweddell  1st published 1887