Strength, No. I

Strength, No. I. [No. 33]

Each man possesses Faculties which, used
Aright, resembles God’s. He can control
Forces he can’t oppose. It is the Soul,
More than the Body, that needs Strength. Abused
Too much in every age has been the Power 5
With which we are endow’d. We must prepare
To Study and Obey His Laws with care,
If we would feel true Strength: then a dower
Of Happiness will bless the human race!
Our Heavenly Father wishes all to be 10
From Sin, and its companion, Misery,
Fully exempt. Then let us all embrace
The proffer’d good: a Mason’s heart must long
On Him to lean, and thus be truly Strong.

by George Markham Tweddell  1st published 1887