Truth, No. II

Truth, No. II. [No. 6]

No virtue known to angels or to men
Is more sublime than Truth. Without its aid
Justice and Mercy from our earth would fade,
And happiness no more be known: for then
Hatred and Strife would desolate mankind; 5
The joys of Home would all be quite unknown;
All confidence would from each heart be flown;
And Love no longer could the Mason bind
In Brotherhood to Man. Then let us all
Cherish fair Truth, in thought and word and deed, 10
And all our ways in life would surely lead
Our footsteps where true pleasures never pall,—
In that harmonious Grand Lodge above,
Where we shall dwell with God in everlasting love.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published 1887