THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 12, 14 January 1870, Page 2

THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE.

o BT BRO. ROB. MORRIS, K. T. We meet upon the Level and we part upon the Square — What -words of precious meaning those words Masonic are ! Come let us contemplate them — they are worthy of our thought — With the highest and the lowest, and the rarest they are fraught. We meet upon the Level, though from every station come. The Monarch from the palace and the poor man from his home ; For the one must leave his diadem outside the Mason's door, And the other finds his true respect npon the Checkered Eloor. We part upon the Square, for the world must have its due ; We mingle with its multitude — a cold unfriendly crew ; But the influence of our gatherings in memory is green, And we long, upon the Level, to renew the happy scene. There's a world where all are equal — we are hurrying towards it fast — We shall meet upon the Level tJiere, when the gates of death are passed ; We shall stand upon the Orient, and Master will be there, To try the blocks we offer by his own unerring Square. We shall meet upon the Level there, but never thence depart ; There's a Mansion — 'tis all ready for each zealous, faithful heart : — There' s a Mansion and a welcome, and a multitude is there, Who have met upon the Level, and been tried upon the Square. Let us meet upon the Level, then, while laboring patient here— Let us meet and let us labor, tho' the labor seem severe : Already in the western sky the signs bid us prepare, * To gather up our working tools and part upon the Square. Hands around, ye- faithful Masons! form the bright fraternal chain, We part upon the Square below to meet in/ Heaven again ; — Oh, what words of precious meaning the words Masonic are-*- .".,., WE MEET' UPON THE 'LEVEL AND WE PART UPON .THE SQUARE..?'.*, *