Anthem IV

Oh! Masonry our hearts inspire, And warm us with thy sacred fire; Make us obedient to thy laws, And zealous to support thy cause;

For thou and virtue art the same, And differ only in the name.

Pluck narrow notions from the mind, And plant the love of human kind, Teach us to feel a Brother's woe, And feeling, comfort to bestow;

Let none unbeeded, draw the sigh, No grief unnotic'd, past us by.

Let swelting pride a stranger be, Our friend,—compos'd humility. Our hands let steady justice guide, And temp'tance at our boards preside;

Let secrecy our stops attend. And injur'd worth our tongues defend.

Drive meanness from us,—fly deccit. And calutnuy, and rigid hate; Oh! may our highest pleasure be, To add to man's felicity:

And may we, as thy votaries true, Thy paths, Oh! Masonry, pursue.