WHAT CAME YOU HERE TO DO?

Tell me now, my Brother,

What came you here to do?

When you joined our mystic circle,

Had  you a purpose in your heart

To be of service to your fellow man

And perform your allotted part,

Or came you out of curiosity

Or motive personal in view?

Tell me, Brother of the square

What came you here to do?

Have you studied well the meaning

Of the symbols on our chart?

And learned to subdue your passions

And make improvements in your art?

Do you uphold the trusts

On which we firmly stand,

Teaching fatherhood of God

And brotherhood of man?

Have you willingly aided the brother

When life surges were fierce and wild?

Have you offered cheer and comfort

To the Mason's wife, widow and child?

If you have done so, my brother,

You are a Mason good and true,

And can give a correct answer to

"What came you here to do?"