By: Kevin Noel Olson, (22) PM
Source: http://www.grandlodgemontana.org/mmn/mmn2009-12december.pdf
Source: http://www.grandlodgemontana.org/mmn/mmn2009-12december.pdf
A friend and I strode the Stroll December,
“What do Masons do for Christmas?â€
We saw a child walking with his feet in braces.
“That child for instance, we help such cases.â€
My friend nodded and prodded me forward.
“In Shrine hospitals? Is there much more?â€
“Our York Rite Eye Foundation helps many to see,
And our Scottish Rite gives to many, speech.â€
My friend sipped his steaming chocolate, “Is that all?†he chided.
“What of it?†“Is that all?†Was it not enough?
“Oh, we do all kinds of other...stuff.â€
We walked past the Christmas tree.
“What do the Masons do for community?â€
“Scholarships for college we gift,
To give young students a lift.â€
“You wonder,†my friend to me turned,
“Why I ask what makes your heart burn?â€
“What is it that Masons for you do,
That gives such pride to such as you?â€
I look up at the Christmas lights,
Each one ever burning bright.
“What do Masons do you ponder?â€
“For myself, I can but wonder.â€
“We do these things,†I meekly mumbled.
“They make me proud, yet I am humbled.â€
“You see the lights upon the tree? They alone offer no beauty.â€
“Each represents a boy who walks,
A man who sees, a girl who talks.
A student makes himself better.
Even becomes a man of letters.â€
“All together, Masons do great work.
We learn our duty to man, not to shirk.
Those lights are people like me and you,
That is what the Masons do.â€
“We improve ourselves and thus the world,
When we stand together a light’s ufurled.
Not just this season but daily too,
On Christmas this is what Masons do.â€
“What do Masons do for Christmas?â€
We saw a child walking with his feet in braces.
“That child for instance, we help such cases.â€
My friend nodded and prodded me forward.
“In Shrine hospitals? Is there much more?â€
“Our York Rite Eye Foundation helps many to see,
And our Scottish Rite gives to many, speech.â€
My friend sipped his steaming chocolate, “Is that all?†he chided.
“What of it?†“Is that all?†Was it not enough?
“Oh, we do all kinds of other...stuff.â€
We walked past the Christmas tree.
“What do the Masons do for community?â€
“Scholarships for college we gift,
To give young students a lift.â€
“You wonder,†my friend to me turned,
“Why I ask what makes your heart burn?â€
“What is it that Masons for you do,
That gives such pride to such as you?â€
I look up at the Christmas lights,
Each one ever burning bright.
“What do Masons do you ponder?â€
“For myself, I can but wonder.â€
“We do these things,†I meekly mumbled.
“They make me proud, yet I am humbled.â€
“You see the lights upon the tree? They alone offer no beauty.â€
“Each represents a boy who walks,
A man who sees, a girl who talks.
A student makes himself better.
Even becomes a man of letters.â€
“All together, Masons do great work.
We learn our duty to man, not to shirk.
Those lights are people like me and you,
That is what the Masons do.â€
“We improve ourselves and thus the world,
When we stand together a light’s ufurled.
Not just this season but daily too,
On Christmas this is what Masons do.â€