Year: 1871

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Il will our influence curtail
And be the pyople's standing talk.
And should go upon the street
When such thing was in the way,
And ask person | might meet
To Join our Lodge without delay,
The chances are that his reply
Would point TO failures in our band,
The truth of which. | must deny,
Or leave him, "master of the stand"
Thus each of us can plainly see
Our influence is very great;
That every act of you or me
Upou our friends will have its weight.
Let us each bear this fact in mind,
However well person talks,
HIS iAuence upon mankind
Is governed by his daily walks.
A "qucsiion" here | will recall,
We've heard it in the days gone byi
How shall we keep our members, all,
And keep them true till they shall die?
This question is a vital one,
Deserving thought at any rate
But if the thing is ever done,
The change that takes place will be great.
We shall not all agree, know,
What course to take to best succeed
Our tastes anu natures differ so
That some lack, the rest don't need.
Some think the recess is too long,
And some would have it longer still;
Some say Our Orders growing strong,
Aud some, "It's going down the HILL"
Let's watch our Lodgc.room for awhile
On almost any meeting night,
And we shall see more than one style
DRILLING time, right here in sight.
Perhaps not so in every Lodge,
If not, then we should thankful be,
But there are some that cannot dodge
Tne fact, that they sometimes see.
,Ghere is time for every thing"
The good book on our Altar tells,
"A time to labor, weep, or sing"
Aud many other things as well.
But there are none here that believe,
That all should at once, be done,
For though we both rejoice and grievc,
We never do them "both in one"
Our social natures must find vent.
BY minging with our friends so dear
A portion of the time thus spent,
Will make our hearts of better cheer.
The procerb that we often hear,
About Jacks work compared with play,
Is one that will apply right here,
And illustrates what | would say.
But when the Worthy Chief doth call,
And exercise his rghtful power,
Let nothing else throughout our hall
" Disturb the stiffness of the hour.
For when person joins our band,
And promises upon our floor,


That by our pledges he will stand
While he remains upon liie's shore
Our iuauenc is brought to bear


Upon that person oery stronG


And we should each of as take care,
That our influence is not wrong.


He enters as a student here,


And we, who have the cause at heart,
Must teach them, by our words of chee
To love Tcmplar's actire part.


Aad when this lesson he doth learn,
So he all temptation stand.


Then by our side he'll take his turn
To give the next hel ping hand.


Some join our order just for fun


Aud are Good Templars but in name,
Perhaps with such uought can be done,
And h.ve none of us to blame.


And even then it is our place


To save them, if we have the power,
TO make them see before Their face
ee. The danger Of temptations hour.


The work is mighty we must do


Ere we succeed with half our plan
- And it devolves on me and you


To do the little good we can.


Think not that in our humble place


All we can do of no amount:


Nor think the record we may trace


Among the rest, Of no account.


1t is the little drops that make


The very hardest thunder shower;
AMI many little bricks we take,


When we would build lofty tower.


The little seeds that from the hand


Into the fertile soil do drop,


BY bursting forth beneath the land


Produce at last the noble crop.


The little deed that we may do,


That Rasts awhile, then disappears


May be "a seed just lost from view,


To blossom forth in future years.


We have each one "a, part IN life"


That no one else, for us can do,


And when surrounded by its strife
h. We need heart both firm and true.


Then with temptation either side,


We could to every tempter say.


| have within my breast a guide,
y. That keeps me in the narrow way.


Let us fulfill the sacred trust


That unto each of us is given.


That when our dust returns to dust,


We may not fear a Judge in Heaven.