Where Have All The Masters Gone

By: Bro. Don Treiber, 32°

Pataskala Lodge # 404 & Hiram Lodge # 18

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MASTERS GONE,

WHO RULED THE LODGE IN THE PAST.

WE NEED THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOW HOW,

IF THE LODGES ARE TO LAST.

THE TIME THEY SPENT, TO LEARN THE WORK

AND MAKE THEIR LODGES GROW,

SEEMS ALL FOR NAUGHT AS WE VIEW THE SEATS,

AND WONDER IF THEY WILL SHOW.

WE SOMETIMES WONDER WHY THE BOTHER,

TO TAKE THE TIME TO PREPARE,

WHEN AFTER ALL THEIR EFFORTS,

THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO CARE.

CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE HOW FAR WE COULD GO,

IF ALL THE LEADERS WHO HAVE LEAD,

WOULD BE ACTIVE IN THE LODGE TODAY,

AND NOT BE ABSENT INSTEAD.

EACH PROMISES TO SUPPORT THE NEXT,

AFTER THEIR TIME HAS PASSED,

IF NOTHING ELSE THAN TO RETURN THE FAVORS,

THAT THEY RECEIVED WHEN ASKED.

IT'S GREAT TO SAY YOU WERE MASTER,

AND HAVE LEAD THROUGH A YEAR OF STRIFE,

BUT ONCE YOU ARE MASTER,

YOUR EXPECTED TO SERVE FOR LIFE.

TONIGHT AGAIN WE SIT ALONE,

THE FAITHFUL FEW WHO CARRY ON,

AND MAKE THE LODGE WHAT IT IS,

AND WONDER "WHERE HAVE ALL THE MASTERS GONE"?

Asking Again

By: Bro. Don Treiber, 32°

Pataskala Lodge # 404 & Hiram Lodge # 18

I INVITED YOU OUT TO LODGE AGAIN

LAST SUNDAY WHILE AT CHURCH,

I DO IT EVERY CHANCE I GET,

THE REJECTION IS BEGINNING TO HURT.

I SEE OLD MEMBERS THROUGH OUT THE TOWN,

AS I TEND TO DAILY CHORES,

SOME ARE BEGINNING TO WALK AWAY,

AS I ENTER SOME OF THE STORES.

I KNOW THAT REMINDING MEMBERS TO COME,

AND RENEW OLD FELLOWSHIPS,

BUT, WASN’T THAT PART OF THE PURPOSE TO JOIN,

AND SUPPORT THE MASONIC CLICK?

MASONS CONTINUE TO HELP THE NEEDY,

AND THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE,

BUT, IT TAKES A LOT OF MASONS

TO BE ALL THAT WE HOPE TO BE.

WE STRUGGLE TO SOMETIMES PAY OUR BILLS,

AND CAN’T CONTRIBUTE TO SOME,

BUT, IF ALL THE MASONS IN THE LODGE, WOULD HELP,

IT SURELY COULD BE DONE.

SO, AS I LEAVE TO DO MY CHORES,

AGAIN ON THIS FINE DAY,

I’LL PROBABLY SEE A BROTHER,

WHO WILL ALREADY KNOW WHAT I WILL SAY.

HEY, HOPE TO SEE YOU AT LODGE NEXT TIME,

YOUR PRESENCE WE SURELY MISS,

BUT, PLEASE DON’T PROMISE YOU’LL BE THERE

IF ATTENDANCE IS NOT ON YOUR LIST.