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FRATERNAL BROTHERS

OUR BOND AT THE ALTAR,

IS WHAT MAKES US BROTHERS,

WHAT WAS INSTILLED IN OUR HEARTS

IS HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER.

DID YOUR OBLIGATIONS GO DEEP

AND TAKE ROOTS IN YOUR HEART,

DO YOU OFTEN REMEMBER,

HOW THE FURTHERMORES START.

WHEN YOU GREET A BROTHER,

BY CHANCE ON THE STREET,

IS HE JUST ANOTHER MAN,

YOU HAPPEN TO MEET.

OR DO YOU SEE A FRIEND,

AND A BROTHER BY BOND,

WHO KNELT WHERE YOU KNELT,

AND WILL BE OFF OR FROM.

HE WALKED THRU THE CHAMBERS,

IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE,

AND REACHED FOR THE STARS.

WHEN HE ASSENDED THE STAIRS,

REMEMBERING THAT TIME,

AND THE LOOK ON HIS FACE,

WHEN HE FIRST SAW THE LIGHT

AND HIS HANDS WERE IN PLACE.

WHEN THE BIBLE WAS OPEN,

THE GRAND ARCHITECT WAS THERE,

TO WATCH OVER THE DEGREE,

THAT WAS HANDLED WITH CARE,

YOU KNOW HE MET HIRAM,

THE SAME WAY AS YOU,

AND THE GRIP OF A BROTHER,

WAS MORE LIGHT TO HIM TOO.

THE LECTURE BY TWO,

HE HEARD THAT NIGHT,

WE ALL HAD TO LEARN,

TO GAIN MORE LIGHT.

NEXT TIME YOU SHAKE HANDS,

WITH A BROTHER AND FRIEND,

LET IT FLASH THRU YOUR MIND,

HE'LL BE THERE TO THE END.

Ben Steen copyright September 27, 2003

Fraternally, Ben Steen

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