What is a Mason

WHAT IS A MASON
this poem/statement or information has been transposed by me, from a Certificate type publication, showing no author & a footnote M.A.S. Brooklyn N.Y.
The certificate was in the regalia case of a brother who has passed to the GLA.

The BOLD lettering is as used in the Certificate itself.

WHAT IS A MASON
A MASON is a MAN and a BROTHER
whose TRUST is in GOD
He meets you on the LEVEL
and acts upon the SQUARE
TRUTH is his COMPASS
and he is ever PLUMB
He has a true GRIP
on all that is RITE
He is loyal to his ORDER
and whatever his DEGREE
he is MASTER of himself.
In the LODGE of Life he wears unstained
The white LAMBSKIN of Innocence
From his INITIATION as an ENTERED APPRENTICE
he travels ever EAST toward the LIGHT OF WISDOM
until he receives the final, the DIVINE PASSWORD
that admits him into the
INEFFABLE PRESENCE OF THE ETERNAL
SUPREME GRAND MASTER
OF THE UNIVERSE