What came you here to do?

“And now, my brethren,

What came you here to do?

When you joined our mystic circle,

Had you a purpose in your heart

To be of service to your fellow man,

And perform your allotted part?

Or came you out of curiosity

Or motives personal in view?

Tell me brother of the square,

What came you here to do?

Have you failed to grasp the meaning

Of the symbols of our chart?

Have you learned to subdue your passions

And make improvement in your art?

Do you always, always uphold the trusts

On which we firmly stand,

Teaching the Fatherhood of God

And the Brotherhood of Man?

Have you been willing to id the brother

When life surges were fierce and wild?

Have you offered cheer and comfort

To the Mason’s widow, wife and child?

If you have done so, my brother,

You are a Mason good and true,

And can give you a correct answer

What came you here to do?” 

The Masonic News

I read this on a pamphlet on the first time in my lodge when my father, a Past-Master took me to join. I have always been glad that my father and Chief saw me return my degrees.