THE BUILDER, JUNE 1917

ANTIQUITIES

(A REPRINT FROM THE HARRIS CONSTITUTIONS, 1798)

(The following article is made up of excerpts from a quaint and
lare old book, entitled, "Constitutions of the Ancient and
Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons," compiled by Rev.
Thaddeus Mason Harris, A. M. dated 1798. It is something more than
a glimpse into an Old Curiosity Shop, showing how Masonic history
was written in that day, which is interesting as a warning, if
nothing else; and at the same time furnishing some facts of real
value. Such compilers are useful workers, and if some of the
rubbish of the Temple gets into their records, it is for us to
remove it, preserving, now and then, a stone of unique design--as
did a certain young artist, once on a day, while digging in the
quarry.)

An old Manuscript which was destroyed, with many others in 1720,
said to have been in the possession of NICHOLAS STONE, a curious
Sculptor under INIGO JONES, contains the following particulars:

"St. Alban loved Masons well, and cherished them much, and made
their pay right good; for he gave them ii s. per weeke and iii d.
to their cheer; whereas, before that time, in all the land, a Mason
had but a penny a day, and his meat, until St. Alban mended itt.
And he gott them a charter from the king and his counsell for to
hold a general counsell, and gave itt to name Assemblie. Thereat he
was himselfe and did helpe to make Ma.sons, and gave them good
charges."

II.

A RECORD OF THE SOCIETY, written in the reign of Edward IV,
formerly in the possession of the famous ELIAS ASHMOLE, founder of
the Museum at Oxford, and unfortunately destroyed, with other
papers on the-subject of Masonry, at the revolution, gives the
following account of the State of Masonry at that period: ..

"Though the ancient records of the Brotherhood in England were many
of them destroyed or lost in wars of the Saxons and Danes, yet King
Athelstane (the grandson of King Alfrede the great, a mighty
architect) the first anointed king of England, and who translated
the Holy Bible into the Saxon tongue (A. D. 930) when he had
brought the land into rest and peace, built many great works, and
encouraged many Masons from France, who were appointed overseers
thereof, and brought with them the charges and regulations of the
Lodges, preserved since the Roman times; who also prevailed with
the king to improve the constitution of the English Lodges
according to the foreign model, and to increase the wages of
working Masons.

"The said King's brother, Prince Edwin, being taught Masonry, and
taking upon him the charges of a Master Mason, for the love he had
to the said craft, and the honourable principles whereon it is
grounded, purchased a free charter of King Athelstane, for the
Masons having a correction among themselves (as it was anciently
expressed) or a freedom and power to regulate themselves, to amend
what might happen amiss, and to hold a yearly communication and
general assembly:

"Accordingly Prince Edwin summoned all the Masons in the realm to
meet him in a congregation at York, who came and composed a general
Lodge, of which he was Grand Master; and having brought with them
all the writings and records extant, some in Greek, some in Latin,
some in French, and other languages, from the contents thereof that
assembly did frame the constitution and charges of an English
Lodge, made a law to preserve and observe the same in all time
coming, and ordained good pay for working Masons, &c." And he made
a book thereof how the craft was founded: And he himself ordered
and commanded that it should be read and tolde when any Mason
should be made, and for to give him his charges. And from that day
until this time manners of Masons have been kept in that forme, as
well as menne might govern.

"Furthermore, however, at divers assemblies certain charges have
been made and ordained by the best advice of Masters and Fellowes,
as the exigencies of the craft made necessarie."

III

"In the glorious reign of King Edward III, when Lodges were more
frequent, the Right Worshipful the Master and Fellows, with consent
of the Lords of the realm (for most great men were then Masons)
ordained,

"That for the future, at the making or admission of a Brother, the
constitution and the ancient charges should be read by the Master
or Warden.

"That such as were to be admitted Master Masons, or Masters of the
work, should be examined whether they be able of cunning to serve
their respective Lords, as well the lowest as the highest, to the
honor and worship of the aforesaid art, and to the profit of their
Lords; for they be their Lords that employ and pay them for-their
service and travel."

The following particulars are also contained in a very Old
Manuscript, of which a copy was in the possession of the late
GEORGE PAYNE, Esq., Grand Master in 1718.

"That when the Master and Wardens meet in a Lodge, if need be, the
Sheriff of the county, or the Mayor of the city, or Alderman of the
town, in which the congregation is held, should be made fellow and
sociate to the Master, in help of him against rebels, and for
upbearing the rights of the realm.

"That entered prentices, at their making, were charged not to be
thieves, or thieves maintainers; that they should travel honestly
for their pay, and love their fellows as themselves, and be true to
the King of England, and to the realm, and to the Lodge.

"That at such congregations it shall be inquired, whether any
Master or Fellow has broke any of the articles agreed to; and if
the offender, being duly cited to appear, prove rebel, and will not
attend, then the Lodge shall determine against him, that he shall
forswear (or renounce) his Masonry, and shall no more use this
Craft, the which if he presume for to do, the Sheriff of the county
shall prison him, and take all his goods into the King's hands,
until his grace be granted him and issued. For this Cause
principally have these congregations been ordained, that as well
the lowest as the highest should be well and truly served in this
art aforesaid, throughout all the kingdom of England. Amen, so mote
it be."

IV.

The Latin Register of William Molart, Prior of CANTERBURY, in
Manuscript, (pp. 88), entitled, "Liberatio generalis Domini
Gulielmi Prioris Ecclesiae Christi Cantuariensis, erga Fastum
Natalis Domini 1429," informs us, that, in the year 1429, during
the minority of Henry VI, a respectable Lodge was held at
Canterbury, under the patronage of Henry Chicheley, the Archbishop:
At which were present Thomas Stapylton, the Master; John Morris,
the custos de la Lodge lathomorum, or Warden of the Lodge of
Masons; with fifteen fellow crafts and three entered apprentices,
all of whom are particularly named.

A record of that time says that,

"The company of Masons, being otherwise termed Free Masons, of
auntient staunding and gude reckoning, by means of affable and kind
meetings dyverse tymes, and as a loving brotherhood use to do, did
frequent this mutual assembly in the time of Henry VI, in the 12th
year of his reign, A. D. 1434."

See also Stowe's Survey, Ch. V, p. 215.

The same record says farther,

"That the charges and laws of the Free Masons have been seen and
perused by our late Soveraign King Henry VI and by the Lords of his
most honourable council, who have allowed them, and declared, That
they be right good and reasonable to be holden, as they have been
drawn out and collected from the records of ancient tymes" &c.

V.

ANCIENT CHARGES

Ye shall be true to the King, and the Master ye serve, and to the
fellowship whereof ye are admitted. Ye shall be true to and love
eidher odher. Ye shall call eider odher Brother or Fellow, not
slave, nor any unkind name.

Ye shall ordain the wisest to be Master of the work; and neither
for love nor lineage, riches nor favor, set one over the work who
hath but little knowledge; whereby the Master would be evil served,
and ye ashamed. And also ye shall call the governour of the work
Master in the time of working with him; And ye shall truly deserve
the reward of the Masters ye serve.

All the Freres shall treat the peculiarities of eidber odher with
the gentleness, decencie, and forbearance he thinks due to his own.
Ye shall have a reasonable pay, and live honestly.

Once a year ye are to come and assemble together, to consult how ye
may best work to serve the Craft, and to your own profit and
credit.

VI

A MANUSCRIPT copy of an examination of some of the Brotherhood,
taken before King Henry VI, was found by the learned John Locke,
Esq. in the Bodleian library. This dialogue possesses a double
claim to our regard; first for its antiquity, and next for the
ingenious notes and conjectures of Mr. Locke upon it, some of which
we have retained. The approbation of a Philosopher of as great
merit and penetration as the English nation ever produced, added to
the real value of the piece itself, must give it a sanction, and
render it deserving a serious and candid examination.

The ancient Manuscript is as follows, viz.

Certayne Questyons, with answeres to the same, concernynge the
Mystery of maconrye; wryitenne by the hande of Kynge Henrye the
Sixthe of the Name, and faythfullye copyed by me *Johan Leylande
Antiquarius, by the commaunde of his Highnesse.**

*Note--"John Leylande was appointed by King Henry the eighth, at
the dissolution of Monasteries, to search for, and save such books
and records as were valuable among them. He was a man of great
labor and industry."

**His Highness, meaning the said King Henry the eighth. Our Kings
had not then the title of Majesty."

They be as Followethe:

Quest. What mote ytt be?

Answ. Ytt beeth the Skylle of nature, the understondynge of the
myghte that is hereynne, and its sondrye werckynges; sonderlyche,
the Skylle of rectenyngs, of waightes, and metynges, and the treu
manere of faconnynge al thynges for mannes use, headlye,
dwellynges, and buyldynges of alle kindes, and al odher thynges
that make gudde to manne.

Quest. Where dyd ytt begyne ?

Answ. Ytt dyd begynne with the fyrste menne yn the este, whych were
before the ffyrste manne of the weste, and comynge westlye, ytt
hath broughte herwyth alle comfortes to the wylde and comfortlesse.

Quest. Who dyd brynge ytt westlye ?

Answ. The Venetians *, whoo beynge grate merchaundes, comed ffyrste
ffromme the este ynn Venetia, ffor the commodytye of
merchaundysynge beithe este and weste, bey the Redde and
Myddlelonde Sees.

*Note--"The Venetians." In times of monkish ignorance, it is no
wonder that the Phenicians should be mistaken for Venetians. Or
perhaps, if the people were not taken one for the other, similitude
of sound might deceive the clerk who first took down the
examination. The Phenicians were the greatest voyagers among the
ancients, and were in Europe thought to be the inventors of
letters, which perhaps they brought from the east with other arts.

Quest. Howe comede ytt yn Engelonde ?

Answ. Peter Gower,* a Grecian, journyedde ffor kunnynge yn Egypte,
and Syria, and yn everyche londe whereas the Venetians hadde
plauntedde Maconrye, and wynnynge entraunce yn al Lodges of
Maconnes, he lerned muche, and retournedde, and woned yn Grecia
Magna** wachsynge, and becommynge a myghtye wyseacre, and
gratelyche renowned, and her he framed a grate Lodge at Groton and
maked many Maconnes, some whereoffe dyd journey yn Fraunce, and
maked manye Maconnes, wherefromme, yn processe of tyme, the arte
passed in Engelonde.

*Note--PETER GOWER. "This must be another mistake of the writer. I
was puzzled at first to guess who Peter Gower should be, the name
beillg perfectly English, or how a Greek should come by such a
name; but as soon as I thought of Pythagoras, I could scarce
forebare smiling, to find that philosopher had undergone a
metempsychosis he never dreamt of. We need only consider the French
pronunciation of this name Pythagore that is petegore, to concieve
how easily such a mistake might be made by an unlearned clerk. That
Pythagoras travelled for knowledge into Egypt, is known to all the
learned and that he was initiated into several different orders of
Priests, who in those kept all their learning secret from the
vulgar, is as well known. Pythagoras also, made every geometrical
theorem a secret, and admitted only such to the knowledge of them,
as had first undergone a five years silence. He is supposed to be
the inventor of the xlviith of the first book of Euclid, for which
in the joy of his heart, it is said he sacrificed a hecatomb. He
also knew the true system of the world lately revived by Copernicus
and was certainly a most wonderful man.


**GRECIA MAGNA. "A part of Italy formerly so-called in which the
Greeks had settled a large colony."

Quest. Dothe Maconnes descover here arts unto odhers ?

Answ. Peter Gower whenne he journeyedde to lernne, was ffyrste
made, and anonne techedde; evenne soe shulde all odhers be yn
recht. Natheless* Maconnes hauethe alweys yn everyche tyme from
tyme to tyme communycatedde to mannkynde soche of her secrettes as
generallyche myghte be usefulle; they haueth keped backe soche
allein as shulde be harmefulle yff they commed yn euylle haundes,
oder soche as ne myghte be holpynge wythouten the techynges to be
joynedde herwythe in the Lodge, oder soche as do bynde the Freres
more strongelyche togeder, bey the proffytte, and commodytye
comynge to the Confrerie herfromme.

*Note--"MACONNES HAUETHE COMMUNYCATEDDE &c. This paragraph hath
something remarkable in it. It contains a justification of the
secrecy so much boasted of by Masons and so much blamed by others;
asserting that they have in ali ages discovered such things as
might be useful, and that they conceal such only as would be
hurtful either to the world or themselves. What these secrets are,
we see afterwards."

Quest. Whatte artes haueth the Maconnes techedde mankynde ?

Answ. The artes Agricultura, Architechura, Astlonomia, Geometria,
Numeres, Musica, Poesie, Kymistrye, Governmente, and Relygyonne.

Quest. Howe commethe Maconnes more teachers than odher menne ?

Answ. They hemselfe haueth allein the arte of fyndynge neue artes,
whyche art the ffyrste Maconnes receaued from Godde; by the whyche
they fyndethe whatte artes hem plesethe, and the treu way of
techynge the same. Whatt odher menne doethe ffynde out, ys onelyche
bey chaunce, and therfore but Iytel I tro.

Quest. Whatt dothe the Maconnes concele, and hyde ?

Answ. They concelethe the arte of ffyndynge neue artes, and thattys
for there owne proffytte, and preise: They concelethe the arte of
kepynge secrettes, thatt soe the worlde mayeth nothinge concele
from them. They concelethe the arte of wunderwerckynge, and of fore
sayinge thynges to comme, thatt so thay same artes may not be
usedde of the wyckedde to an euylle ende; they also conceethe the
arte of chaunges (Note, The transmutation of metals) the wey of
wynnynge the facultye of Abrac (Note, This word "Abracadabra" had
a magical signification the explanation of which is now lost) the
skylle of becommynge gude and parfyghte wythouten the holpynges of
fere, and hope; and the universelle longage of Maconnes.

Quest. Wylle he teche me thay same artes?

Answ. Ye shalle be techedde yff ye be werthye, and able to lerne.

Quest. Dothe alle Maconnes kunne more than odher menne ?

Answ. Not so. Thay onlyche haueth recht, and occasyonne more then
odher menne to kunne, butt many doeth fale yn capacity, and manye
more doth want industrye, that ys pernecessarye for the gaynynge
all kunnynge.

Quest. Are Maconnes gudder menne then odhers ?

Answ. Some Maconnes are nott so vertuous as some odher menne; but
yn the moste parte, thay be more gude then thay woulde be yf thay
war not Maconnes.

Quest. Doth Maconnes love eidther odher myghtylye as beeth sayde ?
Answ. Yea verylyche, and yt may not odherwyse be; for gude menne,
and true, kennynge eidher odher to be soche, doeth always love the
more as thay be more gude.

Here endethe the Questyonnes and Awnsweres.

A letter from Mr. Locke to the Right Honorable Thomas Earl of
Pembroke, to whom he sent this ancient manuscript, concludes as
follows, viz. "I know not what effect the sight of this old paper
may have upon your Lordship; but for my own part I cannot deny,
that it has so much raised my curiosity, as to induce me to enter
myself into the Fraternity; which I am determined to do (if I may
be admitted) the next time I go to London (and that will be
shortly). I am, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient, and most
humble servant.
JOHN LOCKE."


GLOSSARY
Allein, only. 
Alweys, always 
Beithe, both. 
Commodytye, conveniency. 
Confrerie, fraternity 
Faconnynge, forming. 
Fore saying, prophesying. 
Freres, brethren 
Headlye, chiefly. 
Hem plesethe, they please. 
Hemselfe, themselves. 
Her, there, their 
Hereynne, therein. 
Herwyth, with it. 
Holpynge, beneficial. 
Kunne, know. 
Kunnynge, knowledge.
Make gudde, are beneficial. 
Metynges, measures. 
Mote may. 
Myddlelonde, Mediterranean.
Myghte, power.
Occasyonne, opportunity. 
Oder, or.
Onelyche, only.
Perneccessarye, absolutely necessary.
Preise, honor. Recht, right.
Reckenyngs, numbers.
Sonderlyche, particularly. 
Skylle, knowledge.
Wachsynge, growing. 
Werck, operation.
Wey, way.
Whereas, where. 
Woned, dwelt.
Wunderwerckynge, working miracles.
Wylde, savage.
Wynnynge, gaining. Ynn, into


VII
Ancient Charges at the Constituting of a Lodge; Extracted from a
Manuscript in the possession of the Lodge of Antiquity in London,
written in the time of James the second.

"And furthermore, at diverse assemblies have been put and ordained
diverse crafties by the best advise of magistrates and fellows.
Tunc unus ex senioribus tenet, librum, et illi ponent manum suam
super librum.

"Every man that is a Mason take good heed to these charges (we
Pray) that if any may find himselfe guilty of any of these charges,
that he may amend himselfe, or principally for dread of God, you
that be charged to take good heed that you keepe all these charges
well, for it is a great evill for a man to forswear himselfe upon
a book.

"The first charge is, That yee shall be true men to God and the
holy church, and to use no error or heresie by your understanding
and by wise mens teachings. Allso

"Secondly, That yee shall be true liege men to the king of England,
without treason or any falsehood, and that ye know no treason or
treachery but yee shall give knowledge thereof to the King or his
counseil; also yee shall be true one to another, that is to say,
every Mason of the Craft that is Mason allowed, yee shall doe to
him as yee would be done unto yourselfe.

"Thirdly, And yee shall keepe truly all the counsell that ought to
be kept in the way of Masonhood, and all the counsell of the Lodge
or of the chamber. Also, that yee shall be no thiefe nor thieves to
your knowledge free. That yee shall be true to the King, Lord or
Master that yee serve, and truly to see and worke for his
advantage.

"Fourthly, Yee shall call all Masons your fellows, or your
brethren, and no other names.

"Fifthly, Yee shall not take your Fellows wife in villany nor
deflower his daughter or servant, nor put him to disworship.

"Sixthly, Yee shall truely pay for your meat or drinke wheresoever
yee goe, to table or bord. Also, Yee shall doe no villany there,
whereby the Craft or Science may be slandered.

"These be the charges general - to every true Mason, both Masters
and Fellowes.

"Now will I rehearse other charges single for Masons allowed or
accepted.

"First, That no Mason take on him no Lord's worke, nor any other
man's, unless he know himself well able to perform the worke, so
that the Craft shall have no Slander.

"Secondly, Allso, that that no Master take worke but that he take
reasonable pay for itt; so that the Lord may be truly served, and
the Master to live honestly and to pay his fellows truely. And that
no Master or fellow supplant others of their worke; that is to say,
that if he hath taken a worke, or else stand Master of any worke,
that he shall not put him out, unless he be unable of cunning to
make an end of his worke. And no Master nor Fellow shall take no
apprintice for less than seven years. And that the apprintice be
free born, and of limbs whole as a man ought to be, and no bastard.
And that no Master or Fellow take no allowance to be made Mason
without the assent of his fellows, at the least six or seaven.

"Thirdly, That he that be made be able in all degrees; that is,
free born, of good kindred, true, and no bondsman, and that he have
his right limbs, as a man ought to have.

"Fourthly, That a Master take no apprintice without occupation to
occupy two or three Fellows at the least.

"Fifthly, That no Master or Fellow put away any Lord's worke to
taske that ought to be journey worke.

"Sixthly, That every Master give pay to his Fellows and servants as
they may deserve, soe that he be not defamed with false workeing;
And that none slander another behind his back, to make loose his
good name.

"Seventhly, That no Fellow in the house or abroad answear another
ungodly or reproveably without a cause.

"Eighthly, That every Master Mason doe reverance his elder; and
that a Mason be no common plaier at cards, dice or hazzard nor at
any other unlawfull plaies, through the which the science and Craft
may be dishonoured or slandered.

"Ninthly, That no Felllow goe into town by night, except he hath a
Fellow with him, who may beare him record that he was in an honest
place.

"Tenthly, That every Master and Fellow shall come to the assemblie,
if itt be eithin fifty miles of him, if he have any warning. And if
he have trespassed against the Craft, to abide the award of Masters
and Fellows.

"Eleventhly, That every Master Mason and Fellow that hath
trespassed against the Craft shall stand to the correction of other
Masters and Fellows to make him accord, and if they cannot accord,
to go to the common law.

"Twelvethly, That a Master or Fellow make not a mould stone,
square, nor rule, to no lowen, nor let no lowen worke within their
Lodge, nor without to mould stone.

"Thirteenthly, That every Mason receive and cherish strange Fellows
when they come over the countrie, and set them on worke if they
will worke, as the manner is; that is to say, if the Mason have any
mould stone in his place, he shall give him a mould stone, and sett
him on worke; and if he have none, the Mason shall refresh him with
money unto the next Lodge.

"Fourteenthly, That every Mason shall truely serve his Master for
his pay.

"Fifteenthly, That every Master shall truely make an end of his
worke, taske or journey whethersoe it be.

"These be all the charges and covenants that ought to be read at
the installment of Master, or makeing of a Free Mason or Free
Masons. The Almighty God of Jacob who ever have you and me in his
keeping, bless us now and ever, Amen."

VIII

Extract from the Diary of ELIAS ASHMOLE, a learned Antiquary.

"I was made a Free Mason at Warrington, Lancashire, with Colonel
Henry Mainwaring, of Kerthingham, in Cheshire, by Mr. Richard
Penket the Warden, and the Fellow Crafts (all of whom are
specified) on the 16th October, 1646."

In another place of his diary he says.

"On March the 10th,1682, about 5 hor. post merid. I received a
summons to appear at a Lodge to be held the next day at Masons Hall
in London. March 11, accordingly I went, and about noon were
admitted into the fellowship of Free Masons Sir William Wilson,
Knt. Capt. Richard Borthwick, Mr. Wiiliam Woodman, Mr. William
Gray, Mr. Samuel Taylour, and Mr. William Wise. I was the senior
Fellow among them, it being thirty five years since I was admitted.
There were present, beside myself, the Fellows after named: Mr.
Thomas Wise, Master of the Masons' Company this present year, Mr.
Thomas Shorthose, and seven more old Free Masons. We all dined at
the HaLf Moon Tavern, Cheapside, at a noble dinner prepared at the
charge of the new accepted Masons."

An old record of the Society describes a coat of arms much the same
with that of the London company of Freemen Masons; whence it is
generally believed that this company is a branch of that ancient
Fraternity; and in former times, no man, it also appears, was made
free of that company, until he was initiated in land among the
operative Masons.

The writer of Mr. Ashmole's life, who was not a Mason, before his
History of Berkshire, p. 6, gives the following account of Masonry.

"He (Mr. Ashmole) was elected a Brother of the company of Free
Masons; a favour esteemed so singular by the members that Kings
themselves have not disdained to enter themselves of this Society.
From these are derived the adopted Masons, accepted Masons, or Free
Masons, who are known to one another all over the world by certain
,signals and watch words known to them alone. They have several
Lodges in different countries for their reception; and when any of
them fall into decay, the Brotherhood is to relieve them. The
manner of their adoption or admission is very formal and solemn,
and with the administration of an oath of secrecy, which has had
better fate than all other oaths, and has ever been most
religiously observed; nor has the world been yet able, by the
inadvertency, surprise, or folly of any of its members, to dive
into this mystery or make the least discovery."

(The above extract of Masonic antiquities is taken from the
CONSTITUTIONS of the ANCIENT and HONORABLE FRATERNITY of FREE and
ACCEPTED MASONS, published by the GRAND LODGE of MASSACHUSETTS,
25th June, 1798, Compiled by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, A. M.
Grand Chaplain.)

THY MYSTERIOUS PRESENCE

Father in thy mysterious presence kneeling,
Fain would our souls feel all thy kindling love; 
For we are weak, and need some deep revealing
Of trust and strength and calmness from above.

Lord, we have wandered forth through doubt and sorrow,
And thou hast made each step an onward one; 
And we will ever trust each unknown morrow--
Thou wilt sustain us till its work is done.

In the heart's depths a peace serene and holy
Abides; and, when pain seems to have its will 
Or we despair, oh, may that peace rise slowly,
Stronger than agony, and we be still!

Now, Father, now, in thy dear presence kneeling,
Our spirits yearn to feel thy kindling love; 
Now make us strong, we need thy deep revealing
Of trust and strength and calmness from above. 
--Samuel Johnson.

THE WONDERFUL BOOK

BY JOHN HENDERSON MILLER

1. O, the Book, the wonderful Book; 
The Book of law and of love; 
The Book for all on earth below 
To lead to Heaven above.
Chorus. Wonderful Book; With it we're rich; 
Wonderful Book ! Without it we're poor; 
Wonderful Book ! Without it we're lost; 
But with it our salvation's sure.
2. O, the Book, the wonderful Book; 
Written with letters of fire, 
That burn their way into the heart 
With warnings of dangers dire.
Chorus. Wonderful Book, etc.
3. O, the Book, the wonderful Book; 
Bright with flames of love divine, 
That light the way to peace and God, 
And the lives of men refine.
Chorus. Wonderful Book, etc.
4. O, the Book, the wonderful Book; 
Than which there is none other; 
It cheers the heart and feeds the soul, 
And makes each man our brother.
Chorus. Wonderful Book, etc.


