Odes

Opening Ode

Hail Eternal, by whose aid
All created things were made
Heaven and Earth Thy vast design
Hear us Architect Devine.

May our work begun in Thee
Ever blest with order be
And may we, when labours cease
Part in Harmony and Peace.

By thy Glorious Majesty
By the Trust we place in Thee
By the Badge and Mystic sign
Hear us Architect Devine.

Closing Ode

Now the Evening shadows Closing
Worn from toil to Peaceful rest
Mystic arts and rites reposing
Sacred in each Faithful breast.

God of Light, whose love unceasing
Doth to all Thy works extend
Crown our Order with Thy blessing
Build, sustain us to the end.

Humbly now we bow before Thee
Grateful of Thy aid divine
Everlasting power and glory
Mighty Architect be Thine.