Remember You're A Mason

by Robert W. Pinkerton

Posted January, 1998

When the pressures of recession
Make us concentrate on greed
Take heed, a worthy Mason
Cares about another's needs

Don't let pressures of the moment
Make your obligation sway
Stop and help a fallen brother
Or another by the way

What you give is like a bubble
Whenever you assist
What it costs in time and trouble
Is soon after, never missed

Brother, bear that obligation
You accepted on your knee
It's in direct relation
To your own security

Never hesitate, my brother
Square your actions now and say
"I'll remember I'm a Mason,
And behave like that today"

"With regard to human kindness
And the Golden Rule, I pray
I'll remember I'm a Mason,
And behave like that today"

Robert W. Pinkerton (3/15/25 - 12/27/94) was a past master of Collingwood Lodge and a regular at meetings for 25 years. He was the First Grand Tall Ceder of The Toledo Forest of Tall Ceders of Lebanon and a 32nd Degree Mason in the Scottish Rite. He was also a past chief of Clan McGregor #271 Order of Scottish Clans. As a Shriner, he was director of the Craftsman Unit in 1985, a member of the Legion of Honor, former Captain of the Guard, and membership chairman for two years.

In 1994, he was made an Honorary Member of The A-Team which directly serves the Potentate.

A collection of Robert's poems can be found at The Feast Of Life, an e-m@son Web Ring site constructed in his memory by his daughter and son-in-law, Sandi & Mike Copeland.