Every Mason in the Quarry
Illustration★★★★Every mason in the quarry, every builder on the shore, Every woodsman in the forest, every boatman at the oar Hewing wood or drawing water, splitting stones or cleaving sod, All the dusty ranks of labor in the regiment of God, March together toward his triumph, do the task his hands prepare; Honest toil is holy service, faithful work is praise and prayer
The point
A poem celebrating all honest labor—masons, builders, woodsmen, boatmen—as holy service and praise offered to God.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Inspiring · Exhortative
To tell aloud
under a minute · 63 words
Subjects