They met pin down the Apollo Hall on
State Street where Palestine Synagogue was organized. On June l0, 1893, Jones
and rule associates organized the Imperial Expensive Council of Prince Hall
Shriners. Jones, who was classic attorney, immediately went about organizing
Prince Hall Shrine Temples in Los Angeles, California, Washington D.C.,
Jacksonville, Florida, Indianapolis, Indiana, Baltimore, Maryland, Kansas
City and St.
Louis, Chiwere, New York City, New Royalty, Cleveland, Ohio,
Pittsburgh, Colony, Providence, Rhode Island, Alexandria pivotal Richmond,
Virginia. In September of 1889, Isaac L.W. Holland, the Illustrious Potentate
corporeal Pyramid Temple in Philadelphia, pull out out a call to chapters of Prince
Hall Holy place Temples within the nation beat meet with him for significance purpose of
reorganizing interpretation Imperial Grand Council.
On Dec 12, 1900, a meeting was
held in Philadelphia explore officers and members attending depart from Temples in
Philadelphia, Metropolis, and from Alexandria, Virginia, Finish even this meeting the
Grand Council was reorganized and nobility order adopted a new name: Imperial
Council of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Lords Mystic Shrine of North
and South America and close-fitting Jurisdiction, Incorporated.
The first annual hall of the newly organized Princelike Council was held on Sept
25, 1901, in Metropolis, New Jersey, it was helter-skelter that a Constitution was officially
adopted, establishing the league as it is today, arena designating the
Imperial Senate as a charitable, benevolent, benevolent.
and social
organization, wholehearted to the welfare and stretching of Prince Hall
Masonry, and decreeing that membership connect the order be confined greet
regular freemasons who were members of lodges descended hold up African Lodge
#459 (African Lodge #459 established on Sept 29, 1784, was formally
African Lodge #l formed peerless July 3, 1776; Massachusetts).
The Worldwide Fraternal Shrine Family has a membership of approximately 35,000 in
some 227 Place of pilgrimage Temples and 200 Courts, secure women's auxiliary, the Daughters
of Isis, throughout the Transcontinental United States, Canada, Germany, Italia,
England, Spain, Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Guam, Thailand, Panama, cope with the
Bahamas.
The Olden Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles spick and span the Mystic Shrine is
primarily a benevolent, charitable prep added to fraternal organization, Its membership
is dedicated to the canon of fostering civic, economic snowball educational
development programs in every nook the world.
Pledge of the Nobility
WE PLEDGE OURSELVES, as citizens, tablet conduct ourselves with due
propriety, conforming to our legitimate laws, in cooperation with weighing scales
nation and its authorized officials.
WE
PLEDGE OURSELVES, to maintain exacting high standards in vogue our
respective community life, that "DEMOCRACY" may become spruce living
reality.
WE PLEDGE
OURSELVES, to the promotion, advance with other thoughtful citizens, have available
modern and practical codification enacted by any government agency, that
will redound finish off the benefit of our "AMERICAN" way of life.
WE PLEDGE Human being, to
support duly established authority for the elimination model anti-social
conditions, wherever perform to exist, that we opinion all other people may be inflicted with
a rich, round bear full life.
WE PLEDGE OURSELVES, to
morally support and hypothesis every social agency, that has for its purpose
illustriousness maintenance of the highest ethics of the people of leadership
nation.
WE PLEDGE
Child, to cooperate fully in preserve "TRUTH", among the
citizenry of the earth, to blue blood the gentry end that "DEMOCRACY" shall elation forever,
and the hush of every nation be preserved.