Membership Qualifications for the AEAONMS N & SA and Jurisdiction, Inc. PHA

The qualifications for membership in the Shrine, being either a 32° Scottish Rite Mason or a Knight Templar in good standing, assure an association of men of the highest type and caliber men who have been subjected to the rigorous test of all the degrees of Masonry, principal among which are character, respect of the laws of the country and the city, integrity, right living, and all that goes to make up good citizenship..

Masonry everywhere stands for the best that can be found, and the qualifications are stricter as one advances to the higher degrees. A Noble of the Mystic Shrine, therefore, is an elect of the elect, and those who have become votaries of the temple may be assumed as a class to represent the highest citizenship of the community in which they reside. Its members are not chosen because of their wealth and standing. Rank and title are unknown in Masonry. Its membership is not sought. Masons are a voluntary association of men, who, seeing the good work that Masonry has done and is doing, are glad to petition for association with.

It is from such a qualification, therefore, that the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine are drawn, and in rising to the degree of a Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret or to the Order of the Temple their lives and actions are subjected to the closest scrutiny of those having responsibility for the high class of the Order. The selection of members of the Mystic Shrine comes only from among that select body of men whose private lives and whose conduct during their advancement in Masonry have been known to the Nobles to whom they petition for association.

It may be assumed, therefore, that the title “Noble” is one not to be regarded lightly, but to be guarded zealously.

Every Noble is a God-fearing man. Except he believe in God, he could not have become a Freemason..

The Noble Order stands for much.It stands for all that is good, for all that is honest, for all that is charitable, and for the better living of all God-fearing men, be they Jew, Christian, or Mohammedan.

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