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Temperance_Orders (533 words) |
 | This men's secret fraternal order was founded in the United States in 1842 as spin-off society of the English Independent Order of Rechabites, which was organized in 1835. |
| The order was a fraternal temperance society, modeled on the "Sons of Temperance." It utilized a six degree system for its members, and whose ritual were based on the Biblical story of David and Jonathan, of the legend of Damon and Pythias, and the medieval Knights Templars. |
| They claimed that their order was better than the Sons of Temperance in that they were not distracted from their primary purpose by offering insurance, and because it admitted women on an equal basis. |
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Independent Order of Rechabites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (141 words) |
| The Independent Order of Rechabites was a friendly society established as part of the temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. |
| The initials IOR on a tombstone may indicate that the deceased was a member of the organisation. |
| More notes from the Isle of Man, linking the formation of the Rechabites to the Order of Oddfellows and therefore indirectly to Freemasonry. |
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