This is an excellent documentary to help make you familiar
with the life and works of Prophet Noble Drew Ali.
Timothy Drew, better known as Noble Drew Ali, was a Moorish American who founded the Moorish Science Temple of America. He was considered a prophet by his followers, in 1913 he founded the Canaanite Temple in Newark, New Jersey, before relocating to Chicago, where he gained a following of thousands of converts
“In connection with our religious aims and beliefs, we must promote economic security. The preaching of economic security among us is by no means as widespread and intensive as the circumstance demand. No other one thing is more needed among us at this time than greater economic power.
Better positions for our men and women, more business employment for our boys and girls and bigger income will follow our economic security. We shall be secure in nothing until we have economic power. A beggar people cannot develop the highest in them, nor can they attain to a genuine enjoyment of the spiritualities of life.
Our men, women and children should be taught to believe in the capacity of our group to succeed in business, in spite of trials and failures of some of them. Trials and failures in business are by no means connected to any particular group of people. Some business ventures of all people fail.
We have many men and women among our people who are qualified, both by training and experience, who are shinning lights in the business world of all the people.”
This is an excerpt of Prophet Noble Drew Ali's writing in a section of an article in the Moorish Literature known as: “Moorish Leader’s Historical Message To America”
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