Order of the Secret Monitor

[1] However, the Masonic degree as we know it today, arose in the United States around 1850, under various titles – "Brotherly Love," "Jonathan and David," and finally "Secret Monitor",[2][unreliable source?]

It was taken to the United Kingdom by Isachar Zacharie when he returned from America following the American Civil War in 1875.

Under Zacharie's leadership a Grand Council was formed in 1887, and the ritual was expanded to include two extra degrees, one of which pertained to the chair of Supreme Ruler.

[citation needed] All Master Masons are eligible for membership of this Order, but must be invited from a member.

The first degree, the Secret Monitor in which the legend of David and Jonathan is acted out in the ceremony of induction.