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linf carried on under the auspices and lortlie benefit of the church. F'irst cast outIk' beam out of thine oiim eye ; and thenjjaii thou see clearly to cast out the mote outof ihy brother's eye.TffEOLOGT IN THE M. E. CHUBCH.ibout fourteen rears ago, we wrote anutcle entitled " New School Methodism,"in phich we warned the Church against agrowing departure from the doctrines ofMdthodiem. It would have been well forthe Church if these warnings had beenheeded. That the alarm was not giventoo soon, the following reports of discnssionslately had in the preachers' meetingsin the city of New York, abundantly demonstrate.One prominent preacher thought that aman was " no better nor no worse for a beliefin, Unieersalism,—that no one ought tohe kept from joining the Church infulleonuaonbecause lie DENIES THE DI^TCNITY ofChrist, and denies the doctrine of the Trin-Uy!"Bev. Dr. Goodwin, of Indianapolis, saidthat at the west, " they receive -Brians andDeists and anybody into the Chnrch; buttheyvery soon get those ismsoutof them."Sadh may be the theory; but in practice itwill be found that if they do not get thefalse doctrines out of men before they jointlie| Charch, they will not afterwards.—TUB was attested by one of the speakers,fflip said in substance, that two-thirds oftha present members of the M. E. Churchdo plot believe their acknowledged articlesEDITOEIAL. 159of (faith. No- wonder that the Chnrchws!'Ut read the reports:[From tlie N. Y. Telegram of March 2fi.]THE METHODIST PRE.\CHEKS.row h (ind Spread of Heterodoxy in tlieChurch—The Conditions of Membershipin the Methodist Church.The regular discussions in the Methodistireachers' meeting, gave place yesterdayK> a most admirable essay, i)repared andpad by Rev. Mr. Pullman. It traversedtne history, foundation and organization ofte Methodist Episcopal Church, to ascerlaiuand make patent what were the conflitionsof memijership in the " united societies"imposed by John Wesley and hiscoadjutors. It also analyzed the " GeneralBules " of the Methodist Episcopal Church,and showed that they were in harmonywitli the liberal spirit evinced by Wesley;and then the " Twenty-five Articles ofFaith " were examined, and shown to botoo strict if enforced in the spirit and sectariannarrowness in which they are formulated,to admit one-third of those whoare now recognized members of the MethodistEpiscopal Church. The essayistshowed how they exclude Friends, whodiffer with other evangelical Christians onthe sacraments and oaths; Unitarians, whodo not admit the doctrines of the Trinity;Baptists, who hold lo close communion ;Greek and Eoman Catholics, and manyothers, whose differences are as much teclinicalas doctrinal. He cited the Apostlesand Fathers, and also the early foundersof Methodism, to show that the onlyCONDITIONS OF CHTTBCH MEIDJEBSHIPrequired by tliem was a desire to flee fromthe wrath to come, and faith in the LordJesus Christ. The essay was very bold,elaborate and thoughtful, and took unmistakableground in favor of a more liberalsentiment in regard to Church fellowship.The preachers were a little deterred at firstfrom attempting to discuss it, and otherbusiness was taken up. But after a while,Bev. L. S. Weed made a few remarks, endorsingin the main the sentiments expressedin the essay. Dr. Eoache consideredits logic hard to overcome, yet hecould hardly agree fully with its propositions.The Bev. Mr. Dickinson was entirelyin accord with it. He thought the Church'had uo right to impose conditions of membershipnot declared necessary by Christor His Apostles. He had been brought upamong the Friends, but was convertedamong the Methodists in California, andhe had hard work to persuade himself tobelieve the twenty-fifth article, which declaresthat swearing by a magistrals or beforea Court is not prohibited by the Scriptures.He considered it an impertinencefor any body of men to institute such testsof Church fellowship as are laid down inour creeds. Christian experience and thebaptism of the Holy Ghost should beenough at any time. Eev. John Parkerobjected to the experience test. He has ayoung man, a probationer, in his church,whom he has refused to receive into fullconnection in the Chnrch because the youngman, though a professing Christian andliving a godly life, yetDENIES THE DIVINITY OF .lESUS CHRISTand the doctrine of the Trinity. Mr. Dickinsonthought his brother Pirker had madea mistake in this refusal; but Dr. Kingquoting from the Discipline, showed tha