Mere refinement and respectability have nothing to do in the matter. It is a matter of faith and respect to the supreme and absolute authority. Has a man the faith, the humility and the obedient spirit that will learn of Jesus and yield to what he requires? We are not vying with any people in this country in efforts to be liberal and easy in our views and practice, but we desire to see who can live nearest to the Lord and follow him most closely. He laid down the law of induction, or the law for receiving members, and we have no discretionary power in the matter. We do not make the terms, but simply exhort men to comply with them, as found in the Book of God. THE FALL OF BEECHER. The American people are so familiar with the name and character of Henry Ward Beecher, that no explanation of what follows, is needed by the present generation. Beecher is the most gifted and noted _liberalist_ and progressionist in America. He is out at sea, without chart or compass. The movements of the wind, and the motion of the current, determine his course. He cares not whither he sails or where he lands, or whether he lands at all or not, so that the breeze is pleasant and the waves smooth. His great mind, glib tongue, and tireless pen, have enabled him to unsettle and pervert the faith of thousands of honest and unsuspecting people. Even some preachers among the disciples, who are noted for their adherence to the fixed principles of revealed religion, have been seduced by Beecher. The good providence of God, in time, revealed the true character of the man of no faith, and men now see it blackened and tarnished by crime and immorality. Let the liberalists and progressionists among the disciples of Christ, take warning from the downfall of the far famed Beecher.