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<1tuururbtu UJqrnlngtrul :tInut~l!J Continuing Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI) Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV) Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920) -Tbeol. Monthly (Vol. X) Vol. I July, 1930 No.7 CONTENTS Page PIEPER, F.: Die Wiederholung einer falschen Anklage gegen die Missourisynode.............................. 481 DALLMANN, W.: How Peter Became Pope............... 486 ENGELDER, TH.: Der Sieg ueber den Unionismus ....... 498 KRETZMANN, P. E.: The Spirit of the Lutheran Chorale 508 ELLWANGER, W. H.: The Christology of the Apocalypse 512 POLACK, W. G.: Sermon for the Golden JUbilee of a Con- gregation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 529 Dispositionen ueber die Eisenacher Evangelienreihe....... 534 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . .. 542 Vermischtes und zeitgeschichtliche Notizen ................ 551 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 552 Ein Predfger mu.s nicht aliein weiden, also dass er die Schafe unterweise, wie • fe rechte Christen eolien Bein, sondem auch daneben den Woelfen wellre .. , da.s SiB die Schafe nicht angreifen und mit falscher Lehre verfuebren und Irrtwn ein- fuehren. - Lutller. Es ist kein Ding, da. die Leute mebr bei der Kirche bebeelt, denn die cute Predigt. - A.pololJie, A.rf. I~ . If tbe trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare him.elf to tbe battle f 1 Cor.~." Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States~ CONCORDIA. 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' . , , ARCHIVES 552 Book Review. - £itetatut. bon allen aur )fiiebergaoe oftafiaiifdjer unb oefonber~ djinefifdjer 2aute. ~a~ 6djriftfL)ftem be~ ~eutfdjen ift me~r af§ ba~ irgenbetner anbern euro~ f,Jiitfdjen 6f,Jradje geeignet, ba~ [~inefifdje o~ne biafrtttfdje 3eidjen ridjHg roieberaugeoen. ®~ ift ba~er au oegrilj3en, baj3 fidj in letter 3eit beutfdje @eIe~rie energifdj filr eine beutfdje 5tranffrif,Jiion be~ [~inefifdjen einfeten. ®~ ~anbert fidj baoei feine~roeg~ um einen !8erfudj, bie djinefifdje 6djrift burdj lateinifdje ober beutfdje )Budjftaoen au erfeten. ®in foldjer !8erfudj rourbe bor ;;Sa~ren bon ber ,stoma~bfdji~fai', ba~ ~etj3t, ,@efellfdjaft filr latei~ nifdje 6djrift', in ;;Saf,Jan gemadjt. 9Cadj roenigen ;;Sa~ren be~ )Befte~en~ ~at biefe @efellfdjaft i~re )Beftuoungen roieber einftellen milffen, ba bie 0ftafiruen mit lJtedjt an i~rer arteriilmrtdj~ge~emgten ~arafterenfdjrift feft~anen, in ber fie etnerfeit§ bie 6djrift bere~ten, in ber i~re SHaffUer unb ~~iIofof,J~en gefdjrieoen ~aoen, anbererfeit~ eine 6djrift, tie unenbIidj bieI f,Jlaftifdjer unb beforaHber roirft af§ irgenbeine anbere unb in ber fie letten ®nbe~ eine uniloertroffene )fiaffe gegen bie geifHge ;;Snbafion be~ ®urof,Jiiertum~ o efit en. " morfte~enbe~ teiIen roir mit, roeiI roir roegen unferer ID(iffion~~ aroeit in [~ina an bem oe~anberten @egenftanb ein groj3e~ ;;Sntereffe ~aoen. {Y. If· ,,9CUl: bie @ejinnung, \t1omit bet menfdJ fjanbelt, lnadJt fjienieben aUe~ ficin oller grofV' SDtefe )fiorie, tie ®rnft ID(orit ~rrnbt augefdjrieoen roerben, finben roir in einem beutfdjliinbifdjen ~arenber. 6ie ff,Jredjen eine unumfti.ij3Iidje )fia~r~ett au~. ~e~~alo oeginnt 2ut~er in feinem ~atedjiS~ mu~ bie ®dliirung ber einaeInen @eoote mit ben )fiorien: ,,)fiir follen @ott fUrdjten unb lieoen." 0~ne {Yurdjt unb 2teoe au @ott im &jeraen ber ID(enfdjen finb alle i~re )fiede "fIein", ia nur @efetiloeriretung, roeiI ba~ @efet )fiede forbert, bie au~ einer @ott lieoenben @efinnung fliej3en, roie [~riftu~ ID(att~. 22, 36. 37 barIegt. {Y. If. Book Review. - 2iterahtr. The Patmos Visions. A Study of the Apocalypse. By Philip Mauro. Hamilton Bros., Boston, Mass. 576 pages 5X8. Price, $3.00. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This is a study of the Book of Revelation - a book "of a, character so strange, so unlike the other books of the New Testament, and so diflirmlt to understand, tha,t the people of God might be disposed to turn away from it a,nd might even think it was not to be read by the simple believer" (p. 47). Mr. Mauro a,ccepts this challenge and endea,vors to draw from Revelation lessons for Christian faith and life. He believes that the design of the book as a whole is "to give to the people of God (Christ's 'servants') a, foreview of those events of the Christian era, which in God's estimation thereof are most important and would best serve to sustain their faith and patience during the long period of waiting for the coming again of the Lord from hea,ven" (p. 12). As for the a,rrangement and plan of John's visions he holds that "the events symbolized a,re grouped with reference to their character rather than with reference to time - that is to say, topically rather than chronologically" (p. 44). Accordingly he rejects the futurist's system of interpretation, that has become so popular Book Review. - .\litetutut. 553 through Dr. Seiss' Le{)tures on the Apocalypse and which is the basis of the millennial (dispensationaHst) doctrines almost universally held by American FundamentaHsts. In other words, the purpose of the book is not so much to picture the events that will take place immediately before the Second Advent as to teach "that things a,re not going at present, and have not in the past gone, ha,pha~a;rd in the world; and also that, if the powers of evil have been allowed wide scope, it is by His permission and because the conditions resulting therefrom are precisely those which best suit His wise and holy purposes during the day of grace" (p. 231). Accordingly Mr. Mauro rejects the system of interpretation which assumes that certain "tribulation saints" will occupy "a different and a lower place in the glory from that of the redeemed of this present dispensation of grace" (p. 260). He disagrees with the opinion of those who a,re watching the political activity of the Jews since the Great War with intense inter~t, some "with expectations (such as that the Temple will be rebuilt, animal sacrifices resumed, etc.) which to my mind are without support in the Scriptures." Indeed, the "doctrine of the restoration of the Jewish nation, with its Temple, priesthood, and sacrifices, is a denial of what the Scrip- tures point to as one of the most important consequences of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ" (p.349, also p.354 and p. 429). Mr. Mauro finds references to papal Romanism where dispensationalist authors dream of an anti-Christ yet to arise as an a,pocalyptic figure. Romanism is not so much "displayed openly in its real character as the enemy o·f God and the opposer of His purposes," but "is unveiled as a 'mystery' in the da,ys of the seventh trumpet, where it is shown by a special vision as developing out of, and in close political association with, the Roman Empire" (p. 307). The Second Beast is Romanism pictured in its purpose to sei~e the dominion of the world. Again, "the second pa,rt of Chapter 13 clearly pictures papal Rome exercising "aU the power of the First Beast before him" (p. 428). There is a,n excellent demonstration of the fulfilment of the "Mother of Harlots" in pa,pal Rome, pp.480-491. With fine spiritual comprehension the author identifies in Rome as well as in Humanism the same basic principle, common to both, the central doctrine of both-"the salvation of man by his own works" (p.564). The state of the Christian Church since the days of the Protestant Reformation is found described in Revelation II, the time indicated "by the loud voice of the mighty ang-el and the seven thunders," a vision of the Reformation (p. 347). The sanity of Mr. Mauro's studies is evidencecl particularly in his treatment of the symboEcal numbers of Revelation. The 1260 days a,re "a spiritual measure; and how to translate it into the equivalent in natural time is not given to us, at least so' far as I am awa;re. In this book we are taken back and forth, from the natural realm to the spiritual, from the earthly to the heavenly; and in the spiritual realm we find con- ditions with which we are quite unfamilia,r. Particula,rIy difficult is it for us to comprehend the scales of measurement of time and space that are used by those that dwell in eternity" (p. 340). The "thousand yea,rs" of Chapter 20 simply "convey the idea of fulness and completeness. That coming period of blessing will be full measure. It will not be broken or curtailed" (p. 520) . 554 Book Review. - £itetatut. We may not agree with the author when he interprets Rom. 11, 26 as pointing to the salvation of Israel; but these studies WHre written in 1925,_ and from our correspondence with thH author WH know tha.t he now accepts the intHrpreta.tion of Dr. Stoeckhardt and others. Nor will every reader find in Revelation reference to modern pacifism, the League of Nations, and Bolshevism. The author, let it be said, emphasizes the spiritual character of the warfa.re which the Seer witnesses in the latter days. The result of the War in Heaven is the present restriction of Satan's; power, "that through the knowledge of this grea.t t·ruth the feeblest saint can be more than a conqueror over aU the principalities, powers, and hosts of wickedness" (p. 378); on the other hand, the statement, Chap. 12, 15, regarding the Flood tha.t was "poured out of the mouth of the dragon clea.rly indicates that the figure symbolizes an eruption of false doctrines" (p. 385) . Indeed, so clearly does Mr. Mauro see the fulfilment of these predictions in our present age that he sees dark days ahead, days which may compel many a Christian to withdraw from all that is not according to the revealed truth of God in order tha.t he may adhere to. "the apostles' doctrine" and to "the pa.ttern of primitive Christianity in aU matters of faith and practise" (p. 338) . The purpose of his studies may be summed up in his comment on Chapter 21: "Thus ends the transcendently wonderful description of the holy Jerusalem, the Bride, the Lamb's wife. May some gleams of her divinely bestowed glories and beauties penetrate into our hea.rts and serve to turn aU our thoughts and affections from things on earth to things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God!" (p. 543) . TH. GRAEBNER. ~et llIi10ftel ~nulu~. II. 6 ei n e 6 t er 1 u n gin bet .R u n ft. mon D. ~ t n ft bon 5) 0 b f d) ti t, ~tofeffot bet :tfJeologie an bet UnibetfWit &'dalle~mlittenbetg. Wlit 35 ~bbilbungen unb dnem :titelbilb in mietfatben~ brucr. mud)fJanblung bes mlaifenfJaufes, &'dalle (6aale), \}rancrefd)e 6tif~ tungen. 1928. 88 6eiten 6% X9%. ~teiS: M. 8. 5)ies ift hie dgenattigfte 5)arftellung bes ~.pofteg ~aulus, hie mit nod) unter hie ~ugen gefommen ift. ~ad)bem in bem etften :teil (bg1. £efJte unb mlefJte 74, 215) bie lllertgefd)id)trid)e mebeutung bes ~.poftels botgeftifJtt lllat, folgt nun fJiet feine 6tellung in bet stunft. 5)et merfa(fer, dn betannter neuteftamentrid)er ~beget, bet aud) fJier in ~merifa ars lI~ustaufd).profe(for" in ~fJicago unb anber~ llliirts ge1efJrt flat, giM dne ®efd)id)te bes ~aulusbilbes in bet stun ft. (,tr bietet 35 aUfs fdnfte ausgefiH)rte milllet unb ein lllafJrfJaft ttinftIetifd)es bierfarbiges :tite1bilb, bas hie mefefJtUng ~au1i barftellt. 5)iefe milber finb Bum gto%en :teile nod) lllenig befannt, jinb teilllldfe nod) nie beriiffentrid)t lllorben, unb biefe ,Bu~ fammenftellung unb dngefJenbe (,ttfliirung lllar ifJm nur fo miiglid), ba% dne ffieifJe bon ®e1efJrten nicl)t nur in 5)eutfcl)lanb, fonbern namentlid) aud) in ~talien unb biS nae!) &'datbatb fJin ifJm aUf Die dne oller anhere mldfe befJilflid) lllaren. ~oet lllei% man benn nun, lllie ~aulus ausgef efJen fJat? mlir fJaoen feine autfJen~ tifd)en mtiefe, aber fein autfJentifd)es ~otttiit bon ifJm trot ber biden ~aulus~ bilber. ~oet tuas ntitt bann dne fold)e 6ammlung? ~un, id) fJabe mit mit bier ~ntereffe jebes biefer milber genau angefefJen, unb id) fann nut fagen, ba% hiefe 6ammlung nid)t ettua nur bem stunftfJiftotifer, fonllern jebem stird)en~ gefd)id)tler bon mlert fdn tuitb. 5)enn es ift dne :tatf ad)e, Me namentlid) in neuetet ,Beit ~tof. &'dans ~teu% in {,ttlangen ted)t Uatgemad)t fJat, ba% in bet Book Review. - mteratur. 555, d)tiftlid)en stunft bet ~a~t~unbette fid), Illie man ielJt bielfacf) fagt, bie ,,@efcI)icI)te bet il'tommigteit" lllibetf1JiegeH. :Da~ gilt nun aucI) bon bief en !.paulu~uHbetn mit i~ten fe~t betfcI)iebenen m:uffaffungen bon bet ftU~eften cI)tiftlicI)en ,{leit an lli~ aut @egenlllatt. :Da fe~en Illit: mancI)mal botne~me, IllUtbige, ja gelllaltige ~tfcI)einungen, bann Illiebet me~t einen m:~teten obet stloftet~emgen, je nacI) bet ,{leit, au~ bet ball !SUb obet bie 5tatue ftammt. IJJW UiecI)t fagt bet metfaffer bon bem uetU~mten fogenannten mieta1Joj'telbHb m:lbrecI)t :DUtet~, be~ Wlalets bet lut~etifcI)en Uiefotmation, bet mit !.pinfel unb @tiffel bet ~elt dne gan3e m:n3a~1 bon !.paulu~bUbetn gef cI)enft ~at: ,,!Sei :DUm ttitt ... ba~ !SiuelbucI) alS ba~ entfcI)eibenbe 5t)mbol ~etbot. :Die ~o~e, fa~le, aUf bem mieta1JoftelbHb tief" gefutcI)te 5titn aeigt ben :Dentet, bie tiefliegenben, butcI)btingenben m:ugen" (bas ift cin Heines metfe~enj :DUm Iiiflt nut e i n m:uge [ef)en), IIDie ficI) bem !SefcI)auet· tief in bie 5ee1e bo~ten, Illeifen aUf ben WlenfcI)enfennet unb 5eelenarot. mie(" leicI)t batf man fagen, bafl in bem !.paulu~ be~ mieta1JoftelbHbe~ ba~ SjiicI)fte et" tdcI)t ift, Illa~ menfcI)licI)e stunft aUf biefem @elliete Ubet~au1Jt au fcI)affen bermag." (5. 32.) m:bet e i n !SHb ij't eine statitatut, ia dn 5cI)eufal, ba~ bon bem neu" aeitlicI)en Wlalet ~obiS (;l;otint~. 6dn !.paulu~ ift ein aufgetegtet 5cI)llliitmet, Illenn nicI)ts 5cI)limmm~. ~cI) bacI)te bauei an hie mobetnfte, gteulicI)e, aber fcI)neU aucI) in~ ~nglifcI)e UbetfelJte unb giet in m:metifa betbteite±e :DatfteUung. be~ ~eben~ ~~fu bon ~mU ~ublllig (lJintet llle(cI)em !!Camen ficI) bet ~ube (;l;o~en betftecft). 501cI)e !.ptobufte finb aucI) ,{leicI)en bet ,{leit. - mon :DobfcI)UlJ giM auflet ben !Silbetn unb einem motlllOtt dne 44 5eiten umfaffenbe ~infUgtung au belt !SHbern mit m:nmetfungen baiu, bie 43 5dten umfaffenj babd liiflt et fdnm au~ bem etften steil unb fonft befannten mobetn"tgeologifcI)en 5tanb1Junft nut feHen etfennen, Illenn et 3.!S. bon bet "iiufletlicI) 3ufiiUigen statfacI)e bet stanoni" fietung bet !.paulu~btiefell tebet (6. IV). ~. il' U t b tin get. What About the TwelveP By Robert Freeman, Minister of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, Cal. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 1929. Price, $1.75. To preach or write about the twelve apostles is a venture which must. appear very attractive to every minister, even though he knows that material will be scanty when Judas Lebbaeus and Simon the Zealot are' reached. The author of the essays before us, devoting one to each of the twelve apostles, went at his task with enthusiasm and a good deal of lit- erary skill. With respect to style the book exhibits the good and the bad qualities of present-day preaching in the average American pulpit - ease, vivaciousness, clearness, wealth of illustrations, on the one hand, and a rather pronounced inclination to relate anecdotes, an occasional descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, and absence of strictly doctrinal, Bib- lical instruction, on the other. The doctrinal position of the author it is somewhat difficult to ascertain. His Presbyterianism is not much, if at all, in evidence. A number of statements are of a doubtful character, per- mitting of a correct and of a false interpretation; for instance, the words of the poem quoted page 38: "Things the peasant Christ-child could not know, In His quiet manger long ago," and the sentence on page 152: "Divine knowledge, or foreknowledge, does not hamper human liberty." One wonders whether the author would accept the words of Art. XVIII of the Augsburg Confession: "Although nature is able in a manner to do the outward work (for it is able to keep the hands from theft and murder), 556 Book Review. - ~itetatut. yet it cannot produce the inward motions, such as fear of God, trust in God, chastity, patience, etc." On what dangerous paths a minister or author treads when he, to make his language attractive and concrete, refers in laudatory terms to contemporaneous popular heroes is strikingly shown by the praise our author bestows on Grover Cleveland Alexander, erstwhile pitcher of the Cardinal baseball team, not dreaming, of course, that but a short time after the appearance of his book this man would be sent home in disgrace on account of drunkenness. From the point of view of interpretation the essays are not deep, nor are they always reliable in their construction of the historical background; for instance, there is no Bib- lical warrant for the statement, p. 33, that Andrew "had the Messianic vision long before his elder brother." The author's view that the first meeting between Jesus and Peter, related John 1,40--42, occurred not in the region where John was baptizing, but at the Sea of Galilee while Peter was fishing, seems hardly tenable. W. ARNDT. The Holy Ghost. By William Dallmann, D. D. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 50 pages, 5 X 7%. Cloth, gilt title. Price, 50 cts. This monograph on the Holy Spirit was published, as the subtitle shows, "to celebrate the nineteenth centenary of the first Christian Pente- cost." It serves this purpose very well, for it is a study on the person and work of the Holy Ghost, a fine supplement to the Third Article of the Apostles' Creed. The subject-matter is treated in twelve chapters: "I be- lieve in the Holy Ghost"; "The Holy Ghost has Called Me by the Gospel"; "The Holy Ghost has Enlightened Me with His Gifts"; "The New Birth"; "Conversion"; "Repentance"; "Holiness"; "Good Works"; "More Acts of the Holy Ghost"; "Union with God"; "Preservation"; "The Opposition to the Holy Ghost." The author's method in presenting these truths is by proper arrangement of proof-texts under heads and subheads, the proof- words of the passages being printed in italics. This enables even the simple reader easily to learn the great lessons which Holy Scripture teaches on the subject. However, the use of the book will become still more effective if the passages are more fully explained and applied by a pastor or teacher. For use in Bible classes and schools the little volume in its field is without an equal. We hope it will be diligently bought and read in and outside our Church. J. T. MUELLER. 'l)a~ Q.lrunbliefenntni~ ber ebanllcHfdHutijerifdJen ~itdJe. 91tH cinet gefd}id}b lid}en ~infeitung unb fuqen edfiitenben ~nmedungen betfeljen. S\)em futljedfd}en Irljdftenbon sum bietljunbettjiiljdgen :;suoifiium bet ~Ug~oUt" \lifc!)en ~onfefflon batgeooten bon if. 5.ll i e)l e t. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 1930. 155 !SeHen 5X7%, in ~einwanb mit ®ofb~ titer gebunben. 5.llteis: $1.00. ~~ witb )laffenb fein, ba% wit bei bet lBef)lted}ung be~ smiebetabbrud~ biefet bot ftinf3ig :;saljten etfd}ienenen :;subWiumsfd}dft ba~ Udeif be~ bamaligen me~ 3enfenten, 5.lltof. 1))1. ®tintljets, ljiet aud} wiebet abbtuden faffen, um fo meljt, aIS Die ~tfaljtung jene~ UrieH beftiitigt ljat. ,,~uclj 3Ut bebotfteljenben :;subeffeiet witb bem futljedfcljen Irljtiftenbo{f ein iiljnficlje~ lBiicljfein [wie ba~ lBiicljfcin "S\)et ~ontotbienfotmef ~ern unb !Stern"], entljaftenb bas ®tunbbefenntniS, bie ~ug~~ butgifd}e ~onfefflon, mit gefcljicljtfid}et ~infeitung unb tUtBen etffiitenben ~n" Book Review. - 2itetatut. 557 merfungen 'Datgeboten. ,{3roat finbet fief) bies metenntniS in unferm @efangbuef); aUdn, roet roUnfef)te nief)t auef) dne ~tmitung besfeIben 3U ~aben? lillet miid)te nief)t auef) gem Me @efef)ief)te besfeIben nii~et fennenfernen? stlient es boef) nut 3ut ~t~ii~ung bet ~uberfteu'De, roenn man ben @egenftan'D bet i'\'teube teef)t fennt. Unb ~iet fie~t bet' 2efet im etften :teH, roie bet ttem @ott bet futljetifef)en .reitef)e Mefes .refeinob gefef)enft unb etljaften ~at, un'D im Broeiten :teif, roie ljettfief) bas~ fefoe f dnem ~n~aft naef) ift. .rednet roit'D basf doe fef en, o~ne bem teuren met~ faffet fUt bie ~ettHef)en i'\'ingeraeige 3U banfen. . .. lillie einft ,stlet .reonfotMen~ fotmer .reern unb I5tem', fo ~at aud) Mefes muef) b 1 e i 0 en ben lill e t' t. 9laef) meenbigung bet ~uoeffeiet foUte es nief)t beifeitegdegt roetben. mmig roit'b in unfern @emeinben bon ben auf3uneljmen'Den @1iebern betfangt, bat fie bei etroa noef) bot~anbenem ~Jlanger an .reenntng fiimUief)et Iutljetifd)en l5~moDfe mben bem .refeimn .reated)iSmus 2ut~ers 3um roenigften hie un\leiinbette snugsourgifef)e .reonfeffion fennen unb fid) ba3u oefennen. .reein tJaffenbetes mud) fann ben 9leu~ auf3une~menben in bie &;lanb gegeben roetben, afs biefe SUusgabe ber snugSoutgi~ f d)en .reonfeffion mit gef d)id)t1id)et ~infeitung unb etfIiirenben snnmedungen." (2ut~etanet 1880, 15. 88.) stlas mud) ljat roitUief) 0 f e i 0 e n h e nlill e r t. lIDit iilteren @1iebet bes 9Jlinifteriums ~aoen es aUe biefe ~a~te ljinburef) immet unb immer roieber 3Ut' &;lanb genommen. Unb unfete iUngeren ~aftoren roetben es auef) nief)t oljne gtojien 9luten filt i~te tljeo!ogifef)e ~tfenntniS unb i~t @fauoens~ leoen ftubieren. stlas Heine mud) ift teief) an gtUnbfief)et :t~eologie. ~s ift ge~ fef)tieben bon einem9Jleiftet Hater unb baoei umfajfen'Der stlatfteUung. lillit' foUten eil auef) untet unfetm futf)etifef)en moff berbreiten. i'\'ilt bas gemeine mon ift es ia gef d)tieben. lillet stleutf ef) betftef)t, roet ben .refeinen .reateef)ismus fef en fann, fann auef) bie snugsourgifd)e .reonfeffion berfte~en, unb roo iljm in bet .reon~ feffion etroas nief)t gfeief) frat ift, ba lommt iljm eoen Mes muef), bas et berfteljen fann, au &;liffe. stlas roat bie mmte3eit bet lutljetifef)en .reitef)e, alil bas lutljctifef)e ~ljtiftenbon, Die 2aien forooljl afS Die :tljcofogen, bie 2eljte ber l5ef)tift fannte, ftiiljfief) betannte unb fief) gegenfeitig (fielje 15.5) im metennen ftiidte. 150U Die ~igenart bet lutljetifef)en .reird)e, roie fie fief) in bet snugsDurgifef)en .reonfeffion aus~ getJtiigt ljat, etljaften roetben, fo mut bie snugsburgifef)e .reonfeffion untet uns leben. Unb bas roitb etteid)t roetben, roenn neoen anbern ~ubifiiumsgaben fon~ bet fief) cruef) biefes milef)fein untet uns roeit betbreitef unb grilnbHef) ftubiert roitb. :t~. ~ n gel bet. The Making and Meaning of the Augsburg Confession. By Oonrad Bergendofj, Ph. D. Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Ill. 127 pages, 5% X 8. Cloth, with gilt lettering. Price, 75 cts. This volume is, as the title shows, a contribution to the celebration of the four-hundredth anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. The contents of the book are divided into three parts: "The Making of the Confession," "The Meaning of the Confession," and a discussion of the various articles of the confession under the head "The Augsburg Confession." Numerous illustrations have been added to render the book attractive. The exposi- tions of the articles are brief and practical and are expressed in language which the average Christian can well understand. They show the author's endeavor to make clear to his readers the main doctrines set forth under the various heads. Occasionally, however, his sentences are misleading. Thus on page 35 he avers that "the Trinity is not mentioned in the Bible." This is not what the writer means to say, for though the term "Trinity" 558 Book Review. - ~iterntur. does not occur in Scripture, the doctrine of the Trinity is certainly very clearly taught there. Again, he says: "Because salvation is a divine, not ·a human process, human words only feebly express the truth that the Christian lives through" (p. 35). The clause "that the Christian lives through" is certainly ambiguous, if not obscure. On page 37 he makes the statement: "The very inability of man to know, or believe in, his God is .counted to him as sin, for it leads him to worship false gods and is the root of all unrighteousness." Here the motivation is out of place, since it is the very nature of hereditary corruption that the concreated holiness, righteousness, and knowledge has been lost through the Fall. In other words, original sin does not become sin because of its evil consequences, but is sin per 8e. But quoting these lapses does not mean that the reviewer wishes to disregard the excellencies of the book. The author very strongly repudiates synergism when he writes: "Thus man has done nothing, can do nothing, to win salvation. It is a free gift of God in Jesus Christ. The forgiveness of sins is a work of God, and of God alone. Man's part in ·earning salvation is entirely excluded. He cannot repent, he cannot be- lieve, he cannot do good works, so as to win the grace of God. That God .gives to him without his merit, without worthiness in him, without his having raised a finger to earn it" (p. 42). As the reviewer perused the pages of the book, he became more and more convinced of the preciousness of the Augsburg Confession and of the great blessings which it has brought -to the Lutheran Church everywhere, particularly through its emphasis on the fundamental doctrines of the Reformation. May the jubilee lead us to a more careful study of this great confession, especially in the light -of the Apology and the Formula of Concord! J. T. MUELLER. ~l1angenfdje UMigionBl1iibagogif fur SHrdje nnb Sdjule. mon D. :J 0 ~. 6 t e i n bed. ,BhJeite, bUtdjhJeg neubentbeitete ~ufInge bes ~e~tbudjs ber fitd)lidjen :Jugenbet3ie~ung. ~ei\l3ig 1930. ~. stieidjettfdje metTngs~ budj~nnblung D. Werner 6d)o1L 336 6eiten 6X9. ~reis: @el)eftet, M.14; gebunben, M. 16. D. 6teinbed ift ~tofeffot bet :rgeologie unb .Ronfiftorinltnt in ~resInu, unb bns jett in 3hJetter ~uflage erid)ienene ~udj berul)t aUf griinbUdjem 6tubium, hJie fid) bas nidjt nur nus ber nnge30genen ~Ueratur, fonbern nudj nus bem \Jnn3en :Jnl)art bes ~udjes ergibt, hJenn man nudj l)in unb hJieber ein einfdjHb giges iJadjhJert bermiflt. stins ~udj 3erfiiUt in ahJei :reHe, einen fiiraeren bon 63 6eiten tiber bie @efdjidjte ber religiiifen ~r3iel)ung in 5Htdje unb SdjuIe, ber in furaen Umriffen bns 910tigfte nUf biefem @ebiete borftil)rt, unb einen bergiiIb lliSmiiflig Iangen bon 268 6eiten, ber in brei ~bfdjnitten Me :rgeorie ber relb giiifen :Jugenbeqiel)ung bel)anbelt. stier {iingfte ~bfdjnttt ift ber brUte, ber me~r nlS bie S'd(ilfte bes gan3en ~udjes einnimmt unb bie ftberfdjrifttriigt: "stiie mer~ ,nnftnltungen ber teHgiiifen :Jugenber3ie~ung." ~efonbers hJidjtig unb intmffnnt finb l)ier bie UnterabteHungen tiber bie ~e~nnblung ber S'dnu\ltftoffe bes ffieHgions~ untertidjts in .Rirdje unb 6djuIe, niimHdj ber billHfd)en 6toffe im befonbern, bes .Ratedjismus, ber .Rirdjengefdjidjte unb ber .RirdjenHeber, fobann tiber ben .Rinber~ gotiesbienft, unter bem fidj bet merfaffet dnen @ottesbienft ber (,l;~tiften~ ober ~inberIel)re botfteUt, tiber bie .Ronfitmation unb (;\;t3iel)ung bet .Ronfirmnnben unb ennHd) tilier bie firdjUdje ~flege ber .Ronfirmierten in :Jungmiinner~ unb ~ungmiibdjenbereinen. Book Review. - .l3itetatut. 559 '!let metfaffet fd)teibt fefbftbetftanbHd) bon bem 6tllnb\lUnU bet .l3anbes<, -lett moWlfitd)e, unb beslllegen ift es fiit 4.\llftoten unb \3e~tet, bie nut bie ftei< titd)Hd)en met~artniffe ~metiflls fennen, etlllas fd)lllet, fid) in mand)e bet an< gegebenen 6ituationen ~inein3ubenfen, Illie Illenn et (6.278 f.) babon tebet, bllB in einet 6tllbt bie .li:onfitmanben lid) nid)t an ben 4.\fllttet i~tet eigenen @emeinbe 3U binben ~aben. ~t Illm fid) alfo Illebet an 4.\llrod)ialgtengen nod) an 4.\lltod)ial< 3uge~iltigfeit binben. ~ud) fonft linb bie1e 4.\unUe, fonbetlid) einige .l3eitfate, nid)t im ~innang mit bet 6d)tift unb bet \3e~te unfem metenntniffe. '!laB et aUf 6eite 144 bie teligiilfe ~t3ie~ung in bie ~anb bes 6tllates unb bet 'S"eitd)e legt, ift nad) feinem 6tanb\JUnft butd)aus 3U erlllatfen. 6d)lllmt au betfte~en -iit feine ?Ulamung, baB bie .li:inbet bot bem btei3e~nten obet biet3e~nten ~a~te nid)t an3u1)alten jeien, bie eigentlid)en @ottesbienfte bet @emeinbe 3U befud)en, ?Ulie fid) bas mit ben \1abllgogifd)en @tunbfaten lJet 6d)tift, fonbetlid) 6\1t. 22, 6, betttagt, ift nid)t etfid)tlid). @ana flllfd) ift bie me~au\1tung (6.162): ,,'!lie ~n< n(1)me bes 6iiuglingsglaubens ift III 01) I allgemein aufgegeben" Illie aud) bet 6at (6. 250, bgl. 255): ,,'!lie .li:onfitmation ift untet mefeitigung bon metenntniS unb @eliibbe in eine tated)etifd)