<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. PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. \ : ~ ... ' . , , ARCHIVES 542 Theological Observer. - Ritd)lid)~.geitgefd)id)md)e~. Theological Observer. - stirdjlidj • .seitgefdjidjtlidje~. 1. 2{meriktt. ~B bet: (5\jnobe. ~n beaug auf bie .2eljre b.on ber etoigen @:rh.Jiiljlung beanth.J.orlete bie bieBjiiljrige ~anbibatenfiaffe in 6t . .2ouiB fdjriftridj hie f.oIgenben 8'ragen: 1. llBaB ljeij3t baB: s\)ie eh.Jige @:rh.Jiiljlung ift nidjt nude au betradjten, h.Jie bie ~onforbienf.onnel fagt (~rt. XI, 9)? 2. llBaB h.Jerben 6ie baljer aUf bie 8'rage anth.J.orten: ,,@eljore i dj au ben @:rh.JiiljIten?" 3. S\)arIegung, baj3 ltJir auB bem ~nljart beB @:bangeIiumB fidjer unfere eh.Jige @:rltJiiljlung erfennen fonnen. ~ergeffen 6ie nidjt, ljieriiber .2utljerB Iatei~ nifdjeB dictum au aiHeren. 4. llBie berfteljen 6ie of). :n:eoErYO), Dtom. 8,29? llBie unterfdjeiben fidj flJiitere S\).ogmatifer b.on .2utljer unb ber ~.onforbien~ f.ormer? 5. llBaB ift nidjt - unb ltJaB ift - ber :8 ltJ e cr ber 6djriftreljre b.on Der eltJigen @:rltJiiljlung? 6. llBaB ljaIten 6ie b.on ber meljaulJtung @:albinB, baj3 ber llBaljI aUt 6eIigfeit notltJenbig dne ~riibeftination aut ~erbammniB entflJredjen miiffe? 7. s\)ie U r f a dj e beB ~birrenB b.on ber 6djrifileljre. 8. s\)ie @ r en a e ber menfdjIidjen @:rfenntniB in biefem .2eben nadj .~.of. 13,9. - Unfere ~nftaIt in ~.o d.o ~ leg re meD:let 42 6djiiIer unb 6tubenten. s\)iefe berteiIen fidj auf bier maffen: brei SHaffen heB ~r.o~ feminarB unb eine, bie im britten ~aljr beB 6eminarB fteljt. llBeiter ljeij3t eB ltJorlIidj im meridjt beB s\)ireft.orB: "Unter Den neueingeiretenen 6djiiIern finb brei, bie @emeinbefdjuIIeljrer ltJerben ltJDllen, unh altJei, bie nur eine Iieffere 6djulung fudjen. 6djiiIer, bie fidj nidjt aUf ben s\)ienft in her ~irdje b.orliereiten ltJ.ollen, i1:Jerben natiirIidj nur bann aufgen.ommen, ltJenn nadj Unterliringung ber anbern nodj Dtaum ift unb fie auB unfern @emeinben lommen, ba haB 6eminar b.on ber 6L)nODe erridjtet ltJ.orben ift unb erljarten ltJirb, um ~rebiger unb @emeinbefdjuIIeljrer auBaubiIhen. s\)ie ~uBliUbung unferer ~aftoren umfaj3t jel,?t eine fedjBjiiljrige ~.orliiIDung unb ein brei~ jiiljrigeB 6tubium ber 5tljeologie, ltJoau ein ~aljr lJraftifdjer ~rlieit unter ber notigen ~nleitung im ~ifariat fommt. 8'iir Die ~uBliUbung ber @e~ meinDefdjuIIeljrer finb fedjB ~aljre Unterridjt unb ein ~aljr lJraftifdjer ~rlieit b.orgefeljen. 6.0 {onnen audj unfere 6djulamtBfanbibaten einigermaj3en ltJ.oljI aUBgeriiftet inB ~mt entraffen ltJerben unb ltJerben borauBfidjtridj im~ ftanbe fein, audj ffinfiigen ~nforberungen her 6taatBlieljorben an unfere @emeinDefdjulen geredjt au ltJerDen. ~n biefem 6djuljaljre ltJirb unfere ~n~ ftaIt audj toieber einen :itirOlJ.often ljalien, fo baj3 6djiiIer, bie DaB notige ~rter erreidjt ljaben, nadj 6djluj3 beB 6djuljaljreB baB Dteferbiftenqamen madjen fonnen unb bann nidjt in @efaljr fein ltJerDen, flJiiter, ltJenn fie fdjon im ~mte finD, aum WCmtiirbienft eingea.ogen au ltJerDen. ~djt 6djiiIer ljalien fidj aum @:intritt in ben ~often gemeIDet." S\)iefeB freunbIidje @:ntgegen~ fommen bon feiten ber IirafiIianifdjen Dtegierung ift mit S\)anf anauerfennen. 8'. ~. U. L. C. Colleges. - Our readers may welcome a little item stating the dates when the various colleges of the U. L. C. were founded. The Lutheran writes on this subject: - "The oldest of our existent colleges, Gettysburg, is less than a century old; it was founded in 1832. Wittenberg in Ohio and Carthage in Illinois were founded in 1845 and 1846. Roanoke, Newberry, and Susquehanna date from 1853, 1856, and 1858, respectively. These six institutions were estab- Theological Observer. - .Rirc!)Hc!)~geitgefc!)ic!)t1ic!)eg. 543 1ished in the period prior to the years of extensive foreign immigration and antedate the schisms in Lutheranism that divided the former General Synod and resulted in the formation of the United Synod in the South and the General Council. Muhlenberg (1867), Thiel (1870), Wagner (1883), and Waterloo (1911) were General Council projects. Midland (1887) was -established by the General Synod to serve its Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Western area. Lenoir·Rhyne (1891) is a North Carolina servant. Hart- wick (Oneonta, 1928) is an outgrowth of the old Hartwick Seminary, whose theological department (1797) is our oldest American Lutheran school." Of the 757 seniors in these schools, about 100 are expected to enter theological seminaries next fall. Evidently the colleges of the U. L. C. are largely used for the education of Christian laymen. A. Do the Public Schools Endanger the Faith of Our Children P We are not going to quote Luther's well-known warning against the schools where the Word of God is not the ruling principle. We are going to quote a non-Lutheran writer, who would not go so far as Luther, but who utters a similar warning for another reason. A contributor to the Living Ohurch, May 24, writing from New York State, states: "We are living in an age of propaganda of this kind. The insidious thing has crept into the schools and colleges, and often enough our children are compelled to study their lessons from text-books which are rightly described as books of propaganda. Public interest at the moment is focused upon such a book. It is entitled Modern History, by Professors Hayes and Moon of Columbia University. . .. The book takes as its starting-point the Middle Ages. In the view of these learned writers that period might well be described as a species of social, political, and religious paradise from which our ancestors fell; a paradise which can never be regained so long as we adhere to the false gods of national patriotism, political democracy, captitalism, and Protestantism. . .. It is a sweeping justification of the medieval Papacy. . .. The Reformation is invariably styled the 'Protestant Revo- lution.' The great moral causes which inspired it are either minimized or skilfully glossed over, and reasons such as these are given to explain it: 'To the princes and nobles of Germany, Luther explained that, if they would accept his teachings, there would be no need of a Papacy or of an elaborate religious organization and that they might seize the great estates of the monks and bishops.'" For the sake of completeness we give the whole list of the quotations adduced: "'The Protestant Revolution was caused in part, as we have seen, by the rise of national consciousness and by the desire of national monarchs to increase their wealth and per- sonal power at the expense of the Catholic Church.' 'The King of Den- mark and Norway and the King of Sweden rebelled against the Catholic Church largely for political reasons.' 'Calvin's approval of the taking of interest (usury) on loans and his break with the economic doctrines of the Middle Ages earned him the powerful support of many traders and bankers, and other well-to-do and middle-class persons - the new and rising class of capitalists.' 'A national monarch established the Anglican Church, and national patriotism maintained it.' 'The rebellion of England against the Catholic Church was less the work of religious reformers than of an ambitious and licentious king.' 'The Protestant Revolution was immediately significant in the development of autocracy and even more 544 Theological Observer. - .Ritd)nd)~3eit!lefd)id)tTid)e.s. significant in the rise of modern capitalism.' . .. A closer study of the book will show that its ultimate objective is a species of internationalism, a breaking down of everything that pertains to nationality, and the estab- lishment of some visionary scheme of a so-called 'social and industrial democracy.' Hence the savage thrusts at patriotism and the economic structure of the modern state. . .. The New York Herald Tribune, report- ing an interview between Dr. Harold G. Campbell, acting superintendent of schools, and Professor Hayes, states the following: 'Dr. Campbell pointed out to the authors those passages which were considered to betray the personal bias of the authors rather than an impartial summing up of facts or of diverse viewpoints. He said that the book would be removed from the school list of banned books if the passages in question were modified so as to give a fair expression of the opinion of both sides on such controversial matters as the motives of Martin Luther, the birth of the Anglican Church, and the effects of the Reformation. The charge is that the authors, who are Roman Catholics, presented the Roman Catholic viewpoint on these subjects, as if all mankind agreed that the Roman Catholic viewpoint was the correct one and as if the subjects were not in dispute.''' And now for the editorial comment of the Living Ohuroh (in part): "When can we send children to the public schools and not feel that we are endangering their faith? Certainly the schools have no justifica- tion for taking sides in issues which involve different interpretations of history, particularly in the field of religion." E. Baptism Not Essential. - This is the claim of modernistic Baptists of the type of H. E. Fosdick, who attach no importance whatever to the Sacrament of Baptism. While the fundamentalistic Baptists agree with their modernistic brethren that Baptism is not essential to salvation, they aver that Baptism is essential to obedience. The difference between the two parties is not fundamental; both are rationalistic, and they differ only in degree. We read: "A friend said to us in a tone of surprise, 'You surely do not believe in baptismal regeneration!' Certainly not, but Bap- tism is not trivial and unimportant because it is not essential to salvation. It is of continued and transcendent importance because it is essential to obedience. It is not a key to heaven, but it is a test and proof of loyalty. Let us be very careful when we set ourselves to judge as to the relative importance of Christ's commandments!" J. T. M. "For Many Walk of Whom I ... Tell You ... Weeping ... Who Mind Earthly Things." Under this heading the Sunday-sohool Times (May lO, 1930) reports the following orgies of blasphemies: "Here is something that might well find place in the 'Americana' of Mencken's Amerioan Merou1'Y. In the correspondence of the Ohristian Herald one writes in troubled vein of the doings in her church on Hallowe'en: 'They had decorated it with a witch on the side of the pulpit, a skeleton hand on the other, a cat on the pulpit. Of course, many wore costumes. The minister seemed unusually gay. He opened the scene with "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood." He called on all the spooks to come up and shake hands with the new members.' A Herald writer's comment is: 'Nothing out of order. . .. We should do our utmost to make the church the social center for our youth.' "There was much of parody in the recent celebration of Pentecost at Theological Observer. - .!l'trd)nd)~8ettgefd)id)tlid)e§. 545 Columbus, O. An outstanding feature of the occasion was a pageant in which 1,200 Columbus church-members took part during four nights. This was given in a theater and represented the Church Triumphant. Dr. Nor- wood of the City Temple, London, eulogized Charlie Chaplin, and one speaker is quoted in these venomous words: '1 doubt if there is any other book which ranges from such sublime heights to such degrading depths as the Bible. The Bible was not written by God. All scholars agree that the trinitarian references in the Bible are pious forgeries. The question of the divinity of Jesus is not worth a hill of beans. We must scrap the Bible before we can attain church unity. It is no part of twentieth-century civilization." J. T. M. II . .1lu5hm~+ ~ier~unbertjn~tfci~ b~ ~ugBliurgifdjen ~(lnfeffhlU. Wadj ciner IDM~ bung im "ltb. ~eutfdjr." ~at ber ~eutfdje ltbangeIifdje Sl!irdjenliunb burdj ben ~riifibenten be~ ~eutfdjen ltbangeIifdjen Sl!irdjenau~fdjuffe~ D. Dr. Sl!avler aur ~ier~unberlia~rfeier ber ~ug~liurgifdjen Sl!onfeffion in ~ug~liurg cine ltinlabung an bie firdjIidjen ~erhetungen be~ ®efamtvroteftan±i~mu~ in aITer ~ert etIaffen. ~ie ltinlabung ift getidjtet an adjt mit bem ~eutfdjen ltbangeIifdjen Sl!irdjenliunb in ~erliinbung fte~enbe Sl!irdjen, @i~noben, ®e~ mcinbeberliiinbe unb ~fardonferengen auBer~alli ~eutfdjlanM: bie 'ltban~ geIifdjen Sl!irdjen ~. ~. unb &;;>. ~. {m ~unbe~ftaat ,oftettcidj, bie mio ®ran~ benfer @i~nobe, bie ~eutfdj~ltbangeIifdje (2;~iIe~@i~nobe, bie ~eutfdje ltban~ geIifdje @i~nobe bon @ifrbtneftaftifa, ben ~erlianb ber beutfdjen ebangeIifdjen ®emeinben in ®roBliritannien, ben ~erlianl:> ber ebangeIifdjen ®emcinben beutfdjer Bunge in ~taIien, bie Sl!onferena ber beutfdjen ebangeIifdjen ®cift~ Iidjen im na~eren Otient unb Die ~lierifdje ~fattfonferena. g:emer tnurben eingeIaben: au~ lturova 46 groBe nationale ebangeIifdje Sl!irdjenberliiinbe unb groBere ebangeIifdje Sl!irdjen; au~ ~metifa brei Sl!irdjenberlianbe: Fed- eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America, National Lutheran Council unb bie United Church of Canada; ~ @ifrbafrifa finb bier unb au~ ~uf±taIien brei firdjIidje @iteITen cingeIaben. ~n~gefamt ift Die ltin~ Iabung an 64 Sl!irdjenberliiinbe unb Sl!irdjen ergangen. ~n ber ltinlabung ~ciBt e~ u. a.: ,,~er 25. ~uni 1930, ber bier~unbertia~rige ®el:>adjtni~tag ber Confessio Augustana, ift ffrr bie gefamte ebangeIifdje (2;~riften~eit ein g:efttag bon ~o~er firdjengefdjidjtIidjer ~ebeutung. ~ie Confessio Augustana ift cin tna~r~af± ofumenifdje~ unb reformatorifdje~ )8efenntni~ gugleidj. ~iefer ~atfadje ift fidj Die ebangeIifdje ~riften~eit lietnuBt. ~arum fdjidt fie fidj an, ba~ @iafulatia~r ber Confessio Augustana fcietIidj gu liege~en." ~ie g:eier feIlift tnirb am 24. unb 25. ~uni in ~ug~liurg ftatifinben unb "einen iifumenifdjen (2;~atafter" tragen. ~a~ b~ Iettere in biefem g:aIT ~eiBt, ift tno~I bie~, baB man bem unioniftifdjen ®evrage Diefer bielen, berfdjiebenen Sl!irdjenberliiinbe medjnung hagen tnirb; benn biefe ent~anen nidjt nur Iu~erifdje unb reformierte, fonbem audj gang a~gefvrodjener~ maBen mobemiftifdje ltlemente. ~ir benfen ~ierliei bor aITem an b~ geiftIidj gang bedommene Federal Council of Churches, an beffen @iv!te ID'lanner fte~en, Die frlier~auvt fcine ~riften me~r finb. ltine gemcinfdjaf±~ Iidje g:eier foldj berfdjiebener ltlemen±e fIingt tnie ein &;;>o~n auf ben ~elben~ mfrtigen Beugenmut ber ID'liinner, bie au ~ug~liurg i~r ~ettIidje~ ~tiften~ befenntni~ o~ne g:urdjt bor aITer ~eIt aligeIegt ~alien. ~. ~. ID'l. 35 546 Theological Observer. - .Ritd)lid)~.8eitgefd)id)tltd)e~. A Roman Catholic Estimate of Luther. -A new book on Luther has appeared, written by a French Roman Catholic, Lucien Febvre, and now translated into English. The work is reviewed in the aommo~eal, moderate Roman Catholic weekly. The reviewer totally misunderstands a number of things. He quotes the words of Luther which the latter spoke to a friend who had called him the liberator of Christianity, "Yes, I am and have been that, but in the manner of a blind horse, who knows not whither he is led." The conclusion drawn from this by the reviewer is that Luther's entire work should be considered as an "accident," something that merely happened. Evidently what Luther wishes to say is that the Reformation was not his accomplishment, but that of a higher power which led him to successes and achievements of which he had not dreamed.- The last sentences of the review are typical. ''In spite of the biographer'S sympathy, Luther emerges rather a sorry' figure. In the crucial years after 1525 Luther often asked, 'Why did not the Lord accept the offering of my life?' And if he had died immediately after the Diet of Worms, he would have been a more attractive figure. Like many another man, he lived too long. God knows that in Luther's days there were abuses and corruption enough to cry to heaven for reformation. But as a genuine reformer, Luther (even in this sympathetic biography) suffers terribly by contrast with Charles Borromeo, or Bellarmine, or Francis de Sales, Or even Erasmus, to say nothing of that supremely lovable reformer Francis of Assisi. It was Rome rather than Luther that came through the ordeal of those trying years purified and spiritually refreshed." The pity is that the writer of the review does not know what the chief characteristic, the heart and kernel, of the Reformation was, namely, the restoration, in its purity, of the doctrine of justification by grace through faith to its rightful place in the teaching of the Church. For such a man to sit in judgment on Luther and his work is as incongruous as if a man who is color-blind were to presume to. be the judge at a fashion show. The persecuting Borromeo, the scheming Bellarmine, the visionaries Francis de Sales and Francis of Assisi, and the witty, but unstable, vacillating Erasmus superior as reformers to Luther - there speaks the man who has looked at the Reformation merely in its outer fringe. A. 'l)ie fielite 2amlietijo~onfeten3. ftbet bie fiebte £ambetlj~Slonfetena, bie biefen @5ommet tagen ttJitb, fdjteibt ,,~. @). ~.": ,,~~ ttJidjtigfte @)t" eign~ biefe~ ~aljte~ ift fUt bie angmanifdje ~ljtiftenljeit bie fiebte 2ambetlj" ~onfetena, bie bom 7. ~uIi bi~ aum 9. ~uguft untet bem ~otf~ be~ @)ta~ bifdjof~ bon ~antetbutt) ftattfinben ttJitb. ~unbetie bon angmanifdjen !8ifdjofen au~ allen SteUen bet lilleH: au~ @)nglanb, @5\fjottranb, ~danb, ben ~eteinigten @5taaten bon inotbametifa, ~anaba, ~nbien, ~ljina, ~apan unb anbem 2iinbem, ttJetben in bet engIifdjen ~auptftabt etttJatie±. ~n bet etften 2ambetlj~~onfetena im ~aljte 1867 naljmen 76 !8ifdjofe teU; an bet attJeiten, im ~aljte 1870, 100; an bet btitten, im ~aljte 1888, 145; an bet bietien, im ~aljte 1897, 194; an bet fiinfien, im ~aljte 1908, 242; an bet fedjften, im ~aljte 1920, 252. ~ie bebOtfteljenbe ~onfetena ttJitb botau~fidjtridj eine ttJeit ftiidete SteUnaljme aUfttJeifen. ~ljten inamen ljat bie ~onfetena nadj bet 2onbonet 9tefibena be~ @)tabifdjof~ bon ~antetflUtt), bem aHen, unttJeit bet Stljemie geIegenen 2ambetlj~~alaft, in bem bie !8e~ ratungen ftattfinben. ~et @)toffnung~gotte~bienft finbet am 6. ~uIi in bet Theological Observer. - .Ritdj1idj<8eitgefdjidjt1idjes. 547 (St. ~augkS'i'at~ebrafe in 20nbon ftatt. :flie meratungen fefbft ne~men am 7. ~ufi i~ren ~nfang. :fler 6d]IuBgotie£lbienft lUirb am 10. ~uguft in ber Westminster Abbey in 20nbon ge~arten." :fler BlUecf ber 2ambet~~S'i'on~ ferenaen ift ber, eine mafi§ au finben, bie aur lBereinigung ber ganaen fid]t~ Daren Gl:~riften~eit fii~ren foIL :flie faffd]e angIifanifd]e 2e~re bon ber bifd]ofIid]en 6ufaeHion foU natiirfid] beibe~arten lUerben. ~. 5r. IDe. Snr redjten lBenrteifnng ber rilmifdjen IIWeUmiffiun". lJlad] bem ftatiftifd]en merid]t ber ®efeUfd]aft De Propaganda Fide ffe~en im :flienft ber romifd]en IDeiHion 46,174 ~erfonen: 12,952 ~riefter, 5,110 mriiber unb 28,112 6d]lUeftern. llird]fid]e mfiitier ~aben i~r @rftaunen iiber biefe groBe Ba~f au§gefj:Jrod]en. ~ber man mUB in metrad]t aie~en, baB ~om aud] bie j:Jroteftantifd]en 2iinber af§ IDeiHion§gebiet betrad]tet unb ba~er Die ,,~riefter", "mriiber" unb ,,6d]lUeftem", bie in j:Jroteftantifd]en 2iinbem tiitig finb, af§ IDeiffion§arbeiter anfie~t. 60bann barf man nid]t bergeffen, baB Die romifd]en merid]terftatier, lUenn e£l fid] um ben @rfofg ber riimifd]en IDeiffion ~anbeft, in ber ~egeI mit Ba~Ien nid]t fj:Jarfam umge~en. lJlod] gana fiirafid] berid]tete bie romifd]e ~reffe bebeutenbe @rfolge i~rer Si'ird]e in ffanbinabifd]en 2iinbem. ~I§ 5ratfad]e fterrte fid] ~erau§, baB ~om bort alUar ben ~oj:Jaganbaaj:Jj:Jarat berftiirft ~atte, aber bon einem @rfofg nid]t Die ~ebe fein fonne. ~ud] ber merid]t iiber :fleutfd]fanb Iautete im ~a~re 1927 ba~in, baB 7,407 @bangefifd]e aur ~aj:Jftfird]e, aber 15,328 Si'at~omen aur ebangefifd]en Si'ird]e iibergetreten feien. ~a§ bie "mde~rungen" unter ben ~eiben betrifft, fo ~at ber ~roj:Jaganbenfefretar Urban Gl:erri fd]on im ~a~re 1677 fid] ba~in geauBert, baB ben iefuitifd]en merid]ten nid]t au trauen fei. (IDeeufef v, 434.) IDean mUB aber augeben, baB bie riimifd]e llird]e, lUa£l ben IDeiHion§erfoIg in ber ~eibenlUert betrifft, im lBergleid] mit ben ebangdifd]en IDeiffionen, Die nod] ben ®Iauben an ben geheuaigten Gl:~riftu£l j:Jrebigen, einen groBen lBorteiI ~at. :flie offiaieUe romifd]e ~e~ figion ift ~erhefigion, mit au§briicfIid]er lBerlUerfung ber 2e~re, baB ®ntt um Gl:~rifti lBerbienfte§ lUmen bie 6iinbe bergeoe. (5rrib., sessio VI, can. 12.) ~eH nun aUe ~eibnifd]en ~eIigionen ebenfall§ ~erheIigionen finb, fo braud]en bie ~eiben bei i~rer mefe~rung aur riimifd]en llird]e i~re ~eIigion gar ntd]t aufaugeben unb bie d]riftfid]e anaune~men. @§ ~anbeft ftd] nur um einen ~ed]fef ber reIigiiifen Beremonien. ~n bie 6teUe fraten~after, ijaBIid]er ®otenbHber treten etlUa fd]iine IDearienbiIber. is. ~. ':l>ie Wladjtenifcrrtnng !numB in ber Wert. lJlad] bem neuen j:Jaj:Jftrid]en ~a~rbud] bom ~a~re 1929 aa~ft Die riimifd]e SHrd]e 14 ~atriard]ate, 245 @rabi§tiimer, 908 mi£ltiimer, 57 ~uri§biftionen berfd]iebener ~rt unb 331 lBifariate unb ~rafefturen. :flaau fommen 600 5ritularbifd]iife o~ne eigene :fliOaefe. :fler lBatifan unter~aft 50 bij:Jlomatifd]e lBertretungen. :flie 6taa~ ten finb beim ~aj:Jft burd] 11 motfd]after unb 18 ®efanbte bertreten. ~n mom befinbet fid] ber Bentralftt bon 138 Orben unb S'i'ongregationen. :flaau fommen 30 6eminare unb Si'oUegien ber berfd]iebenen lJlationen. ~n lBer~ binbung ~iermitberid]tet ber ,,2ut~. ~erorb" lUeiter: ,,:flie ubertritte bon Si'at~omen aur ebangeIifd]en llird]e in :fleutfd]fanb betrugen im ~a~re 1927 15,328, bie ftbertritte @tJangeIifd]er aur fat~oIifd]en S'i'ird]e 7,407. ~uf ie 100,000 Si'at~ofifen entfiden 75 ftbertritie aur ebangeIifd]en llird]e, aUf ie 100,000 ~roteftanten aber 18.51 ftbertritte aur fat~oIifd]en llird]e." ~. 5r. IDe. 548 Theological Observer. - ~itclJndHleit()efclJiclJmclJe~. @in ebnngeHfdjei\l ntnliifdjei\l @efnnglindj. 5Der "Eut~. &Jerolb" bringt aui\l ,,~b. IDIiff. II bie folgenbe IDIitteUung: ,,5Der WItbireftor bei\l @5lJrifdjen ~aifen~aufei\l D. ~eobor @5djneIfer f±em bie :Bei± feinei\l ffiu~ef±anbei\l audj weiter unermiibIidj in ben 5Dienf± ber 2frbeit bei\l ~aifen~aufei\l. ~iirafidj erfdjien im merIag bei\l ~aifen~aufe~ ein bon i~m bearbeite±e~ arabifdje~ ebangefifdje~ @efangbudj mit 30S .2iebern unb 126 IDIeIobien flir @otte~~ bienf±e unb anbere refigiofe merfammlungen. ~~ iff bie~ ba~ befte bi0~er erfdjienene ebangefifdje @efangbudj in arabifdjer @5pradje. @5o witb ba~ @5lJrifdje ~aifcn~au~ nidj± nur iiUBerIidj, fonbern audj innerfidj wei±er berbofffommt. &Jeute ~at e~ nidjt nur feinen ganaen f.8efit wieber in feinen &Jiinben, fonbern audj arre ~rieg~fdjiiben finb ge~em. wrre WnftaIten in ~erufalem fte~en in fdjonf±er Q3fii±e,iiuBerIidj tJJieber~ergef±em unb audj innerfidj wefentridj berbcHer±. 5Die :Ba~l ber beu±fdjen IDIitarbeiter iff ber~ groBeri. ~n f.8ir @5alem iff ba~ berwiif±e±e ~~mf±iiifdje ~aifen~au~ wieber bomg ~ergef±em unb bewo~nt. ~n Waaare±~ befinbe± fidj ba~ @aIiIiiifdje ~aifen~au~, fo baB arre brei Wnf±aIten mit erweiteriem ~idung~frei~ wie" ber in gefegne±em 5Dienf±e f±e~en." ~. )to IDI. @in finnifilJe~ miHion~jnliUitnm in 6frhweitnfrifn. 5Da~ ,,~b.~Eu±~. @emeinbeblat±" fdjreUi±: "mor fedjaig ~a~ren ramen bie erften finnifdjen WliHionare nadj bem WmboIanb in @5iibllJef±afrifa. ~rft fiinfae~n ~a~re fpiiter fonn±en bie ~rf±ringe getauft roerben. ~m ~a~re 1907 ~atte bie Wliffion 1,661 ~~rif±en in i~rer ~flege, im ~a~re 1917 roaren e~ 3,400 unb im ~a~re 1927 roar bie Ba~I aUf 21,037 geroadjfen, rooau nodj 2,000 )taufberoetber famen. 5Die moIf~fdjulen rourben bon 6,112 ~inbern befudj±. Weben 61 europiiifdjen IDIiHion~arbeiiern f±e~en jet± 260 ~ingeborne im 5Dienf±e biefer IDIiHion, barun±er fieben orbinierie ~af±oren. 5Der groB±e )teH ber ?BibeI iff fdjrn in Wbonga gebrucf±; bie ganae f.8ibel iff aber bereit~ in bie @5pradje ber (6ingebornen iiberfet±." ~. )to IDI. ::Det /I~ntionnni\lmni\l/l with miifioni\lgefiifjrfidj. ~ir Iafen llirafidj in ber "W. ~. 2. ~. ": ,,5Die @5iifuIarificrung in ber )tiidei, ba~ ~eiB±, ber Wbfarr bon ber ffiefigion unb refigion~Iofe ~ur±urpflege, ~a± in ben Iet±en ~a~ren foIgenbe ~±appen au beraeidjnen: Wbfdjaffung be~ @5uItanat~ unb Wu~~ rufung ber ffiepubHf; Wbfdjaffung be~ ~afifag unb ber mo~Iemifdjen ffie~ figion aI~ @5±aagreIigion; ~rfetung ber IDIofdjeenfdjulen burdj weHridje; 2fuflofung ber 5Derroifdj~()rben unb ~inaie~ung i~re~ f.8efite~; Wa±ionafi~ fierung refigiofer @iiter unb f.8efitungen; Wbfdjaffung be~ U:e~ unb ~rfat burdj ben &Ju±; ~infii~rung be~ @regorianifdjen ~alenber~ an @5±erre be~ ein~eimifdjen; ~infii~rung neuer @efetbiidjer mit Wnle~nung an ba~ fdjllJei~ aerifdje f.8iirgerIidje ffiedj±, an ba:~ beu±fdje &Janbef5gefet unb ba~ itafienifdje @5trafgefet; gef etfidje Wuf~ebung ber ~olt]gamie; neuen @5djulaufbau mit ~oebufation, @5por± unb roeftridjer IDIufiI; aIfgemeine @5djulbiIbung unb ®infii~rung be~ Iateinifdjen Wlp~abe±~. ~m Bufammen~ang mit ber f.8e~ wegung berf djiirft fidj ftiinbig bie Wbroe~r~aItung gegen bie djriftridje IDIif ~ fion." 5Diefefbe )8ebro~ung ber IDIiHion~fdjuIen aeigt fidj audj in anbern Eiinbern. 5Die IDIiffion~gefeIffdjaften miiffen aufrieben fein, roenn e~ i~nen gefing±, mit ben @5±aagregierungen ,,~onforba±e" au fdjfieBen. U:. ~. Concordia College at Adelaide, Australia, Celebrates Its Silver Jubilee. - The Australian Lutheran (March 21, 1930) offers the following sketch of the history of the Australian Concordia in connection with a re- Theological Observer. - .Rird){id).,8ettgefd)id)tIid)es. 549 port on its recent silver jubilee. Since the work in Australia is so closely linked with our own Church, we are sure that the article will be of interest to our readers. We read: - "The 22d of February, 1930, marked a red-letter day in the history of our dear Concordia. Twenty-five years had passed since our College was transferred from Murtoa, Victoria, to Adelaide_ This occasion was taken note of at the recent convention of the South Australian District held at Tanunda. In the morning session on Saturday, the 22d of February, dele- gates and visitors joined in singing a hymn of praise unto the Lord, and a prayer was offered up by the General President, Pastor W. Janzow. On Tuesday evening, February 25, a very enjoyable jubilee concert was given by our college in the Tanunda Hall to a packed house. "A brief review of the history of our college since its transfer to Adelaide may prove of interest to our dear Christians. The data to be given will show that our good Lord has signally blessed our institution, and that we have every reason to be jUbilant over the fact that under God's guidance and protection our college has been a success in the kingdom of the Lord. "In April, 1904, our college was opened at Murtoa, Victoria, by our present director, Dr. C. F. Graebner, in the old buildings. At a synodical convention at Birdwood, in 1904, synod's attention was drawn to the fact that the original property of our present college at Malvern, Adelaide, was for sale. The Lord made the hearts of our people willing to purchase it. The property was secured at a cost of about £2,200. In the beginning of 1905 negotiations and arrangements had advanced to such a stage that Dr. Graebner was able, together with his twelve pupils, to move into the new home. Fourteen boys enrolled, and the opening took place on the 22d of February, 1905, with 26 pupils. Since that time our college has visibly developed in all directions. The attendance register shows that during the past twenty-five years 406 pupils have received instruction at this institution. Of this number 57 have graduated for the holy ministry in six classes, containing 12, 7, 6, 15, 9 and 8 candidates, respectively. Four pastors began their course of study in Adelaide and completed it in America. Five classes of teachers have been trained - six teachers in 1908, one in 1910, three in 1911, one in 1912 and five in 1913, giving a total of 16 teachers. Fourteen students entered schools as teachers without having completed the full course. The training of teachers received a severe check through the suppression of our schools in South Australia during the war by the government then in power. Since the repeal of the law referred to a revived and wholesome spirit in favor of Christian day- schools is again manifesting itself in our midst. A result of this fact is that the lull in the training of teachers has had to give way to earnest and energetic endeavors on the part of synod again firmly to establish at our college that so very important department of training teachers for our Christian day-schools. "Since 1913 our college has also been preparing its pupils for the Inter- mediate and Leaving-university examinations. To date 81 pupils have gained the Intermediate certificate and 52 the Leaving certificate. "In consequence of the increase of the attendance at our college the work expanded to such an extent that the teaching staff had to be enlarged 550 Theological Observer. - .Rir~Ii~~3eitoef~i~tli~e~. repeatedly. In 1907 Professor Koch was called, in 1908 Professor Winkler;. Professors Zschech and Hamann were called in 1910 and 1926, respectively. In 1927 Mrs. Dorsch received a permanent appointment, and Mr. O.Wedding entered upon his duties at the beginning of this year. "A further consequence of the natural development of our Ooncordia was that our college work kept growing out of the space and room afforded by buildings available, just as a growing boy will keep growing out of his clothes. In 1910 an addition had to be made to the original building at. a cost of about £2,000. In 1927 a new building was added, involving an expenditure of over £5,000. For a number of years after the transfer to' Adelaide our director resided in the college building. At present the col- lege owns three professors' residences, of which one is the director's. "The present school-year opened with an attendance of 85 pupils, in- cluding the girl pupils from the girls' hostel. Twenty new boys and eight girls have enrolled this year. "From the data mentioned it will be seen that under the Lord's gracious guidance and protection our Ooncordia has made steady, con- tinuous progress. The blessings that have beamed forth from our dear Ooncordia into our beloved Australia and beyomi its borders are in- numerable and cannot be measured in miles and chains; they can be fully appreciated only by those who enjoyed them, viz., by the many souls that have profited by the \'Vord of the Lord that has gone out from our Oon- cordia. They can be noted down and summed up by none other than our good and all-knowing God in heaven. May our gracious Lord continue to- bless our Ooncordia! May He protect it against the onslaughts of the Evil One, to whom our Ooncordia is a thorn in the side! May He keep our college ever faithful to His Word in order that it may remain a strong- hold of true Lutheranism, or - what amounts to the same thing - a center of true Ohristianity! "Since the reopening in February our college again resembles a busy beehive. The present year will mean putting the finishing-touches, so to speak, to the theological class which is to graduate at the close of this year. The past-leaving class will receive its final trimmings for the theo- logical course to be entered upon at the beginning of next year. The other classes will prepare for their respective university examinations. The new pupils will ere long have become acclimatized to the college atmosphere and conditions and soon feel themselves an indispensable part of the whole- concern. "The vacancy caused by the departure from this life of our dear Pro- fessor Koch will be filled for the time being partly by Rev. O. Nichterlein and partly by the members of the teaching staff. In another direction our college will now work with a reinforced staff, as Mr. Wedding has accepted an appointment to the junior classes. It is our sincere wish and prayer that our Lord may equip our new teacher with the gifts and ability necessary for his work and make him a useful instrument in the up- building of His kingdom. "May the Lord, who has graciously permitted us to celebrate the silver jubilee of our college at Adelaide continue to be with us and lead our Ooncordia on to its golden jubilee!" J. T. M.