, ' arnurnr~ttt wqrnlngtrttl flnut41y Continuing Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI) Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV) Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920)-Theol. Monthly (Vol. X) Vol. II October, 1931 No. 10 CONTENTS Page FUERBRINGER, L.: Dr. F. Pieper als Theolog. 721 DAU, W. H. T.: Dr. Francis Pieper the Churchman ...... 729 ARNDT, W.: Paul as Citizen ... '" .. . ...... '" ... " .. 736 KRETZMANN, P. E.: Wann und wie kam Luther ZUl' Er- kenntnis del' Wahrheit? .......... . 747 KRETZMANN, P. E.: The Inspiration of the New Testa- ment ........ . 754 LAETSCH, TH.: Dr. Pieper als Prediger .................. 761 Dispositionen ueber die von del' Synodalkonferenz ange- nommene Serie alttestamentlicher Texte............... 771 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . .. 777 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 793 Ein Prediger muss nicht allein weide1lJ also dass er die Schate unterweise, wie sie rechte Christen sollen sein, Bondern auch daneben den Woelfen wehren, dass Bie die Schafe nieht angreifen und mit falscher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum ein· fuehren. - Luther. Es ist kein Ding, daB die Leute mehr bei der Rirche ber..a::;lt d~nn die g'.lte Predigt. - Apologie, Art. !4. If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 1 Oor. 4,8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. Book Review. - mtetatut. 793 Book Review. - £iteratur. m:nfnnge reformatotifdj'er ~ilierau~regung. &jetausgegelien bon :;'S 0 ~ ann e s ty i cr e t. (grftet lSanb. 2ut~ers modefung iiber ben ffi:omerbrief 1515-16. mierte ~uflage. 9Jlit einet :tafer. stlietedd)fd)e merragsbud)~anbfung, 2eifl3ig. 1930. ClV, 162 unb 346 6eiten. q5reis: ®e~eftet, M. 18 j ge~ bunben, M. 20. :;'Sn ,,2e~re unb®e~re" (74, 342) ~aben tuir bie beutfd)e i'tberfej}ung her ffi:omerbriefbodefung 2ut~ers bon (gbuatb (gUtuein beffltod)en unb emflfo~fen. &jier Hegt uns nun eine neue ~uflage bes bon bem unermiiblidjen tyorfd)er q5rof. D. :;'SolJannes tyicret aufgefunhenen lateinifd)en £)riginaIiJ bor. :;'Sft hie ffi:omer~ briefbotfefung 2ut~ers iiber~auflt bon gtotet ®id)tigfeit - fie tumbe ge~aften bom 3. ~obemliet 1515 bis 3um 7. 6efltembet 1516 -, ba fie uns einen lSlicr tun fiitt in hie ®etfftiitte unb bot aUem in bas &jeq bes bonefotmatorifd)en 2ut~et unb beumd) aeigt, tuie eben 2ut~et butd) fein 6tubium bes ffi:ometbriefs bet ffi:e~ fotmatot getlJotben ift: fo ift getabe biefe £)tiginalausgalie bon befonbmt ®id)~ tigfeit, nid)t nut, tuei! feine i'tbetfetung gana bas £)tiginal etfeten fann, fonbem aud), tuei! fie gana boUftiinbig ift unb fotuo~I bie ®fojfe (162 6eiten) ars aud) hie 6d)ofien (346 6eiten) hiflfomatifd) genau nad) ben &janhfd)tiften batbietet. 2ut~et befoIgte eben bamals nod) ben mittefaftedid)en lStaud), unb fd)ieb 3tuifd)en ®Ioffe unb 6d)olie, bas ~eitt, 3tuifd)en ®otb unb 6ad)etHiitung. ,,®iilJtenb hie etftere ars intetfineate ®foffe in fd)atfet, tnaflflet tyaffung hie (grHiitung bes ein3elnen ®ottes unb bie Iogifd)e metfniiflfung bet ®ebanfen bringt unb ars ffi:anbg{offe ausgefii~ttm fflrad)fid)e unb fad)fid)e (gtfiiutetungen gibt" - ars q5tobe ift lJiet cine 6eite in fllJotogtafl~if d)em stltucf beigegeben -, "gteift 2utlJet in ben 6d)0~ lien einaelne ilJm befonbers tuid)tig etfd)einenbe 6teUen lJetaus unb enttuicreft baran in Iialb ffeineren, bafb grotmn ~bljanblungen, ljiiufig in bteitet ~us~ fiiljdid)feit, hie gtoten, grunbfegenben ®ebanfen bes lSriefes." ((gUtuein, 6. VlL) Unb biefe ~usfiiljrungen aeigen nun Har unb ileumd), tuie 2utljer fd)on bamafil bie tomifd)e 2eljte bedaffen unb tuefenHid) feine ebangelifd)e i'tlieraeugung ge~ tuonnen ljat. (gt gfoffiert, um nut e i n e n lSeleg an3ufiiljren, ffi:om. 3, 28 fo: "Arbitramur, i. e., decernimus et asserimus, colligimus ex dictis, enim iustificari iustum apud Deum reputari hominem, sive Grecus sit, sive Iudaeus, per fidem sine operibus legis, sine adiutorio et necessitate ope- rum legis." (j}'icrer, ®foffe, 6.35.) ") stlatum mitt aUd) ber befannte neum 2ut~erforfd)et &jeinrid) lSoljmet in feinem 1J0d)inteteffanten unb feljr Iefens~ tuetten ®ede "stier Junge 2ut!jer" biefem .!l:ommentar gtote lSebeutung bei unb fagt nad) einer f1ingeren Unterfud)ung abfd)fietenb: "j}'aft aUe :t!jemata bon 2ut!jers ffliiterer metfiinbigung ffingen fomit fd)on in ben &jeften au ben q5falmen unb 3um ffi:omerbdef an. :;'Sn ben ®runb3iigen tuat bie neue refigiofe unb fittfid)e ~nfd)auung, au bmn &jerofb er betufen tuat, afs er bie {etten ®orte ber ffi:omerbodefung fd)rieb, alfo fd)on fertig." (6. 132.) Unb tyicrer fagt am 6d)fut feiner monehe aur 3tueiten ~uflage mit gutem ®runbe: ,,(gin3ig tuie fie [2ut!jets ~uslegung] als iiutere meranftaftung getuefen ift, !jat fie mit iljrem miid)tig que[enben ffi:eid)tum, mit i£jret bis 3um ®runbe bo~renben unb hie fe~ten ®egenfiite umfflunnenben .!l:raft unb mit iljret :tiefe unmittefbaten (gdebens einen befonberen, ja ein3igen ®ert, unb id) mod)te aUd) ber i'tber~ *) SDiefes Sitat seigt augleiclj tecljt heutIiclj hie 2fnlage bet 2utljetfcljen @tflfrtUng: Me untetfttidjenen QIlorte liieten ben ;.reI;! bet @)djrift, in Die Die @ilojfe eingefdjolien ift. 794 Book Review. - £itetatut. 3eugung ~u~btud geben, bail e~ flit ba~ ~tfaffen unb ~tleben bes ffiiimetlitiefes unb flit ba~ neue ~ttingen £utTJet~ in unfetet ,(leU nid)t unroidfam bldben roitb, roenn biefe etfte gtoile unb gefd)Ioffene ~meuetung be~ ~pofter~ burd) ben ffiefotmatot ebenfo alS roiffenfd)afmd)e~ roie als teligiiifes unb petfiinlid)es ,(leug~ niS cine ftete Widung auslib±." (6. XVI!.) ~n bet mottebe aUt etften ~uf~ {age (6. VIII-XVI) betid)tet trider in feTJr {efensroettet Wdfe, roie et au fold)en 6tubien getommen ift unb f dne Sjanbf d)dftenfunbe gemad)t TJat, unb gibt bann in dner 84 6eiten umfaffenben, auilerorbentlid) grlinbHd)en ~inleitung ~us~ funft liber bie Sjanbfd)riften unb Unterfud)ungen liber bie gan3e ~us{egung £utTJers. ~s ift dne ~Rufter{dftung cines £utTJerforfd)ers. £. tr li t b tin get. ;Nenft unb '!lienen im inenen ::teftnment. mon Lic. W i 1 TJ elm m tan b t. ®titersloTJ, ~. mettdsmann~met1ag. 210 6eiten 5%X8%. ff.\tds, fat~ toniert, M. 6. SDas TJier borliegenbe mud) ift bas 5. Sjeft ber aroeiten fficiTJe bon "Unter~ fud)ungen Bum .reird)enprobIem bes Utd)dftentums, TJetausgegeben bon D. Otto 6d)mit, ff.\rofeffot an ber Uniberfitiitmlinfter". SDer merfaffet ift SDoaent an bet tTJeologifd)en 6d)ule metTJe1 unb ff.\ribatboBent an bet UniberfitCit mlinfter in Weft~ farm. SDas Sjeft bringt eine gtlinbHdje ~bTJanblung ber me griffe SDienft unb Si)ienen im ~euen :teftament als etgifdjes unb organifatodfd)e~ ff.\tobIem. SDie tgeologifdje 6eite ift roeniger libewugenb batge1egt al~ bie pgHologifdje. SDa~ TJat feinen ®runb ogne ,(lroeife( barin, bail ber metfaffet Hberalen ~nfidjten guI~ bigt. ~t roeiil nidjts anaufangen mit "jenem gegeimniSboUen Unbetannten, bet im 2. ~efajabudj fdjledjtTJin ber .rened)t TJeiilt" (6. 45). ~r roiU bieWorte ~~fu in ben ~bangeHen nidjt alS infpirierte~ 6djriftroott angefegen gaben, fonbern al~ "lillorte, bie bie ®emeinbeliberHefetung un~ a15 Worte ~~fu bom SDienft bietet" (6. 66). ~r etfennt bie 6tellbertretung ~TJtifti nidjt an, fonbern roiU v:n:ee iil1erfett TJaben "im ~ntereffe bon" (6. 77).~bet, roie gefagt, bie fptadj~ Hdjen ~rBrterullgen be~ mudjes tiber alle 6i)noni)ma bon "SDienen" unb "SDien!t li finb eingefJenb unb intereffant unb tragen bid Bum befferen merftiinbniS bidet 6teUen ber 6djdft bei. ff.\. ~. .re t e t man n. The Christian Way of Liberty. By John A. W. Haas, D. D., LL. D. 214 pages, 5X7ljz. The United Lutheran Publication House, Phila- delphia, Pa. Price, $1.25. Dr. Haas is president of Muhlenberg College and has been the author of a number of volumes treating problems of philosophy and religion. The Ohristian Way of LibeTty is in reality an apologetic for the Christian way of salvation. It presents the Lutheran doctrine as viewed from a student of modern philosophy who has not found it necessary to dis- card the beliefs of his childhood as so many outmoded categories. Dr. Haas makes some concessions to the critical viewpoint when he admits the pos- sibility of a figurative interpretation of the Fall (p. 86), although he treats the story as authentic history. He does not agree with Luther's On the Enslaved Will (p. 28), and his presentation of election is hardly adequate (p. 162). But these are blemishes only upon a really superior work of apologetics. It passes in review the doctrine of creation, of man's original condition, of the Fall, of the consequence of sin, of Christ's re- deeming work, Christian faith, and good works. These familiar topics are presented without concessions, except as noted above, the author up- Book Review. - ~iteratur. 795 holding original sin, the reality of the devil, the essential deity of Christ, and correctly stating the relation of justification to personal faith. We were glad to note on page 172 the remark: "The Church is only now awakening to the inefficient manner in which it has endeavored to help the spiritual growth of the child." A sane, wholesome book, which suc- cessfully combines modern viewpoints with the presentation of ancient doctrine. TH. GRAEBNEB. Home, Church, and Sex. By O. M. Roan, M. D., F. A. O. S. Ives Wash- burn, New York. 326 pages, 5X8. Price, $2.00. Dr. Roan endeavors to teach by precept and example the proper method of sex instruction and succeeds in showing either how it must not be done or that it cannot be done. He protests against the prevailing reticence on the sex question, quoting with approval an editorial from the OoZumbus Dispatoh: "God in His wisdom made sex a part of man. Man, in his ignorance, makes it an unclean thing and seeks to still any voice that cries out in protest" (p. 324) . In his own experience the author has been led to believe "that ignorance regarding sex matters is the cause of much unnecessary suffering, the blight of many a promising life, and a stum- bling-block for parents and advisers" (p. 25). "When society, through a balanced education, leaves off all the low-down talk and thought on sex matters and rises up to a plane of higher thought concerning the God- given blessings of happy marital relations, there will come into the lives of many people a solution of many of the evils of the day" (p. 93). The author believes that the Church has been strangely remiss in its duty to instruct especially its adolescent youth regarding sexual matters. He complains that there is no "plain talk" in any of the treatments of the Sixth Commandment given in the religious text-books. ''Moses would be aroused to anger and would blush with shame if he could rise up from his resting-place and review the various text-books" (pp. 249. 27). Espe- cially the parents, however, come under the criticism of Dr. Roan. Fathers do not instruct their sons. "The pious-minded father, as a general rule, dismisses the whole question with a shudder and thinks of it only as something belonging to the realms of sin and wrong-doing" (p. 213). "Mothers of all ages have wronged their children grossly in answering the question, 'Where do babies come from, and how are they formed?'" (p. 47). But why be prudish? "Sex is morbid only in the minds of people who make it so. A person can think in a wrong manner about any sub- ject under the sun, and certainly this is true of sex" (p. 205). The cure, Dr. Roan believes, is to give the young people "an exact knowledge of the essential facts of married life and its problems, which will enable them to enter into it with something of the same sort of confidence that men and women enter any other chosen profession or vocation" (p. 280). All of which sounds good, and we are informed that "seven well-known Lu- theran educators and church leaders read the manuscript during its prep- aration and gave to it their unqualified approval." A Swedish reviewer believes that the book lifts the whole sex question out of the sphere of "tabu or indirect statement, above the level of curiosity, into the light of wholesome round-table discussion." This, we hold, is in the nature of the case impossible. Sexual matters cannot be given a "round-table dis- 796 Book Review. - l3itetatur. cussion" like the proper method of planting potatoes or the advantages of sweet clover over alfalfa. It can't be done. If proof were needed, it is supplied in Dr. Roan's book. In order to prove that sexual matters should be treated in a happy, free-handed way, he quotes from the Bible. In fact, he gathers together stories and precepts from the Bible dealing with the physical side of sexual life and prints them on eight solid pages. We call this a gross misuse of the Bible, - which indeed contains many ref- erences of this nature, but so coordinates them with historical and doc- trinal matter that they do not make the gross appeal which is unavoidable when gathered in a mass on eight pages. Other sections are devoted to details of anatomy and physiology which, in a similar presentation by Mrs. Bennett, a New York advocate of birth control, caused charges of publishing obscene matter to be raised by the prosecuting attorney. The author advocates birth control for married people (113. 295. 309. 318). H. G .Wells, the evolutionist and antagonist of Christianity, expresses, in his Soienoe of Life (p. 1404), our own opinion on this whole matter of sexual education: "We may present the facts as passionlessly as we like; but that will not prevent the growing individual of making a per- sonal application of them and feeling in due time the increasing power of desire." TH. GRAEBNER. Dr. Francis Pieper. A biographical sketch. By Theod01-e Graebne1'. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 61 pages, 5 X 7%. Price, 15 cts. the copy, postpaid; do.zen, $1.44, and postage. vYe are pleased to. anno.unce in this number o.f the CONCORDIA THEO- LOGICAL MONTHLY, which is in itself in the nature of a memorial number, this paper-bound booklet, as it has just been published. Our esteemed colleague has rendered our Church a distinct service in assembling the most important incidents in the life of the sainted Dr. Pieper and in presenting this material in a concise biography. vYe agree with the statement o.f the publishers: "To perpetuate the memory of this o.utstanding defender of the Christian faith, co.pies of his bio.graphy sho.uld be read and preserved in the libraries o.f all pasto.rs, teachers, laymen, schoo.ls, societies, colleges, and seminaries within, and beyo.nd the confines of, our Synod." The biography, parts of which have been offered in the Lutheran Witness, is divided into the following chapters: 1. Childhoad and Youth; 2. The Ministry; 3. Call to the Seminary and Early Years of Professorship; 4, Controversy; 5. "The Pen of a Ready Writer"; 6. A Grateful Church; 7. In Home and Class- room; 8. The End. P. E. KRETZMANN. C!:tfeliniffe unb meulinu,tungcn. lBon D. :t 9 e 0 bot ~ aft an, efJemals @emtalfu.petintenbent bon 15dJleswig. {jweite, bUtdJgeatlJeitete mUflage. :Dtud nnb lBetlag bon [. ?SetteISmann in @iiterslofJ. 1931. VI nnb 372 15eiten 6% X 9%, in ~einwanb mit ffiiiden= nnb :Dedeltitel gelJunben. ~teis: M.14. D. :tf)eobor ~aftan ift ben meiften ~efern biefes ?Slattes nief)t nnlJetannt. ~t war bet altere ?Stubet bes elJenfaUs weUf)in lJetannten ?Setlimt :Dogmatitets. 15ein 91ame wutbe ftiifJet in lI~ef)te unb [[lefJte" oft genannt, namentlidJ in lBet= lJinbnng mit feinet 15ef)tift l19Jloberne :tfJeologie bes alten ®laulJensll unb ber fief) batan anfdJliejienben titdJlief)dfJeologifdJen ffiief)tung (15.317 f.). ~r leot jett, Book Review. - l3lteratur. 797 I)od)betagt, in iBaben ~ iBaben unb I)at bie ~tinnerungen aus feinem l3eben, bie auerft aIS eine l5d)tift bes meteins fUr fd)Ieswig~I)oIfteinifd)e .R'itd)engefd)id)te erfd)ienen waren, nun weiter ausgefUI)rt, bieIfad) nctd) feinem ®ebiid)tniS, abet bod) aud) nad) aUetIei l5d)tiftftUden, iJie bem ®eMd)tniS 3U SjUfe famen, untet anbetm nad) einem Ubet aeI)n ~ctI)te jld) erfttedenben :tagebud). .R'aftctn I)at dne bebeutenbe fltoUe gefl1ieU, namentrid) aIS ®enetalful1etintenbent bon I5d)Ieswig, unb fdne ~tinnerungen finb dn wettboUet iBeittag BUt .R'ird)engefd).id)te bet letten fed)3ig ~ctI)re. saus feinet ·salJftammung unb bem .R'rdfe fdnet weitaus liingften smitffamfeit in I5d)Ieswig~Sjolftein etgibt jld), bctt et gana befonbets bon biefem l3anbesteil tebet unb aud) bie 110litifd)en ffragen, bie ba I)eteinfl1ieUen, beI)anbelt. saber alJgefeI)en bctbon, I)at et fo bier edebt, ift mit fo bielen bebeu~ tenben l3euten 3ufammengetommen - wit nennen nut fdne l3eI)ret Sjofmann, :tIelitfd), :tI)omajlus, bann iJie auef) in bie ctmeritanifd)~IutI)erifd)e .R'itd)engefd)id)te I)eteinfl1ielenben qlaftoten qlaulfen in .R'tol1l1 unb ~enfen in iBretlum, fobann iJie beiben .R'aifer, smilf)efm I. unb smiff)efm II., saboIf Sjarnad, ~aml1beU Wlorgctn, 1)1atI)an l5iibetbfom -, bat man ber ~t3iiI)fung mit bief ~nteteffe fofgt. Unb .R'aftan fl1tid)t immer fdne Wleinung offen unb rUdI)aUIos aus, aud) feine UtteUe, einedei ob fie gefctUen obet nid)t. ~t gift aIs dn ffUl,lter bes mobernen 110jltiben l3utf)ertums, l,lat bief unb Vis in bie neuefte ,(Jeit l,linein fUt iJie "saUgemeine ~b.~ l3utf) . .R'itd)en3eitung" gefd)tieben, aud) iBUd)et betiiffentrid)t, untet benen bie in jlebtet sauffctge erfd)ienene "sausfegung bes futf)etifd)en .R'ated)iSmus" uns fd)on feit ~al,lten befannt unb wetiboU ift; es ift eben nid)t ein nus 3el,ln anbern 3W iammengefd)tielJenes iBud), fonbern eine witUid)e, aUf eigenem I5tubium beruljenbe sausfegung (15.313 ff.). ~r ift bief gereift unb l,lat aud) infofge feiner amtrid)en I5teUung an brei bdannten griiteren flteifen teifgenommen, bie er bann in in~ tere((anten G:in3efl,ldten befd)reibt, an ber "qli!gerrcife" smilljefms II. nad) qlalii~ (tina, an ber fltdfe etner sanaaI)f ljetbottagenber beutfd)et .R'itd)enmiinner nad) ~ngfanb unb an ber fltciie 3U bet ~nftaUation bes tllr 3 Iid)i berftorbenen fd)we~ bifd)en G:t3bifd)ofs I)(atljan l5iibetbfom, bie auf if)n gan3 mit flted)t "einen roma~ nifietenben ~inbrud" gemad)t I)at (15. 367).sabet wit bUtfen aud) smotte ernfter .R'ritit nid)t betfd)weigen. .R'aftclll l,lat bie bibfifd)~futljetifd)e ~nfl1itationsfeI)re aufgegeben, nctmentIid) infofge feines l3efens ber feiner3eit befannten I5tteitfd)rift .R'al,lniS' gegen Sjengftenberg Uber bie ®runbwctfJrl,leiten bes qltoteftantismus, unb freut fid), bat et biefe l3el,lte, Die er aIS etn ,,:tl,leofogumenon", eine tl,leoIogifd)e Wleinung, be3eid)net, wiif)renb fie bod) bie sausfage ber l5d)tift bon fid) fefbft ift, fosgeworben ift. "G:s fief mit wie l5d)ul1l1en bon ben saugen." "smie warb id) frofJ unb frei" (15. 54). ~t lJe3eid)net es aIS "eine ®efamtaufgalJe ber futfJerifd)en ~l,lti(tenl,leit, fid) bon 'oieiem tefotmietten l5auetteig 3U tetnigen unb aur lie~ ftetenben G:tfenntniS bet smctfJrljcit bon bet I5d)rift l,linburd)3ubringen" (15. 55), unb tommt nod) mef)rete Wlafe aUf biefe l5ad)e aUtUd (15. 149. 307). :tIarum fagt et aud) in fcinet l5d)rift ,,·I)Jlo'oerne :tl,leofogie bes aHen ®faubens" (15.118): ,,:tIie mo'oerne :tf)eoIogie, bie id) bertrete, beugt fid) unter feine nut iiuaete sautotitiii", unb fagt bas im ®egenfat 3ut aHen :tl,leofogie, Die iBeugung unter bas l5d)rift~ woti forbetC, wei! bie l5d)tift 'outd) ~nfl1itation ®ottes smort fei. saud) fonft l,lalien wit nod) sausfteUungen au madlen, namentrid) bat et aud) in f einet l5d)tift ,,:tIet Wlenfd) ~~fus ~l,ltiftus bet etnige I)Jlittfet awifd)en ®ott unb ben Wlen~ fd)en" liebentrid) bon ~f)rifti ®ottl,leit rebet (15.318 f.), fiinnten jebod) aud) gar mand)e gute sausfagen unb Utiei!e anfUl,lten, wie bie, bat man tein "l3eben ~~fu fd)reiben tonne" (15. 52); unb er fd)fiett feine :tIarfteUung mit ben smorten: ,,:tIie ,(Jutunft unb aUes, was ba l,lineingel,liirt, befef,Jfe id) ®ott unb tue bas um fo ge~ 798 Book Review. - ~itetatut. ttoftet, aHi icf) im SJinoHd aUf bie metgangen~eit biel 3U bcmfen ~aoe unl> untet bas lange ~eoen, bas ~intet mit liegt, nicf)ts l!.leffms 3U fd)teioen ttJeifj als bas aUe ~atedjiSmusttJort: ,mas aUes aus lautet biitetlicf)er, giittlidjer @Ute unb l!.larm~ ~eraigteit, o~ne aUe mein merbienft unb !IDUrbigreit.' /I ~s ift f ef)r au oebauetn, bafj ein foldj oegaotet, entfcf)ieDener unb tatftiiftiger SJRann nidjt butdjtveg eine treulutf)etifdje 6teUung eingenommen f)at. ~. IT ii r b tin g e r. Life of Phillips Brooks. By William Lawrenoe. 151 pages, 7%X5. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Price, $2.00. This is the second volume of a series of biographies entitled Oreative Lives, edited by Harold E. B. Speicht, M. A., D. D. It is from the pen of William Lawrence, Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts from 1893 to 1926. The author has written his book mostly on the basis of personal memories. Phillips Brooks, chiefly known generally by his famous Christmas-song "0 Little Town of Bethlehem," began his career, after graduating from Harvard, by failing as a teacher in the Boston Latin School. He then took a seminary course in the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Alexan- dria, Va., and at twenty-eight was a leading preacher in Philadelphia. He began his rectorship of twenty-two years at Trinity Church in Boston on Sunday, October 31, 1869, at the age of thirty-three. He served also as preacher at Harvard and later as Bishop of Massachusetts. He was a religious leader in his day whose influence was felt not only in our country, but also in England. He died January 23, 1893. W. G. POLACK. A History of Later Latin Literature. From the Middle of the Fourth to the End of the Seventeenth Century. By F. A. Wright, M. A., Professor of Classics in the University of London, and T. A. Sinclair, M_ A_, Reader in Ciassics in the University of London. The Mac- millan Company, New York. 399 pages, 5%X8%, with select bib- liography and index. Price, $4.75. Here is a volume which every lover of Latin literature must welcome with sincere joy, since up to this time no book, long or short, existed in English that treated exclusively of Latin Literature from the fourth to the seventeenth century of our era. In German there is the standard history of Martin Schanz, which is now being continued, a new volume, covering the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries, having appeared in 1923, with another to follow. There is in French the remarkable Histoire Litteraire de la Franoe, which was begun by the Benedictines of St. Maur in the eighteenth century and is now being carried forward by the in- stitute. But to this day not a single standard work on later Latin lit- erature existed in English. The present volume therefore satisfies a long- felt need and should be made accessible to students in high schools, colleges, and universities. The average American student of Latin has read little more than about three or four authors. Of Plautus and Terence he has heard only rumors, and when he left the college, authors like Juvenal, Martial, Tacitus, Suetonius, and others of equal fame were not more than mere names to him. The works of Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius, the great Augustine, Orosius, Boethius, the Venerable Bede, and all the others down the line to the time of the Reformation were "unknown regions" to him. The volume before us endeavors to break Book Review. - S3itetatut. 799 down this wall of ignorance and to give the students of Latin fascinating glimpses of Latin literature beyond the classic age. It deals with a large subject in a brief space; of necessity it must therefore omit much that one might look for. But the reader receives such graphic descriptions of the later Latin writers and of the times during which they wrote that he cannot help but do some private reading in the great field opened to him by this book. The book is divided into six main parts: I. The Age of Augustus; II. The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Centuries; III. The Carolingian and Ottonian Revivals; IV. Medieval Prose; V. Medieval Verse; VI. The Renaissance Latinists. Of these perhaps the first two are of greatest importance to the average student of Latin; yet the stu- dent of Latin who is at the same time a student of theology will find the others equally attractive. The whole volume is written with a charm that will assure it a wide reading circle. J. T. MUELLER. Workers Together. A Study of Christian Partnership. By Harry S. Myers and lJ'. A. Agar. Fleming H. Revell Company. 96 pages, 5 X 7%. Price, $1.00. Here we have another discussion of the stewardship problem, which may interest all those who are working in the field of proper education along stewardship lines. While the presentation is at times somewhat dis- jointed and epigrammatic and while a chiliastic strain is somewhat notice- able, together with an Arminian emphasis on free will, some very good thoughts are offered. For instance (p. 46): "This group stewardship permits the mingling of individual prayers and possessions, talents, and energies, so that greater things can be done for God than anyone individual could perhaps accomplish alone." And again (p. 66): "A very common form of injustice on the part of the local churches is the prevailing practise of raising some 'easy money' by the sale of articles of food or fancy articles or rummage. Many a pastor encourages his people in this practise, or fails to discourage them, because he might become unpopular with some of his members." There are other good sentences and paragraphs in the book, and it is well worth studying. P. E. KRETZMANN. Greatest Thoughts on Immortality. Compiled from Personal Letters to the Author and from Various Other Sources. By Jaoob Helder, A. M., Ph. D. Richard R. Smith, Inc. New York. 183 pages, 5X7%. Price, $2.00. This is a comprehensive symposium of contemporary opinion on the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. Part One contains excerpts from personal letters addressed to the author by outstanding representatives of Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and Judaism as well as philosophers, psychologists, scientists, educators, and authors. Part Two is made up of negative and affirmative quotations from books. E. J. FRIEDRICH. The Story of Our Hymns. By Ernest EdwVn Ryden. Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Ill. 504 pages, 5%X8. Price, $2.00. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. In five sections this volume treats the early Christian hymns, German hymns and their writers, the Scandinavian, English, and finally the Amer- ican contributions to hymnology. A biography of each hymn-writer is 800 Book Review. - .\litetatut. given, followed by a characteristic hymn. Besides the 84 hymns pre- sented there are excerpts from 140 others, while reference is made to hundreds of others in the proper connection. The avowed purpose of the author has been to "create deeper love for the great hymns of the Chris- tian Church." His book fulfils this purpose. THEODORE GRAEBNER. Q;iugcgaugcuc Eitctatut. Scitfd)rlft fut fgftematifd)e ~~eDlugie. 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