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Qtnnrnr~tu ml}tnlngital flnnt41y Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LUTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. IX July, 1938 No.7 CONTENTS Page A Course in Lutheran Theology. Th. Engelder . _______ .... _ .... _____ . __ .. _. __ .____ 481 Kleine Danielstudien. L. Fuerbringer ______________________ . __ . __ .. __ .. ___ ... . __ __ ... ..... 495 Sermon Study on Acts 5:34-42. Th. Laetseh ._ . . _ .... .. _ .. _ ...... ____ ._____ 506 Miscellanea __________ ._ . . ___ . ____ . _____ . ____ .._____ . _______ .. _____________________ . __ . __ . ___ __ .. _ .. _. __________ .. 519 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-ZeitgeschichtIiches . . ____ ._ ._ .. _ ._. ____ 530 Book Review. - Literatur _ . _________ .. ______ .. _. ______ ... ____ . ______ . __ . .. .. ... . _ .. _____ . 553 BIn Predlger mUSII nleht aDeln lOel- den, also d888 er die Schafe unter- welle. wle s1e reehte Chr1lten 80llen RIn, IIOndem auch daneben den Woe1- fen lOeh1'4m, daM s1e dle Schafe nlcht ansreifen und mlt faIscher Lehre ver- fuehren und Irrtum elnfuehren. Luthn Es 1st keln Ding, das dle Leute mehr bel der KJrche behaelt denn die gute Predlgt. - Apologia, An. 24. If the trumpet give an uncerta1D sound who shaD prepare himself to the batUe? - 1 COT.14, B. PnbIisbed for the BY. Loth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCOBDIA PUBLISIIIN'G BOUSE, St. LouJs, Mo. .ARCI:I V Miscellanea 519 Miscellanea Does the First Part of This Story Repeat Itself Elsewhere? Rev. W. Peck, S. T. D., relates this story in the Living ChU1·ch: The new rector of a parish in a certain small English town was deeply troubled to find the congregation divided into two warring sections. He tried to discover what were the real issues and principles dividing them and came to the conclusion that there were none. What divided the church was the jealousy of the two leading families, the family of Alder- man Bloggins and the family of Councilor Scroggins. [These are not the real names.] There were two camps. Anything proposed by a Blog- ginsite was at once ridiculed and opposed by the Scrogginsites. If the Scrogginsites produced a policy, the Blogginsites immediately provided the opposition. There was hatred between the two families. The rector saw them on Sundays, the alderman and the councilor looking thun- derous and their wives exchanging glances full of lightning. And this went on until the rectm:'s soul was seething within him, and he stood up in his pulpit and preached a sermon about it. It was a terrific effort. Of course, he mentioned no names; but he simply let fly and lashed about him until his wife, sitting in the rectory pew, feared that the outraged tribes of Bloggins and Scroggins would unite in the slaughter of her too daring husband. But nothing of the sort occurred. On the contrary, Alderman Blog"ins met the rector on High Street on IV[onday morning and shook his hand warmly. "Rector," he said, "I vvant to thank you for that wonderL:! sermon. It was marvelous. I only hope it went home to the person for whom it was intcl'lded. It ought to do ' Un a world of good." The rector was flabbergasted, and the alderman had gone before he could recover the power of speech. He went down High Street in a sort of dream, out of vThich he was awakened by the voice of Councilor Scroggins, who was standing at the door of his shop "P!"!""'," said the Councilor, "that was a magnificent sermon you preached yesterday. You gave it to him hot and strong. I hope he took it to heart." Th2 rector felt that earthquakes were oc-~u.rring in his soul. I-Ie dared not trust himself to speak. He went home and told his -wife about it. Half an hour later she said, "I've been thinking." The following day the rector called upon Alderman Bloggins and raised the subject of church renovation. "How much do you suppose Scroggins will give'?" asked the alderman. "I should think," said the rector, looking tremendously thoughtful, "about 20 pounds." "Paltry!" said the alderman. "I'll give you 50." "Thanks," said the rector ®rr ~®fus ~l)tiftu§ bon ben ~ubcn gerreu3igt motben am 10. nadj ben Sl'alenben be§ tJrpriI (am 10. WjJriI), aI§ bie lidben ®emini s-l'onfuln toarcn." :!lie s-l'raufer "mie mir gefdjrieben refen" berrat OueITenftubien, bie 2aftan3 ma~rfdjeinfidj megen ber Df±erf±reitigfeiten madj±e, unb fidjert feinet Wngabe moglidjfte s-l'orreft~eit. :!lodj bie§ fein :!latum fann nur bUrdj bie @lonn±ag§budjftabenmet~obe befiatigt merben, monadj bie ~udjftaben G bi§ A au ben illSodjentagen [Jefett murben: beftanbig G au @lonnta[J, F ilU WConiag, A au @lam§ia[J. ~n ~auI~§' "ffieaI~®na~nojJO:.bie", VII, 2573, fie~t: "Wuf .oem aI§ Fasti Sabini lieaeidjneien s-l'alenberfragment au§ bet :Beit be§ Wuguftu§ (CIL 12, 220) metben ffiei~en bon fieben ~udjftalien (G-A) aUr ~eaeidjnung ber fie~ lienta[Jigen illSodje gef et±. " WCit ber .seit murben fie @5onniag§liudjftaben ge~ nannt. ~I)te ~ebeutung ift, bat ber &djftalic, ber liehn 7. ~anuarl) fte~t, bie ~age be§ ~a~re§ fo regiert, bat man bie illSodjen±age finbet. ®§ fil~rte ba§ audj aum 28jaI)tigen @5onnenaitfeI, ber mit dnem @5djaItja~r, moau amei ~udjftaben geI)oren, aflo mit GF 1, oeginnt nnb mit A 28 fdjfiett. ,,91adj )Serlauf fordjer 28 ~al)re farIen bie illSodjentage mieber aUf basfelbe $Datum." (WCe~er, .\>anb~2e);ifon.) :!liefe Slafenberme±~obe ift feit ben ~agen be§ Wuguftu§ hi§ ~eu±e for~ reft oefoIgt morben. ~rgenbeine llnregefmatigfeit maljrenb be§ )SerIauf§ eine§ ~a~re§ anbert iebodj fofot± bie 9leiljenfolge bet ~udjftalien. @50 mat bom 1. ~anuar biB aum 4. Cftober 1582 G 23 ber @5onntag§budjftaoe. 91un fier aUf )Serorbnung ®regor§ XIII. ~in .ocr 5.-14. Cftaber au§, fo bat bom 15. Cftober an C 15 ber ~udjfiabe mar. )Som 4. CItober 1582 aUfmart§ hi§ aum 25. ~un 325 finbe± fidj feine llnre[Jefmaf3igfeit in ber WofoI[Je be§ @5on~ 1) ,,:!let 7. bes l.l!nonat!! liat bon artets !jet tm teItgiiifen uno ptaftifcljen ileoen eine morre gefptert." ($auIlJs, a. a. D., @S. 2579.) :!let 7. :;5anuat ",at naclj tiimi(cljet \lfn. fcljauung in bet etften lllloclje bes neuen :;5a~tes bet etfte :rag besfeIOen, ba fte Me Si!alenOet3ett tiicfl1iu/ig lieftimmten: bon Si!alenben, !nonen, :;5oen aufhJ1itts. Miscellanea 527 nensirfel@i. @5onn±ag, ben 25. ;;:Sufi 325, feiet±e ~onf±antin bie sltlansigf±e ;;:Siifjrung feiner ~ronbef±eigung. @3ufeviu@i ±eiIt in feiner @5cljrif± De Martyribus Palaestinae al@i Wugen~ seuge berSDioUetianifcljen ~erfolgung etriclje Wliit±LJret±age fam± ben m5ocljen~ ±ag@iveaeicljnungen mit, fo ~ap. VII: "Wm 2. Wpril 307, am Df±erfonn±ag, tourbe Die noclj feine aclj±aefjn ;;:Safjre aIte 5tfjeobofia f cljrectficlj gemat±er± unb fcljIietliclj im Wleer er±tiinf±." lnaclj bem 2. Wpril 307 vi@i sum @5onn±ag, 25. ;;:Sun 325, bergingen bem ~arenber naclj 6,689 5tage. m5irb Die @5umme burclj 7 bibibiet±, fome ber Duotient eine reftlofe :Bafjl fein; aver bie Wnt~ toot± ift 955, 81.4. lnun iff vefannt, bat im ;;:Safjre be@i lniaiiifcljen ~onsil@i ba@i SDatum ber Brilfjiafjr@i~5tag~ unb 9Iaclj±gleiclje (uquinoftium) aU@i bem 25. WliirS, ber vi@i~ fjer bafilr gaIt, in ba@i ricljtigere SDatum, niimliclj ben 21. Weiirs, beriinber± tourDe. SDa@i fonnie jeboclj nur burclj @3fiminierung bon bier 5tagen aU@i ber S'falenberaeit biefe@i ;;:Safjre@i gefcljefjen, luie im S'falenber be@i ;;:Safjre@i 1582 bon @regor aefjn 5tage gefiricljen tourben. Wuclj tourbe vefanntnclj au lniaiia ber erfie @5onniag naclj bem erf±en ~olImonb im Brilfjiafjr a1@i Dfteraeit ge~ orbnet. SDie Wubianer macljten biefe fl-rnberung nicljt mit unb vefcljulbigten ehua bieraig ;;:Safjre fpii±er bie Dt±fjobo!;en, fie fjii±ten ficlj einer @efiilIigfeit (prosopolepsia) gegen ben toeHlicljen S'faifer fcljulDig gemacljt; "benn", fag~ ten fie, "a1@i bie Beierlicljfeit be@i S'fonftantin f±a±tfjatte, iinbet±e± ifjr Die Df±erfeier". (@3pipfjaniu@i, Adv. Haereses, I, 821. A. Audiani, IX; cf. 826, XIV.) SDa@i toeift beu±nclj barauf fjin, bat bie bier 5tage jUft bor S'fon~ fiantin@i atoanaigfter ;;:Safjre£!feier feiner ~ronvef±eigung au£! bem S'falenber gef±ricljen tourben, alfo ber 21. Iig 24. ;;:Sun, fo bat Diefe Beier anf±a±t am SDonner£!tag am borfjergefjenben @5onntag bor ficlj ging. SDa£! iinberie nun auclj bie ffieifjenfolge ber @5onn±ag£!vucljf±aven aU@i C 26 in F 18 fUr Die 5tage bom 1. ;;:Sanuar vg sum 20. ;;:Sun; benn ba ber 20. ;;:Sufi aUf einen @5am£!tag fiel, toar fUr bie :Beit bon ba aufluiit±£! Iig aum 1. ;;:Sanuar F 18 @5onntag£!vucljf±ave. m5irb nun bon F 18 fUr Die erf±e Sjiilfte be£! ;;:Safjre£! 325 ber @5onnen~ aidel vi£! in£! ~afjr 30 berfoIg±, ba£! SDiont)iiu£l ricljtig am ba£! ~afjr ber S'freuaigung ~@3fu fef±1egie, fo toirb D 3 filr bie£! ;;:Safjr 30 a1@i @5onn±ag£!vuclj~ fiave gefunben. linter D 3 aver fam ber 7. ~anuar aUf Wli±ttooclj unb bem~ entfprecljenb ber 10. Wprif aUf Breitag. @5omit fjaven Die DuelIenftubien be£! Ea£tana ba£! ricljtige bamange julianifclje SDatum fUr ben 5tag ber S'freuai~ gung ~@3fu erforfclji.2) m5. @. Table-Prayer of Oxford Students in Christ College Dining-Hall (built under Cardinal Wolsey) Nos, miseri homines et egeni, pro cibis, quos nobis ad corporis sub- sidium benigne es largitus, tibi, Deus omnipotens, Pater Coelestis, gratias reverenter agimus, simul obsecrantes ut iis sobrie, modeste atque grate utamur, per lesum Christum, Dominum nostrum. Amen. M. S. S. 2) Wael) bet ®onnlag§>liuel)flalienlifte otbnel fiel) benn audj bet ilJUitt\Jrettag be!3 ~ol\Jfatp, ,,133 ;:jaljte nael) @:ljtifti ~teU3igung"; cf. Chronikon Paschale, auf ®am!3tag (Sabbatum Magnum), 23. iYeoruat 163, unlet bem j!Jucf:)ftaoen F 24. ~et Wliid\Jret< tag be!3 ;:jgnatiu9 ljintuieberum fiel in ba!3 ®cfjaIijaljt 108 untet ben j!Jucf:)ftalien ED 25 auf ®onntag, 20. ~eoemoet. ~iefe oeiben ~aten liat bie gtieel)ifcf:)e &i!itel)e aI9 bie ®e< benHage biefet Wliit1t)ret in il)rem S!alenbet auflieljaIien. 528 Miscellanea Evolution Opposed In a very informing article appearing in the Presbyterian for March 10, 1938, W. Bell Dawson, M. A., D. Sc., F. R. C. S., presents some arguments which show how untenable even from the point of view of the scientist the theory of evolution, when closely scrutinized, proves to be. Discussing plants and trees, he says, among other things: "We see also in the world a wonderful variety of vegetation. There are humble kinds of mosses and ferns which have no flowers; there are pine-trees and spruces which do not bear any nuts or fruits; and there are fruit-trees and plants with their seeds inside their fruit, as currants and apples have. So, when we look over all the different plants and vegetables and trees, what comes out most clearly is the contrast between the different kinds. Ferns have spores, almost like dust, instead of seeds. Some trees, such as the palm, have stems that are strengthened inwardly, whereas the birch and the maple add layers of wood to the outside of their trunks as they grow taller. The leaves of the pine and the oak and the way their seeds are formed, could hardly be more dif- ferent. Everywhere we look we see opposites and no connecting links. How, then, can we suppose that one kind of plant developed from an- other? The great vegetable world of plants and trees is an immense puzzle to the evolutionists; and in consequence very few botanists who study these things believe in evolution." In another section, speaking of the world of minute things, consist- ing of only one cell, he says: "First of all, is it certain that these are the primary living things and the earliest in the world? In reality there are very large groups of one- celled creatures which can only live with the help of what is more ad- vanced than themselves. Some are helpful to plants and live on their roots (enabling plants to assimilate nitrogen). Then the molds and other scavengers live on decaying matter. Many others live within the bodies of insects or animals; and some kinds get their nourishment from these animals, while others help them to digest their food. Others again cause diseases. It is plain that none, of these kinds could have existed before there were well-developed plants and high animals in the world. These minute creatures thus serve definite purposes in nature. It may possibly be that the Creator made them in different ages, as they were needed. Can we say that the divine intelligence in creating a tiny creature or the power of God to make it live, is less than for some larger animal? "We next ask: If these one-celled things can change so easily into better creatures, as the evolutionists say, why is it that they have not done so long ago? How does it happen that there are such multitudes and such varieties of them still in the world? Then again, if we are trying to see whether each seed that grows and each animal that is born is a little better than its father or its parent plant, we would have to watch a very long time to see any change. For seeds take a year to grow, and most animals and birds have young ones only once a year. But there are these tiny one-celled things which multiply so fast that it is possible for their numbers to double every half hour. There are as Miscellanea 529 many generations among them in three weeks as sheep or birds have in a thousand years. So here surely is a splendid chance to see if crea- tures change, and if anything does, those lowly and simple things should do so. "Among them all, the disease germs have probably been the most carefully studied. Yet, if there was any change at all, this study would be quite useless, because from one year to another a typhoid germ might turn into a malaria germ. There would thus be no certain way of telling one disease from another. One year for these germs is the same as 175 centuries in producing breeds of cattle. So it is really very wonderful that they show no change whatever. How can the evo- lutionist explain this? "It may seem strange to ask whether we can always tell a plant from an animal; but when we come down to creatures which have only one cell for their whole body, it may not be so easy. Yet it is important, for the evolutionist has to prove that plants turned into animals or at least that they were both the same at first, or he must give up his theory of evolution. "The distinction between plant and animal that is most readily seen is shown by the two different ways in which they nourish themselves. A plant can get all that it needs to live upon from the air and water and the ground. It takes the gases in the air and the salts dissolved in water or in the earth and manufactures these into starch and sugar and even higher products. No animal can do this, for it cannot live directly on the air and water and earth. An animal must have for its food the things which plants have already prepared; and if it eats milk and eggs or even meat, these have already been produced by other animals from the vegetations which they fed upon. "We may sum it all up by saying that plants make food and animals use it up. This is strictly correct; and the use to which the animal puts this food is just the opposite of what the plant has done. We could make this very plain if we could go into the chemistry of it all; but we will just give one sentence of this: Plants produce starches and albumins directly from inorganic substances by deoxidizing them and thus obtain their heat and muscular energy. This shows the gap which there is be- tween vegetable and animal life, which on the whole are just the opposite of each other." A. 34