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Q1nurnr~itt wqrnlugirul flnut41y Continuing Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI) Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV) Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920) -Theol. Monthly (Vol. X) Vo1. I October, 1930 No. 10 CONTENTS MUELLER, J. T.: Die Verneinung der Mitteilung der Eigen- Page schaften 'seitens der Papisten... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 721 ARNDT, W.: Does the Bible Teach that Only Christians of the Apostolic Age Would Possess Miraculous PowersP 730 FUERBRINGER, L.: Paulus in Athen ...................... 735 FAYE, C. W.: The Superman ............................... 742 MEYER, A. W.: Schools of the Prophets in Old Testament Times ................................................... 754 WISMAR, O. W.: Sermon Study on Acts 16, 16--32 ....... 759 Disposi tionen ueber die Eisenacher Evangelienreihe....... 766 STREUFERT, F. C.: The Pastor at the Bedside of the Back- slider ................................................... 775 Theological Observer. - Xirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches ...... 778 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 792 Ein Prediger muss nicht allein weide", also daBs er die Schafe unterweise, wie • ie rechte Christen sollen sein, sondern BUch daneben den Woelfen wehr ... , daBs sie die Schafe nicht angreifen und mit falscher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum ein· fuehren. - lAtther. Es ist kein Ding, das die Leute mehr bei der Kirche behaelt denn die gute Predigt. - Apologie, Art. 24 • If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle Y 1 Oor.1.j, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States :}. :I' CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. I I ARCHIVES 792 Book Review. - S3iterntur. members the traveler found a comparatively large congregation, with some young people, although it appeared that the wide-awake young people were not present. His explanation is that there was nothing in the service to appeal to them. "The prayers lacked both the spontaneity of free prayer and the beauty of real liturgy." In Tuebingen he heard Professor Heim, who, he says, enjoys the repu- tation of being at the present moment the most popular theologian in Germany, lecturing to a class of 700 students. He found young men and women listening with rapt attention to this man, who is described as con- siderably more conservative than the theological teachers of the past generation. The concluding paragraph is interesting. "The tendency toward theo- logical conservatism in this mother nation of theological Liberalism is quite marked. There seems to be a general feeling that Liberalism runs into the sand of relativism, and from this fate escape is sought by a new emphasis upon the Church, or the creed, or the person of Jesu~, or, as'in the case of the Barthians, upon a new dogmatism. If only this new con- servatism were more relevant to the desperate moral situation which a modern industrial nation faces!" We say, if only Germany could be induced to return to the message of Paul and Luther, the simple preaching of the Cross of Christ, which con- tains the power to overcome all ills, all sorrows, and death! A . • • I Book Review. - mteflttuf. The Old Testament in Greek. According to the Text of the Codex Vaticanus, Supplemented from Other Uncial Manuscripts, with a Critical Apparatus Containing the Variants of the Chief Ancient Authorities for the Text of the Septuagint. Edited by Alan England Brooke, D. D., Norman MoLean, M. A., and Henry St. John Thack- emy, M. A. Volume II: The Later Historical Books. Part II: First and Second Kings. Cambridge University Press (The Mac- millan Co. in America). Price, $7.00. This is a part of a monumental work, namely, that of offering the text of the LXX according to the best available manuscripts. The text is given in a sharp, large type, and the critical apparatus is in a form that is readily followed. All who are using the Greek translation of the Old Testament will find this edition eminently satisfactory. University and seminary libraries ought to have a complete set of these books for reference purposes as well as for intensive research. P. E. KRETZ MANN. The Travis Reference Line System of Bible Study. The J. W. Miller Publishing Co., Tinley Park, Ill. Price, $2.75. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This reference system, to be pasted into one's desk Bible, has been on the market for a number of years. The information contained on these sheets, though not exhaustive, is accurate enough for all ordinary purposes, and the maps are good. It really takes the place of a number of other reference helps. P. E. KRETzMANN. Book Review. - ~itetatut. 793 Wlllttin 2ut~etlj j80defung iiliet ben ~elitiiedirlef 1517-18. ftbetttagen bon 0.1 e 0 t g Sj e ( big. SDietetidjfdje l!:ledag~budj~anb(ung, ~ei.paig. 1930. XVI unb 156 @5eiten 6X9. !J5tei~: M. 5.50; gebunben, M.7. l!:lOt ettua einem smenfd)enaltet ~at !J5tof. D.~. ~icret in SjaUe bie l!:lodefung ~ut~et~ libet ben Sjebtiietbtief in bet l!:latifanifdjen lBibliot~ef au Utom gefunben unb im botigen ~a~te alS atueiten lBanb bet bon i~m ~etau~gegebenen //~nfiinge tefotmatotif djet lBibelau~legung// im SDtucr betiiffentridjt. ~~ tuat i~m eben in bet 8tuifdjen3eit ge(ungen, atuei tueitm Sjanbfdjtiften au entbecren, eine ftubentifdje ~adjfdjtift eine~ ;teU~ bet l!:lodefung unb ~m~botf~ ~eftionen libet ben Sjebtiiet. btief, bie etftm Sjanbfdjtift in SDelfau, bie atueite in bet Utatsfdjulbibliot~d au 8tutcfau. ~icret~ [(led ift nun bon !J5famt Sjelbig in ®eta, einem nodj tueniget befannten ~ut~etfotfdjet, in beutfdjet ftbetfetung ~etau~gegeben, unb bet ftbet. feter ~at fidj bemli~t, ben eigenen .lUang, bie befonbm ~atbe unb ben djataf. tetiftifdjen @5tU bet ~ut~etfdjen @5.ptadje, fotueit ba~ libet~au.pt miiglidj ift,tuiebet. 3ugeben. @50 liegt nun tuiebet ein e~egetifdje~ mlet! ~ut~et~ bOt, ba~ get abe flit ba~ mletben unb bie ~nttuicrlung ~ut~et~ bon ~nteteffe unb [(lidjtigfeit ift. SDenn bie l!:lodefung Ubet ben Sjebtiierbtief ift n a d) ben l!:lotlefungen libet ben !J5faltet (1513-15), libet ben Utiimetbtief (1515-16) unb Ubet ben ®alatetbtief (1516-17) ge~alten unb ift alf 0 bie lette in bet Utei~e bet etften gtoflen ilffentlidjen l!:lOt. lefungen be~ Utefotmatot~. ~udj ~iet finben tuit fdjon @5djlagtuotie, bie ben Ute. fotmatot bet .Ritdje mit feinet tua~t~aft ebangclifdjen ~t!enntng 3eigen, tuenn e~ audj nodj nidjt bet gtofle ;t~eolog mit bet flaten ~tfenntniS bet f.piitmn 8eit ift. ~n einer ®lolfe au Sjebt. 10, 19 finben fidj bie fut3gefaflten, Haten mlotte: //®laube ift ~tei~eit unb ~teibigfeit.// *) (@5. 152.) mla~ ~ut~et bann untet bem ®lau. ben betfte~t, fagt ein anbms [(lott in biefet l!:lotlcfung: //~uf ein einaigell mlott befdjtiinft fidj jett aUes, ball aUein madjt ben ~~riften aull: ball Sjilten bell [(lotte~ ®ottes, bet ®laube.// (@5. XII.) Unb tuenn tuit bann tueitet ftagen: [(las gibt obet' nUtt benn foldjet ®laube1 fo anttuottet ~ut~et: //~r ift ball lBanb unb lBinbe. mittel, bie .Ro.pula, bie ball Sjer3 be~ smenfdjen mit ®ott betbinbet." (@5. XII.) l!:lierma( tuitb im l!:ledauf bet l!:lorlefung ball mlott ,~ct. 15, 9 3itied: //SDutdj ben ®lauben teinigte ®ott i~te Sjet3en.// SDiefet ®laube berlei~t eine gana unglaub. lidje @5idjet~eit, ®etuiMeit, ~teubigfeit unb ~teibigfeit. SDenn //tuer an ®ott glaubt, bet ift gana fidjer", //gana getuifl, bafl ~~tiftus fUt i~n einttitt" als bet etuige Sjo~e.ptieftet unb smittler bes ~euen lBunbell, bet fUt bie smenfdjen eingefett ift bot ®ott. (@5. XIII.) smitten in biefe l!:lotlefung ~ut~etll libet ben Sjebrliet. btief fiel bet ~nfdjlag bet 95 ;t~efen am 31. (lftobet 1517, unb ll>iebet~olt aeigen fidj nun in biefet l!:lorlefung audj ®ebanfen, bie in ben 95 ;t~efen i~ren ~u~btucr fanben. ~n ben atuei (etten biefet ;t~efen ~eiflt e~: lIsman foU bie ~~tiften bet. ma~nen, bafl fie i~tem Sjau.pte ~~tifto burdj .Rreu3, ;tob unb SjilUe nadjaufolgen fidj befleifligen, unb alfo me~t butdj biel ;trUbfale ins Sjimmelteidj au ge~en, benn bafl fie butdj l!:lettrilftung bell ~tiebenll fidjet tuerben." (@5t. ~ouifet ~u~gabe XVIII, 81.) 8u Sjebt. 11,8 fagt ~ut~et in biefet l!:lorlefung: //®erabe beffen rU~mt fidj bet ®laube: nidjt 3U tuilfen, tuo~in bu ge~ft, tuall bu tUft unb tuas bu etbulben mUflt, aUes gefangen au geben: @5inn unb ~infidjt, .Rraft unb mliUen, *) l:lutljet ljat ba~ gtieCf)ifrlje mlod 7rapPTluia (@;)Jlj.3, 12; 1 ~olj. 2, 28; 4,17 uftu.) mit "j3'teibigfeit" iilietfett, niCf)t, tute tuit tn unfetn ietigen j8ilielau~galien in betfeljdet @iCf)teilitueife Iefen, "j3'teubigfeit". "j3'teibig" ift ein Iiei l:lutljet oft botfommenbe~ arte~ beutfCf)e~ mlod unb ljeif3t fo biel tuie muttg, fiiljn, lIubetfiCf)triCf). ($lj. ~Net, mlildetliudj IIU D. !D1adin l:lutljet~ ~eutfdjen @iCf)ttften, @i.703 f.) 794 Book Review. - 53itetatur. bet Moben 6timme @ottes 3U folgen unb me~t gefli~tt unb gettieben 3U Itletben, aiS felbft aU tteiben.// (6. 146.) 2u .I;lebt. 12, 11 (6. 155) finbet fid) fd)on bet lUusbtud "theologia crucis", bas befannte [Bott, bas sr~eobofius .I;latnad bann aiS S)J1otto feinem [Bede ,,53ut~ets sr~eologie// botanfteUte: Crux Christi unica est eruditio verborum Dei, theologia sincerissima, bas unfete 2ut~etausgabe fo Itliebetgibt: //lUUein ball .RteU3 (;!;~tifti ift eine Untetltleifung in bem [Botte @ottes, bie lautetfte sr~eologie.// (IV, 550.) ~a, hie "sr~eologie bell ~teU3es// ift 2ut~ets gefamte sr~eologie, Itlie aull 3a~nofen 6teUen in fernen 6d)tiften, nament~ ltd) aus feinen lUusIegungen bes ~o~anniSebangeltums unb bes @aIatetbtiefs, ~et~ botge~t. Unb fo fann audj biefe mot"lefung 2ut~etS libet ben .I;lebtiietbtief im 20. ~a~t~unbett aIS ein lRuf aUt lBube geIten, bet uns, Itlenn Itlit i~n ~iiten, ben lBltd iiffnen unb fd)iitfen fann flit ben unge~euten ~tnft unfetet 2age unb flit ball lillunbet bet ~tliifung: ,,@e~e ~in in ben ~eIf en unb betbirg bid) im 6djob bet ~tbe// - bas ~eibt, @Iaube an ben gefteu3igten (;!;~tiftus! - "bOt bem fcf)ted~ ltd)en lUngefidjt bes .I;l~ttn unb bot feinet ~ett1tdjen S)J1ajeftiit, Itlenn et fidj auf~ mad)en Itlitb, bie ~rbe 3U fdjteden.// (6. XV.) - 2ut~et ~at biefe motlefung libet ben .I;lebtiietbtief nidjt beenbet, fonbetn fdj1tebt fie mit .Rap. 11, 7. ~s ift i~m 11Jo~1 gegangen, Itlie es audj anbetn 2e~tetn ge~t, bab fie mit bet lUufgabe elnes ~a~tes obet 6emeftets nidjt 3u ~nbe fommen. lUbet et ~at fidj audj mit aUen fd)ltlietigen ~tagen bes .I;lebtiietbtiefs in hiefet motlefung auseinanbetgefettj fo Itlenn et 3U ~ap. 10,5 fidj libet hie metfdjieben~eit bes ~falmltlotts: "S)ie D~ten abet ~aft bu mit aufgetan//, ~f. 40, 7, unb bet ftbetfetung ber 6eptuaginta unb bes .I;lebttietbtiefs "S)en 2eib abet ~aft bu mit beteitet// Itleitet betbteitet. (6.127.) .I;lebt. 11, 1 libetfett et ~iet: ,,~s ift abet bet @Iaube ein .I;laben bon S)ingen, bie man ~offen mub// (6. 134) j fpiitet, biel glattet: ,,~s ift abet ber @Iaube eine geltliffe 2ubetfidjt bes, baiS man ~offet.// Unb 3U .I;lebt. 6, 4 Itlenbet et fidj gegen ben nobatianifdjen ~tttum, bet bie ·S)J1iig1tdjfeit bet 31tleiten lBube leug~ nete, unb fagt: ,,@iibe es a1fo feine lBube, bann Itliite bet gan3e @alatetbtief ein !llidjts.// (6. 83.) ~s ift ~odjetfteu1tdj, bab f01dje [Bette 2ut~ets, bon benen man ftli~et nidjts Itlubte, an bas srageiJlidjt gebtadjt Itletben. 2. ~ ii t b tin get. The Hittite Empire. Being a Survey of the History, Geography, and Monuments of Hittite Asia Minor and Syria. By John Garstang, M. A., B. Litt., D. So., Rankin Professor of the Methods and Practise of Archeology in the University of Liverpool; sometime Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford. Richard R. Smith, Inc., New York. 364 pages, 6 X 9. Price, $6.00. This is a book to delight the heart of every lover of archeology, a monu- mental source-book of imperishable importance, the last word on Hittite- geography, language, culture, and influence. The mechanical make-up of the volume leaves nothing to be desired. The print, binding, and illustrative equipment are all excellent, the maps, plans, and illustrations being the latest and best that could be obtained. But what gives the book its unique significance and value is its invaluable content, presented with a charm and winsomeness that are but seldom found in conjunction with scholarIiness of so high a type as that of Professor Garstang. Those who are personally acquainted with the noted author can somewhat appreciate the erudition, the painstaking effort, the untiring devotion to details, the careful scrutiny, and the excellent judgment which lie at the foundation of this wonderful Book Review. - S3iteratm, 795 literary product. We are grateful to him for having placed on the market this excellent sequel to his The Land of the Hittites, published in 1910. Since then epochal discoveries have been made in the field of Hittite re- search. In 1915 Dr. F. Hrozny began his series of monographs demonstrat- ing the Indo-European affinities of the official Hittite language. After the close of the World War thousands of Hittite state archives and other docu- ments became available for study, actually filling the whole gap in the history of Asia Minor between the rise of Babylon and the fall of Troy (2200-1200 B. C.). All the material thus placed at the disposal of scholars, Dr. Garstang has condensed in his book, for the writing of which he was uniquely equipped since during the last decades his entire time has been devoted to the study of the Hittite problem, much of it in the field, he being personally present at Boghaz-Keui at the time of Dr. Winckler's epoch-making discovery of the Hittite texts in Semitic, which were in part parallel and contemporary with the Amarna letters of the Egyptian Pha- raohs of the fourteenth century B. C. In addition, the author has enjoyed the cooperative assistance of scholars like Dr. Albright, Pere Dhorme, M. Rene Duseaud, Dr. Goetze, Professor Sayce, Professor Shear, of Prince- ton, Professor Breasted, of Chicago, and others. The student of archeology will therefore find in this volume reliable and exhaustive informative material on every phase of Hittite studies, and to everyone interested in this romantically fascinating department of archeology the reviewer recom- mends it as an indispensable part of his bibliography. To go into detail in presenting the issues covered in the book is out of the question; the re- viewer must be satisfied with merely mentioning the titles of the main chapters. They are as follows: A Historical Outline; The Hittite World; Landmarks of Asia Minor; The Land of the City of Hatti; The City of Hatti; Monuments of the Plateau; The eoastlands and Monuments of the West; Taurus and Anti-Taurus; Three Cities of Northern Syria; Syria and Its Monuments. The value of the book for the Biblical scholar is apparent from the titles, each page of which corroborates the Biblical account as a record that is historically reliable. Added to these chapters are: Epochs in Hittite History and Art; Index of Monuments; Index of Authors Quoted; and the General Index. As one considers the monu- mental amount of value offered in this volume, he cannot but admit that the price is very reasonable. J. T. MUELLER. Answers to Every-Day Questions. By S. Parkes Oadman. The Abing- don Press. 1930. 365 pages, 9X6. Price, $3.00. In discussing "Personal Problems, Domestic Relations, The Future Life," etc., Dr. Cadman gives some good advice. So does Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Both teach that under the providence of God good results from evil. Cadman: "I prefer to treat the evil as entirely subordinate to the good and to construe the former through the latter rather than to base my thinking on the malefic forces of the universe, even were they as you describe them." Seneca, in Moral Essays: "Toward good men God has the mind of a father; He cherises for them a manly love, and He says: 'Let them be harassed by toil, by suffering, by losses, in order that they may gather true strength ... .' 'Is it,' you ask, 'for their own good that men are driven into exile, reduced to want, that they bear to the grave 796 Book Review. - 13iteratut. wife or children, that they suffer public disgrace and are broken in health?' If you are surprised that these things are for any man's good, you must also be surprised that by means of surgery and cautery, and also by fasting and thirst, the sick are sometimes made well." Dr. Cadman: "Moreover, conscious inferiority has a beneficial mission. Think of :J;lemosthenes and his awkward pronunciation; of Sir Henry Fawcett and his blindness; of Alexander H. Stephens and his broken body. Their drawbacks became in- centives." Dr. Seneca: "Without an adversary, power shrivels. We see how great and how efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. . .. But these are not the things to draw down the gaze of the gods upon us. But, 10! here is a spectacle worthy of the regard of God as He contemplates His works; lo! here a contest worthy of God - a brave man matched against ill fortune, and doubly so if his also was the challenge." On domestic relations: Cadman: "Do what Joseph did when Potiphar's vulturous wife solicited that fair youth." Seneca: "If a man lies with his wife as if she were another man's wife, he will be an adulterer, though she will not be an adulteress." Do both philosophers then stand on the same plane? In some instances, Cadman gives better counsel than Seneca. His ethics have been influenced by Christianity. Oadman warns against suicide, while Seneca puts these words into the mouth of God (or of the gods): "Above all, I have taken pains that nothing should keep you here against your will, the way out lies open." And while Seneca is skeptical regarding immortality, Cadman de- clares: "I regard the belief in immortality as an immovable rock in the stormiest sea of materialism." Still, both men teach essentially the same philosophy. The essential feature of the religion of both men is ethics. Seneca knew nothing of Ohrist, of the Gospel of salvation. Neither does Dr. Oadman. He knows much of Christ, but only as the great ethical Teacher. "Question: It is asserted by the Ohurch that Ohrist was the greatest Teacher of religious truth the world has ever known. Will you please cite one proof of this assertion? Answer: I venture to offer you eight fairly substantial reasons for the supremacy and originality of Christ's teaching: 1) He imposed unity on the Moral Law. 2) He attached it to a new relationship in God as the universal Father. 3) He gave an entirely new value to the individual soul. 4) He ordained that the first ethical quality of an act consisted in the motive which animated it. 5) He made his laws absolute and binding. 6) His codes for life were positive in their demands. Wherever else the Golden Rule is found, it is expressed in negative form. 7) He separated morality from ceremonial rites. 8) Greatest of all, Jesus perfectly embodied His ideals in character and example and thus made them the everlasting Real. Read Why Preaoh Ghrist? by G. A. Johnston Ross." Read 1 Cor. 2, 2 and you will know that Dr. Oadman is not teaching the Ohristian religion. To him Ohris- tianity is essentially a system of morals, and we have no doubt that, if the great moralist Seneca had lived long enough, he would also have ap- propriated some moral elements of Ohristianity and would be giving prac- tically the same radio addresses as Oadman. He believed, as does Oad- man, in salvation through good character. See page 143 of Oadman's book. In the vernacular of Seneca: "The gods are ever best to those who are best. For Nature never permits good to be injured by good; between good men Book Review. - .\Jiteratur. 797 and the gods there exists a friendship brought about by virtue." And Oad- man's belief in immortality (of the soul- there is no resurrection of the body) is based, not on Ohrist's redeeming work, but on the fundamental teaching of Modernism: "Thus personal immortality is the natural result of the soul's affiliation with the Eternal Father." - Dr. Oadman is a man of wide reading and keen thought, well versed in philosophy and psychology. But he does not understand the human soul and cannot give spiritual advice because he is totally unacquainted with "sin and grace." In view of his disavowal of "Ohrist and Him crucified" statements like these become mere phrases: "What we need is vitalization to enable us to be and to do the good we clearly visualize. The Master is infinitely more than a moralist. He is nothing less than the Life-giver, whom Ohristian experience recognizes as such and therefore adores." - Lest the reader fear that an injustice has been done Dr.Oadman by putting him in the same class with Seneca, we shall let him speak for himself: "All men should rejoice in the high moral ideals of the Upanishads, of Oonfucius, Plato, Seneca., Marcus Aure- lius, and the other great ethical monitors of humanity. The similarity of their ethical doctrines to Biblical teaching shows how deeply God's Spirit has influenced the race at large." TH. ENGELDER. ilutijeril ~uMeijen uuh mUhni~. mon ~ r 0 f. ~ a tIm a u e t, Wlitnef)en. :Druef unb merIag bon Gf. mettelsmann in @ittetslo~. 22 l5eiten ~ebt, 24 ~afeln. 6%X9. ~teis: ~attoniert, 3 Wlatf. :Dies intmffante S)eft ent~iilt elf 3eitgenBffifef)e milbniffe .\3ut~ers, 3e~n bon Gftanacf), eins bon ffieifenftein, einem I5d)itfet .\3ut~ets, unb ein mifbniS ~iit~e 53ut~ers bon Gftanacl). ~{m (,fnbe bes .ljefts hlerben BhlBff .\3ut~etftubien bon bet ,\janb bes merfa(fers, bes befannten 5JJlafets, geboten. ftbet Gfranaef)s RUjlfetftief) ,,53utl)er als Wlond) 152011 fd)teibt mauer folgenbes: lI:Das in RUjlfer mit bem I5tief)el geaeid)nete milbniS ift eine in ber ~uffaf(ung hlie in ber Wlobellierung unb me!ebung ber .Bilge fo gelungene ~rbeit, bafl fie fjliitet bon Gfranaef) nie mel)r itbertroffen luurbe. iillas er uns allein babei fef)ulbig bleibt, ift bas @eniale, hlas nie fcine l5acl)c tuar, fonbern bie bon ~Ilmdjt :Ditrer. merftiinbniSboll unb fid)er ift bas ~uf unb ~b bes miid)tigen Rnodjenbaus in ,ljol)en unb ~iefen hlieber~ gegelien. lJJCan (icl)t ben oberen ~eil bes tafietten l5ef)iibe!s mit ber tunben, ftart gehlolliten ~u!Jbcl)nung naef) ben l5eiten unb fcl)lieflt 3ugleid) aUf ein gut ent~ tVlaeItes .\jinterl)aujlt. ~{uffallenb ift bie itlier tiefgebetteten ~ugen ftarf bor~ gehliillite morberftirne, burdjfuref)t bon ben I5jluren ftarter @emitts~ unb @ebanfen~ fiimjlfe. . .. (,fin fuqge(djnittener unb tro~bem ftart ge!oefter S)aarlrana umgilit naef) Wlondj!Jfitte bail S)aujlt. :iDie ethlail au l)ell angegeoenen unb - hlie aUf (jlii~ tmn milbcrn 3ll fe~en itt - bunnen mrauen (jlannen fief) naef) ben ureiten l5ef)lii' fen BU in bie ~jjl)e hlie au!Jgeoreitete ffiaoenfittief)e ... , :iDie nal)e lieieinanber ftel)enben Heinen, ... alier fdjarf gefdjnittenen, manbe!formigen ~ugen fte~en fd)icf, ethlail mongolifd) gefef)Ii~t unb hlie eingefunfen in ben S)ol)len. ;;sl)r SSlief ift unfagliar hlel)mittig, alier bod) nid)t refigniert. :Die ooeren ~ugenliber finb fo nal)e unter ben I5tirnfnod)en, bafl fie teilhleife bon ben SSrauen itlierfef)attet tller' ben, toas i\Jnen bei ber bunnen Umriinbetung ben manef)ma{ ,biimonifdjen' ~uil' btuef berliel)en l)aben mag, bon bem beridjtet hlitb ... , :Det Rnod)en, bet ben ffianb ber ~ugenl)ol){e mit bet 91afenltJUt3e! betbinbet, l)at eine ftiirfere iilliiloung naef) oben, alil ief) fie je liei einem Wlenfef)en fal). :Die hlie bei SSiSmaref friiftig unb breit 3hli(ef)en ernften j}aIten ein(etenbe, Bhlar nidjt gtofle 91afe mit gebogenem 798 Book Review. ~ Xliteratur. ffi:Uaen unb eaigem @'nbe ift ein ,Beid)en bon stattraft, bie gemHbert roieb burd) 'oie fd)mafen, emWnbfamen 91afenj1UgeL S\)a~ 6ef)onfte in Xlut1)ee~ ®efid)t biS Bum 1)oef)ften saltee ift unb bfeibt bee lJJCunb mit ber fef)malen, roie bei ®oetf)e ge~ fd)roungenen OberHjljle, bie mit einet !eid)ten ~utbe naef) olien in ben lJJCunb~ roinfel tief einfinft. s\)ie Untetlijljle ift bteit, aliet nid)t fef)rotifftig unb ge1)t mit ftiiftigen 6eitenmusfefn in bas eaig rriiftige, abet roenig botftef)enbc ~inn tilict. mlangen~ unb mefednoef)en 3cigen cine unge1)eure mlud)t unb fteUen Die 5Beet1)obens in ben 6ef)atten, bon benen es 1)ict, fie fii1)en aus/ afS tilnnten fie mit Xleid)tigreit 91frffe 3ednaaen. :;Sd) glaulie, bat Xlut1)et folef)em 5Bau gute ,Biif)nc 3U bcrbanfen 1)atte, roas man auef) 'oaeaus fef)lieten fann, bat fief) bie j}'otmen beslJJCunbes biS Bum stobe er1)alten lJaben, lllenn auef) Die UntetHjljle, roie meiften~ im salter/ bUnnet rourbc. S\)as (1)1: berriit butd) bie \Jute sausbHbung aflct ~in"elformen 1)erbot~ ragenbe mufifaHfd)e 5Begabung. stier .\;lalS ift hiiftig, abet nief)t eigentHef) rut a BU nennen; ba~ routbe er etft butef) 3une1)menbe j}'ettfeibigreit in fjliitmn :;Sa1)ten. s\)ie 6ef)ulteru roaren noef) in mittleren :;SalJren aroat runb, abet e1)er abfaUenb afS f)od). @'~ finb feine 5Beroeife bafUr bor1)anben, aber ber ®efamteefef)einung nad) au urteUen, roirb XlutlJee e1)er fuqlieinig afS bas ®egenteU geroefen fein." mon ben 3roo{f beigegebenen Xlutf)erftubien be~ metfaffets gefaUen un~ 91r.7 unb 8 am beften, roii1)eenb 3 unb 11 etroas BU ftad an 5Beet1)oben ecinnetn. st 1). Xl ii tf ef). '.l)ai:l m:ugi:lliucger ~efenntni~ be~ (\HanlJen~ nub bet ,\.\ef)te, boegeteagen unb frbetgelien aUf bem ffi:eief)stag au saugsburg am 25. :;Suni 1530. lJJCit san~ medungen berfe1)en. san1)ang: s\)ie brei titef)Hef)en 5Befenntniffe. ,Broeite sauflage. metlag unb S\)rua bon :;So1)annes .\;lerrmann, 3roiaau, 6aef)fen. ~rei~: 60 ~f. ~ine 1)Ubfef)e, liequemc sausgabe unfees .\;laUjltbefenntniffes, bie in j}'utnoten 1)iftotifef)e unb fjlraef);[ief)e ~tniirungen bietet. 1530. June 25. 1930. The Four-hundredth Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. A World-historic Lutheran State Paper. By William Dallmann, D. D. Reprinted from the Milwaukee Luthe1·an. North- western Publishing House Print, Milwaukee, Wis. A lively, sprightly tract of 28 pages, attractively printed. You here see Dr. Dallmann at his best. W. ARNDT. The Midnight Lion. Gustav Adolf, the Greatest Lutheran Layman. By Wm. Dallmann. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 128 pages, 4¥S X5*. Price, 75 cts. The long hours of reading and research that went into the composition of this book, as attested by the list of authorities mentioned in the be- ginning, justify its being reviewed in a technical theological journal. After setting the stage for the appearance of his hero by delineating the course of events since the great days of Worms, Dr. Dallmann in his inimitable, fascinating manner, relates the story of Gustav Adolf's life and work, placing before us, as he proceeds, many quaint, odd little flowers which he gathered in the numerous literary gardens where he loves to roam. While, as we all know, Dr. Dallmann's method of writing history is not the formal, stereotyped one, who would want to see him adopt the style and fashion of school-texts? Not the reviewer. W. ARNDT. Book Review. ~ ~itetatur. 799 The Lutheran World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1929-1930. Com- piled by O. M. Norlie and G. L. Kieffer. Published by the National Lutheran Council, New York. 416 pages, 9 X 6. Price, $2.00. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This is a valuable book. It gives much useful information, offering comprehensive statistics and extensive data relating to the Lutheran Church and her work and discussing important phases of her history and her atti- tude towards present trends of religious thought. Table of Contents: Church-Year Calendar; The Lutheran Church of the World (including the story of the Copenhagen Convention); General Lutheran Church-bodies in the United States and Canada (giving recent developments); General Cooperative Groups; Historical Essays and Digests (here we have the story of the Augsburg Confession, a masterly treatise by Dr. Reu, a discussion of its contents, the entire text of the Confession being given, and of its im- portance; The Quadricentennial of Luther's Small Catechism; Lutheranism in Sweden [400 years]; Christianity in Norway [900 years]; The Salz- burger Dispersion [200 years]; Christian Education [a full discussion of all its phases and agencies]; World Events in Religion and Morals); Alphabetical Ministerial Directory, Parochial Statistics; Detailed Statis· tics (on missions, benevolent, and educational work); General Comparative Statistics; and several other topics. Several inaccuracies have crept into the book, something hardly to be avoided in a book of this nature. For instance: "German Lutheran Free Churches: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Prussia has 14.5% of the population in Waldack and Baden. Its membership is 54,000." The state- ment in The Lut/"emn Churches of the W01"ld, p. 160, is better: "The Ev. Luth. Church in Prussia is found principally in the older P1"U8Sian prov- inces, also in vValdack [Waldeck] and Baden. Its membership is 14%% of the population." In the necrological list the same name occurs twice, listed as belonging to two different synods. (The worries of an editor!) "There are about 82,000,000 Lutherans in the world" ~ if we include such as are only nominal Lutherans (we are referring to certain bodies in Europe) and such as are not even nominal Lutherans, as, for instance, the state church of Hamburg (see The Lutheran Chu1"ches of the World, p. 137) and the Prussian Union. Nor do we agree with every theological judgment uttered in the book. Still it is a valuable book for the wealth of useful information it offers. We commend it also for stressing the im- portance of the Augsburg Confession and the need of the Small Catechism in education. ("The Lutheran Church is a teaching Church. The use of the Catechism has made it that and will keep it that. . .. The effect has been to produce a communion of sound and conservative Christians within the ranks of Protestantism.") Statements like this one are also highly commendable: "The attitude which the Augsburg Confession indicates toward any movement towards unity in the Church is clear. Agreement in the faith according to the Word of God and the divine institution of the Sacraments is the indispensable condition." But these statements lose their force in that this Scriptural principle is not made applicable to all 800 Book Review. - \literatut. forms of unionism, unity "in the essentials of the Gospel" being substituted for "agreement in the faith." - Editorial committee: J. A. Morehead, A. W. Kjellstrand, M. G. G. Scherer, G. E. Lenski, O. M. Norlie, G. L. Kieffer. Among the contributors are J. A. Dell, J. C. Mattes, S. G. Youngert, M. Reu, A. G. Voigt, G. A. Brandelle, J. W. Horine, W. H. Greever. TH. ENGELDER. BOOKS RECEIVED. - (Nngegnngene laiidjer. Cokesbury Press, Nashville, Tenn.: - The Gold under the Grass. By Basil M. Miller. 230 pages, 4"hX7"h. Price, $1.00. The River of God. The Source-Stream for Morals and Religion. By Arthur Mulford Baker, Ph. D. 172 pages, 5x7"h. Price, $1.25. Worship in the Sunday-School. For Workers in Small Schools. By A. W. Martin. 164 pages, 5x7"h. Price, 75 cts. Abingdon Press, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: - Two Years of Sunday Nights. By Roy L. 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