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(i~ ~iinot hlO~l mit bet £leibenfd)aftlicfJtcit felnes ~empecament~, mit bet ~eiflen .\llehe all feinen ge\ftlid)en Sfinbecn 3ufammen, ball er 1m Stampfe mit felnen @egnecn bieUeid)t nid,1t immec bie [treMe @renae belJ .3uHiffigen in ber Sftitif e\n\Jel)alten ~at" (6. 13). !Hbet ell gibt auelJ einen ~ ell i g e n .3 0 tn, einen 1) ell i \J e n 0; i fer um @otte!! (il)te unb um bie !lBa~rl)e\t bes (ibnngeHums unb geoen beflen \:l'ehtbe. Unb (0 ~a!len wil: uns nod) elne lltci~e fcagfid)ct ober iniger 6iitJe angemertt. !Huct babet 1ft aud) [0 blel Ulld)tI\Jes unb @lItes gefagt, bieeinac1nen mrlefe weeben inl)artlid) bem £efer fo na~e Ilebrad)t, unb bie @tllnbe Book Review. - l3iteeatut. 73 ber ~eitlf gegen I~re [d)t~eit, aum lBellpiet bei bem 3nlelten ~~ellatonidjetbtief unb ben ~nftorntbciefen, tnerben nld)t nut naml)aft gemad)t, fonbetu aud) 1m ganaen 10 tteffenb lDibedegt, bali jebet babon letuen fann. Unb bann immer bet milflonnrifel)e lllugbWt unb bie bibHld)e lBegeUnbung ber SJJlilfion! !liit Ct. 1D1i~nen nod), bafl illid)tet geeabe aud) gegen bie betiebte ntoberne Illuffallung beg G:~tiftentl1mg nl~ cinet f~l1tcetiltild)en illetigion 3U ~elbe 3ie~t (<5.52), bali er abet 2 ~~ell. 2, 6. 7 In bem betannten Illbfd)nitt Uber ben Illntid)dften 1:0 xadxov (ba~ Illuf~attetlbe) unb ,) xadx ())I' (ben Illutl)altenben) nid)t aUf ben tiimlldjen seaifet unb bie tilntifd)e <5tantsgetualt bC3ie~en tuitf, tuas nuel) unfem ftberacu- gung feU ben SeUen ber .feirif)enb1itet big ~ertlntee 3U ~~. Sa~n ble fid)erlte unb belte &tWitullg ilt (<5,83.84). l3. ~ U t brill get. The Men Whom Jesus Made. A Series of Studies in the Characters of the Twelve Apostles. By the Rev. W. MoIntosh Maokay, D. D" Sherhrooke Church, Glasgow. Richard R. Smith, Inc., New York. 211 pages, 5X7%. Price, $1.00. (Anvil Series of $1 Religious Books.) While we should not advise a pastor to use the chief services of his church for a series of sermons on the twelve apostles, because naturally such discourses are apt to put more emphasis on historical material than should be the case in the main sermon of the week, there is no reason why such a series should not be preached in Sunday evening or mid-week services. On the contrary, since a special sermonic study ·of each one of the Twelve will afford the pastor an opportnnity to dwell on a number of interesting and stimulating facts and truths which lie somewhat off the beaten path and acquaintance with which will make the Christian understand his New Testament better and love it all the more, pastors ought to be encouraged to prepare such a scries for the services which playa subsidiary rOle in the life of a church. We, then, have no objec- tion to offer to the subject of the twelve discourses contained in this book. Another question is whether the work is satisfactorily done. Admirable features of the book are the simplicity of style and lucidity of treatment exhibited by the author. Again, from the point of view of scholarship it will pass muster. Dr. Mackay studied such large works on the apostles as were available, especially Bruce's The 'l'mining of the Twelve, which he mentions in the introrluction, and thus he equipped himself for his task. Here and there the conservative reader will not agree with the critical and historical conclusions which the author has reached. For example, when he says (p. 58) that the Gospel according to St. John in its present form was not written by St, John himself, but consists of his memoirs as they were edited by a disciple after the apostle was dead, we demur. His view on the writer of the Epistle of St. James, according to which this inspired writer was not the Apostle St. James, the son of AI- phaeu8, but an actual brother of our Lord, likewise fails to commend it- self to us. - Doctrinally the book is weak, for two reasons. In the first place, it does not contain much doctrine; the author confines himself quite strictly to comments on the events related of tIle Twelve and to practical lessons drawn from these events, In the second place, one re- grets to see that the author fails adequately to present the Christ "for us," the Substitute, who became a curse in our stead. He speaks of our "ever living near Christ till the spirit of Christ passes into us and we become 74 Book Review. - ~itetatUt. 'one with ChriRt'" (p. 74). But on the Hedeemer who furnishes us the help which the poor sin-laden heart is yearning for he is strangely silent. Furthermore, did Paul really "know nothing of Peter's infallibility in Antioch" (p. 20)? It is very true, Paul knew Peter was not a perfect saint; but the rebuke he administered to him (Gal. 2) had no reference to the doctrine of Peter, but merely to llis conduct. III one paragraph (p. 167) the author creates the impression that he holds people may be led to "find Goel" and undergo a change of heart through the Buddhist religion. His language is not specific enough to compel us to say he enter- tains such a view, but certainly even the semblance of holding it should be avoided by a Christian minister. The above shows that the book, though serviceable in many respects, requires discerning, discriminating re\tders. W.ARNDT. The Holy Spirit in the Life and Teaching of Jesus and the Early Christian Church. A Biblical Study. By P. Klltepfel. Lutheran Book Concern, Columbus, O. 145 pages, 5%X7%. Price, $1.50. The purpose of this book is to supply om Christian people with more detailed information on the person and work of the Holy Ghost. The foreword states very correctly: "To most Christians the person and work of the Holy Spirit are at best hazy SUbjects. Few try to get clear on them. Therefore there is great need of instruction in this field." The truth of this no one can deny, and thc author's attempt to give this . needed information is indeed laudable, and in some respects his book is excellent. It is clearly outlined and definite in its presentation of facts. Many great lessons concerning the Holy Spirit are here set forth and explained which are commonly overlooked by both pastors and laymen. Nevertheless, we I'egret that the little volume has features which make it impossible for us to recommend it without qualification. First of all, it is a fault, in our opinion, that the learned author - for his treatise shows much learning - has drawn so copiously on Reformed writers. Men like Kuyper, Gordon, Morgan, Vaughan, MacDonald, Torrey, Tuttle, Gore, Swete, etc., are, after all, not the scholars whom Luthemn authors ought to quote in a volume intended largely for popular instruction. The andere GeiBt of enthusiasm inheres also in them. Why not go back to our Lutheran dogmaticians, in whose works we find so much better dog- matics and exegesis than in the sectarian representatives of to-day? Then, too, it is a fault that many of the weighty points which deserve unlimited space because of their importance have been treated so briefly. The book offers many things, but, we are sorry to say, not much of any- thing. Topics such as "The Holy Spirit in the Life of Christ," "The Holy Spiri~ in the Teaching of Jesus," and "The Holy Spirit in the Early Ch111'ch" are so rich, deep, and comprehensive tllat each, properly treated, will pro- ducc a whole library. Even in a comparatively small book like the present volume they should receive considerable attention. Lastly, the book con- tains much misleading and even downright incorrect exegetical matter. Luke 10, 21, for instance, should not be made to read: ",Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit," but, as Meyer, Godet, etc., prove, "Jesus rejoiced in spirit." With regard to the question whether the Holy Ghost pro- ceeds also from the Son the author should have given a clear and distinct answer and not have left the matter open. The Lutheran Church is also Book Review. --- ~itcratur. 75 in this point anti-Grcek-Catholic and teaches the FiUoCj1te. To leave thc question open, as this book docs, means to cause confusion among thc unlearned. In the paragraph Oll the Paraclete the author unwittingly contradicts himself; for he seemillgly accepts the opinion of modern scholars that the word Pu'/'aolete has a passive sense, and yet he renders it with a term having an activc sense. The writer's cornman sense prevailed after all. But still more objectionable is the author's indirect charge that the apostles made a gross mistake by electing Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscal'iot. True, the author does not say so himself, but Morgan and Gordon, whom he quotes, apparently with approval, say so; and from this they even draw the lesson that ChTistian churches, when calling pastors, should learn "the mind of the Spirit" rather than get "the sense of the meeting." Such things bar books from the libraries for which they lue intcnded. Recently we read in a book review the following criticism: "Dus Ganze ist nicht rechl d1t1·chgeu1·beitet." This criticism, we belicve, applies also to Dr. Kluepfel's book, and we hope that by saying this we may induce the author, in a later edition, to cor- rect the faults of his book and to present to us an enlarged and improved volume on the person and work of the Holy Ghost which is worthy of Lutheran learning and Biblical research. J. T. MUELLER. What Is LutheranismP A Symposium in Interpretation. Edited by Vergilius Ferm, Ph. D. 307 pages, 5% X8. The Macmillan Com- pany, New York. 1030. Price, $2.50. The purpose of this volume is to give "a representative cross-section of the thought that obtains among contemparary Lutherans in America" (p. x). The editor, who is a minister of the Augusto.na Synod and since 1928 Professor of Philosophy in the College of Wooster, requested the fol- lowing to discuss the subject announced in the titlc: Dr. Evjen (formerly Vnited Norwegian, now V. L. C.); Dr. Offerman, Mount Airy (V. L. C.); Dr. Wcntz, Gettysburg (V. L. C.); Dr. Reu(Iowa); Dr. Hefelbower, Car- thage (V. L. C.); Dr. Scherer, secretary of the V. L. C.; Dr. Haas, Muhlen- berg College (V. L. C.); Dr. Dau, Valparaiso (Mo.); Dr. Wendell of the Augustana Synod; Dr. Rohne of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Among the questions proposed to these writers were the following: What is the unique character of Lutheranism 1 How far are its confessions normative 1 Is its theology fixed? What is the Lutheran attitude to such problems as modern Biblical scholarship with the implications involved in textual criticism, historic method; to such contemporary issues as Modernism, Fundamentalism, naturalism, humanism, evolutionism, etc.? iVhat is meant by the "Word of God?" The attitude which, in the editor's own classification, would be ~alled the traditionalist, uncritical one, is represented in the essay contributed by Dr. Dau, who rejects "a wholesale declaration that one accepts the Lu- theran Confessions 'as far as' they agree with the Scriptures" (p. 219) and who idcntifies with the skepticism engendered by 'Satan in Paradise the various hypotheses of science with which the Lutheran Church has a con- flict (p. 220) ; - also in that of Dr.Reu and in thc contribution of Dr.RolIne. Concessions are made to the spirit of the times in some of the phraseology of Rohne's essay, as when he says that the Lutheran Church "has always retained a friendly aloofness" over against other religious organizations 76 Book Review. - Xliteratur. (p. 249); but he accepts the Bible as verbally inspired and demands not a qtlatemls, but a quia suhscription to the Confessions (p. 254). In the spiritual realm "human reason is altogether incompetent to act in any' capacity whatever" - exactly the view of which Dr. Ferm says in his own essay that it must he rejected both on grouuds of morality and reason (p. 294 f.). Dr. Offerman's essay is on the whole favorable both to the material and formal principle of the Reformation and to the historical confessions as a whole. He, too, wants a subscription to the Confessions "without any mental reservation" (p. 52). What he intends to say with his judgment on the dogmaticians of the seventeenth century - "The a'J:gu- ments used by them do no longer make their appeal to the minds of modern men" (p. 54) -he does not explain. In Offerman's essay, as elsewhere in the book, Paul is misinterpreted as expecting an immediate Second Ad- vent (p. 63). Dr. Wentz stal·ts out very well, but on the seventh page of his essay he deduces that the theology of Lutheranism is "not fixed"; that there has been a "progressive understanding" of the Gospel since the time of Luther. This alleged progress in the understanding of Scripture is referred to by other contributors to this volume, but in not a single case are instances given of such more adequate comprehension of the Gospel. The reader is led to suspect that her" as elsewhere there has been a parrotizing of the modern criticism of the Bible even where the faith of the writer is still that of the Confessions. Dr. Scherer discusses Lutheranism as an experience and as a doctrine. His contribution is an uncompromising restatement of our confessional position, with a weaken- ing only in the last paragraph, in its reference to evolutionism as some- thing that "seems to be in conflict" with revelation (p.172). Dr. Haas rejects the "purely mechanical [?] theory of inspiration" of the older dog- maticians (p.189) and accepts the "probable results of the history of the Biblical books" (p. 191), although shrinking from the "extreme liberal positions"; leaves open the question of the evolution of the human body (though not of the soul, p. 195); but on the whole is more conservative than we had reason to expect from his former publications. The contribution of Dr. C. A. Wendell, university pastor at Minneapolis and a prominent member of the Augustana Synod, is least worthy of in- clusion in this volume as a representative expression of Lutheranism. While there are flings at the stricter doctrinal position in the contribu- tions of Wentz, Hefelbower, Haas, and Ferm, "Vendell alone descends to sneers and bitter innuendos. JIis entire essay documents the author's complete break with the Scriptural doctrine of Creation and Inspiration, to mention only these. To the non-Lutheran reader it gives an entirely false view of the current of thought to be found among the clergy and laity of the American Lutheran synods, as, for example, when he pic- tures the clergy as helplessly viewing the advance of evolutionary teach- ings regarding the origin of life and of the human race; and when he pictures the layman as unable to distinguish between doctrine and the choice of clerical vestments (p. 232). We have made a cross-section of the book in its answer to the ques- tion, "What is meant by the 'Word of God 1" Some of the answers rep- resent the historic Lutheran view. But there is also a good deal of hedging and jockeying in the expressions of some contributors - as when Book Review. - l:lltctatltt. 77 Dr. Wentz says (p. 88): "Because the Bible tells us the thoughts of God toward men, it is called the Word of God. Because it was prepared under a special direction of God, so as to make its message dynamic for all ages, it is called the inspired Word of God." Then, to make confusiou worso confounded, he adds: "That Word is Christ." TIaas is much more clear-and modernistic-when he writes: "The Bible is the Word of God because it contains the 'Word of God.* The Bible is the record of revelation" (p. 176). Offerman's interpretation, tlmt the Word of God "is God's own living revelation to us, and it is not a communication of certain facts or doctrines, but a message that proclaims God's forgiving love to all who repent and believe" * (p. 68), states essentially the same position in different words. The secret of all this misunderstanding is the attempt to derive the doctrine of inspiration either from the whole of Christian belief or from the great fundamentals, - Offerman derives it from the doctrine of Justification (p. 58), - but not from the Scrip- tures themselves. There is some hedging alRo in Haas's reference to the inerrancy of the Bible when he writes: "There is no reason for an at- tempt to justify every actual statement of the Bible, because errors of transcription have clearly crept in" (p. 192), - as if textual criticism were involved when we discuss, as Dr. Haas does in this paragraph, the historical method of criticism. Dr. Ferm alone comes out with definite denial: "A literally infallible Bible, an assumption implied throughout the Lutheran symbols, verbally inspired, is a view that has passed by the board for good" (p. 279). "'rhe doctrine of the complete inerrancy of the Bible ... can hardly ... be to-day maintained in the light of the historical method" (p. 293). The fundamental mistake as we see it of those who have contributed the liberal chapters to Dr. Ferm's book is their assnmption that ours is an age of such great changes that inevitably om· views of the Bible and our interpretation of its teachings must be affected. 'Ve have entered "upon an age which is searchingly critical" (p. 270). Strangely reminis- cent of Bretschneider and the other anti-Symbolists of a hundred years ago, who from the height of thew advancement in science, with all the light of the Anfklaenvng streaming upon the Bible (and thoroughly dis- crediting it), regarded the Lutheran Confessions as merely a valuable record of a phase of doctrinal development, - exactly as the Confessions are viewed by Ferm, Wendell, Wentz, and other contributors to this volume. As a matter of fact the very first century of the Christian era was "search- ingly critical," and the doctrines of Christianity have ever since been ex- posed to criticism, skepticism, and rationalism. The reading of this book confirms three well-settled convictions of our own: 1. Lutheran unity is far off when i·eligious radicals can attain to distinction in American Lutheran synods. 2. The chief danger to Lu- theranism is the evolutionistic teaching of the univerRity. The most radical authors represented in this book have taken long courses at Yale and other high seats of infidelity. If you would know what thiR means for our Church, read the story of the destruction of Puritanism in the Colonies as told in Gordon's book The Leaven of the Sadducees. 3. What * Italics by the reviewer. 78 Book Review. - SJitetatut. Dr. ]'erm says about the Lutheran Fundamentalists applies in a sense different from that intended by the author: "The most dangerous foes of the Church, to-day as always, are to be found within rather than without its walls" (p. 298). THEODORE GRAEBNER. The De Sacramento Altaris of William of Ockham. Edited by T. B1'110e Bi1'oh, Ph. D., D. D., Professor of Philosophy in Witten- berg College. The Lutheran Literary Board, Burlington, Iowa. 576 pages, 5%X8%. Priee, $7.50. This well-bound volume with its fine make-up and wide margins de- serves very favorable mention. It was truly an ambitious undertaking to offer the full text of Oakham's noted treatise in a critical edition" with a g'ood English translation, in the style so well brought out in the Loeb Classical Library. To all those who really wish to do research work con- cerning the position taken by the noted English scholar, whose influence upon Luther for a number of years was very marked, will have reason to be grateful to Dr. Birch for his painstaking and scholarly work. An exhaustive bibliography, copious notes, and a complete critical apparatus further increase the value of the book. P. E. KRETZMANN. God's Gift. By William Dallmann, D. D. Northwestern Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis. 248 pages, 4X51h. Price, $1.00. Order from Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This is the latest book from the busy pen of Dr. Dallmann, a fitting publication for the holiday season, as the publishers have also indicRted in their choice of the cover. Here are short meditations, most of them short enough even for home devotions, on Jesus the Christ, greatest Gift of all, with the fulness of His divine grRce and blessings. Many epigram- matic and paradoxical sayings give spice to the presentation. Every reader of the book is bound to derive true spiritual blessings from a careful medi- tation on the topics offered on its pages. P. E. KRETZMANN. Chapters in Church History. By John W. Wayland, Ph. D., Professor of History in State Teachers' College, Harrisonburg, Va. Fleming H. Revell 00. 154 pages, 7% X 5. Price, $1.50. This is, as the publishers declare, a specially prepared text-book for classes taking a brief course in the history of the Christian Church, for in- dividual students, Sunday-school teRchers, and "for the general reader of limited-time opportunity who desires a brief, yet comprehensive outline of church history." Review questions as well as a list of recommended readings are given at the end of each chapter. The reader will receive a fair idea of the contents from the chapter headings: The Apostolic Age, The Trial by Fire, The Trial by Favor, The Fathers and Their Works, The Ascetic Age, The Missionary Revival, Empire and 'War, Church and State in Rival1'y, The Protestant Revolution, Protestant Denominations, Modern Christian Missions, Contributions of Christianity to Civilization. A five- page index of naUles and places completes the volnme. Professor Way- land's doctrinal attitude may be illustrated by this quotation from the last chapter: - "Christianity has proved to be more than a religion- it has bccome a program of life and a motive force for civilization. It has trRllsformed Book Review. - \literntuc. 79 nations as well as individuals. It has shaped Bocial standards and modi- fied governments. It has elevated art, ennobled music, sweetened litera- ture, and humanized law. It has quickened philanthropy, abolished slavery, and magnified education. It holds out the Golden Rule to industry and commerce and is seeking to displace war with justice and international good will. It has not achi€ved its full possibilities, but mnch has been done. Christianity has never really failed where it has been given a fair trial, either as a religion 01' as a social program." W. G. POLACK. 'l)a6 !!ftto~lillroer ~efeltnt1tilj lIub fehte lBebetttttno fih: bie &encnluarl. mtln D. Dr. lID i {~ e {m m 0 {{ cat l), Ulli\Jerjitiigptofel[or in ~t< {(moen. Ill. ~eid)ettld)e met1agllbud)~aub{\ln\J (D. IIDecner 6d)oU), \leiP3iO. 7S 6eitell 5% X 71f2. q.ltei~: M. 2.50. £lItfJerlj !!fntcH an bel' Confessio Augustana. ~inc ~iftorlld)e Untetlud)uno \Jon lID i { { i n m ~ t II It !n n 0 e 1. ~. Q\et!el~mnnn, &lltetll{og. lS4 @3eiten 5% XS1f2. q.ltel§: M. 5. (!Beittnoe 31tt ffBtbetuU\l d)riftHd)et %l)eolooie. .i~ernll~oeber: q.lrof. D. Ill. 6d){nttec1 %llbin\1ell, unb q.ltof. D. lID. \l(ltoert, !Bet lin. ) £utfJcttUtlt lUll 1530 in Wort IInb ~ilb. mOll D. 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