. . (t!nurnr~iu IDqtnlngirul 4nut41y Continuing Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI) Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV) Theol. Quarterly (1897-1920) -Theol. Monthly (Vol. X) Vol. II February, 1931 No.2 CONTENTS PIEPER, F.: Dr. Friedrich Bente ........................ . MUELLER, J. T.: Atheistic Propaganda in Our Country KRETZMANN, P. E.: Das Schicksal der letzten Koenige Judas .................................................. . KRETZMANN, P. E.: The Last Twenty-five Years of Page 81 87 95 Peter's Life ............................................ 105 LAETSCH, TH.: Sermon Study on 1 Cor. 1, 21-31.. . . . .. 115 Dispositionen ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz ange- nommene Serie alttestamentlicher Texte............... 124 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches ...... 131 Book Review. - Literatur .................................. 151 Ein Prediger muss nicht allein weiden, also dass er die Schafe unterweise, wie sie rechte Christen 80llen sein, 80ndem auch daneben den Woelfen wehr(J1l, dass sie die Schafe nicht angreilen und mit falscher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum ein· fuehren. - Luther. 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 Cor. 4,8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo . II Book Review. - l.Jitcratut. 151 C~'ntetlvetfung unht ben \l3tima± be~ lI5apite~, in ,m:n~ :;\~il~nnunll unb @Jeljorfam unter llet autodtatiben @ewaft \l3etri unb feinet i~'~elijtmii\'3igen ~adjforger'. .€i~ .. Bibt ali;t aud) unb mu\'3 Beoen ein eIJ~n~ ;;,;,.g~nfdjel! NOll possumus (!illtt fonnen mdjt) 1 ffi:om ljat naclj bem !illeltfnell ~f~fne €irnte mit gto\'3et !illemruBljeit einaulitingen gelt.1U13t. ~al! imjJoniett t:itltllegeuet. ,~et l'0Wifdje €iinffuf3 lle~ m-omani~mu~ wat in ~eutfcljlanb (,~ltillm iemag fo gto13 tuie in bet @Jegentuatt', fcljteibt Dr. @5cljneibet. €it !~r::g~igt iiclj in bet @5taatl!IJetwartung, et witH ficlj allil im f o3iaTen .2eoen, i;~~e;; macljt fidj gerteltb faft bi~ in£: fieinfte SDotf. Unb bodj macljt bie fatljo~ .tt~~J;Ufclje jUelJi.ilfetunrr SDeutjdjlanbS nidjt gana cin SDdttef (32.36 \l3tOaent) au\O. ~;))~elttfcljranb ift au awei SDtittern el1angcfifdj. Unb wie fieljt e~ in Wmetifa ~!·1!r. biefem \l311nft au~~ 1llcadjt nidjt allclj ljier bet statljofi3i~mll~ gewartige ~,:,'~ortfcljtitte bOn ~aljt all ~aljt ~ ~et SDuolleafitcljenftaat, hie ,Q1atifanftabt', :r·'1.'Der \l3ajJft ein @5ouuetan, bet Q1etttaB mit ~tafien, lUorin bie failjofifclje ~:1Jtengion @5taat\Otefigion ift, llie~ aHe~ fticljt ~utoficljtigen in bie Wugen I It -.'~' ~.:it.M. ~ffi~" \ReIinion luicber \l3ffidJtfndJ. SDie ,,9L @. 52. Sr." beridjtet: "SDet @5djur" ~~;l~~etra\3 1ie£l {etten bcullnidjtl.leigifcljcn foaiafbcmohatifcljen j8olf~6iIbllng~" ~~i~'mtniftet~, bel; ben [\raullfdjtl.lciger €ldjulen ben ~I)arafter bet [\efe1tntni~" djulen naf)lt1 unb an Hjte €lteHe bie @emeinfdjafHlfcljure felJte, ift bon bent t'Cuen nationalfoaiarifHfdjcll Shtnu~miniftet Dr. !Stanilen allfgeljo6en hJotben. ~it lliefem ueuen €ldjuletla13 hJitb bie ffi:eHgion wiebet \l3ffidjtfadj unb ift ef 3enfuten ilU beadjten. 9htdj bie Wnbadjt in ben @5cljulen wirb wieber trlgefilfjtt. 9'(n ben ffieidj~innenmintfter fanbtc Dr. !Stani3en ein €ldjteioen, . bem bon bet ~{ufljc6ung lle~ foaialbemo!tatif djen @5djuretIaffe~ srcnntnii3 f!:icoeocn witb. SDiefe IDWteilllng war notwenbig, ba a1uifdjen bem fdHjcten \6i:aunfdjweigifdjell Q1orf\06Hbung~miniftet unb bem m-eidj~innenminifter aUf 'bie 9fuitiige be~ @bangeIWGen €iHem6unbei3 be~ ffJ;eiltaate~ [lraunfdjweig . t~anbfungen lioer me ffied)gllngiifiigfeit lle~ foaiafbemoftatifdjen Q5djur" .;i1'!f~t!affe~ gefiiljti hJlttben." ~. :it. IDe. 9:A y )",-~' Book Review. - .s!iteratur. :.(Hdediifclj,belltfdJe~ lmi.lftcdiudJ u1tllt lnellelt ;teftnlncltte. 9.nit SJlad)\tlcig bet SUbtueid)ungcn be~ lteuteftamenUid)en €:3~tad)\Jelitaud)s bom SUttifd)en unb mit ~inlvels auf feine i'tliminftimmung mit bem ~elieniftifcl)en ®tied)ifdi. Dr. ~ e In rId) @: li eli n g. iltitte ~luf{a\Je, ~a~nfd)e 18ud)!)anb!ult\l, . ~annober. 1929. 434 €:3eiten 7 X9%, in £\einllJanb mit ®oloUte! ge. liunoen. illefe~ aueeft hn ~ol)re 1912 etfd)iencne !illortetliud) ~at nun feine brttte, f~lvett !uir fel)en, Ullbetiillber!e I!luflage etlclit 11nb ift unfers ~rad)teng bas tuee!. ~I)Uftt lUt3m, aliee flit bell tiiglld)Cll &ebeaud) burd)aus ausreid)ettbe !illilctetbud) "afmt ~letten Xeftantent, UllS petfiintld) fO tucrtboU, bau Ivi., J.1b\tlo~1 lule bie ~:~;.,~Bfleeen !illilttecbitcl)ec bon !illme.®dmm~Xl)a~et, !13teufd)en~18auet lInb G:temet~ ~.\t5\Je( liefitcn, bei tuid)thlcn !illilrtetll aud) @:liellng l)eran31e~eu. ilcr betftocbcne ttfaffer luae flafjifcljet !13l)itolo\1, 2el)ret bet Ilded)ifd)en I5p.ad)c on elnem beut~ I'f«Jcn &~mllllfium, 1mb es ~ot [cinen grouen !illcrt, tuCllll aud) ein !illilttceliua) )'3'ltin l)letten Xeftament \JOlt eittem Iltied)ifdJen €:3pradJgele~tten llca.lleitet 1ft, bet 152 Book Review. - £itetatur. euett, o~ne tl)eologi[ef)e <5onbedbeen, nnt batanf be'oad)t ift, bie mcbwtung eine~ ~l\ottes in ber gtiecf)i[ef)ett <5j>rad)e fefhnfteUen. 5l)as maef)t aud) ble neutefta. mentlid)e ®tammatit bon mlab, bem berU~mten Uaffifd)cn ~~ilologen, [0 wert. boH, auef) in i~m neueften mearueitnng bon 5l)eurullnec. 5l)auei aeid)lIet jleI) Cl;uefinM !fiileterbud) aud) baburd) aus, bnb es, wle bee ~ite! [agt, "bie SUb. weid)ungen bes neuteftametttnd)eH <5~cacl)geuraud)g bOlll SUtH[d)ett unb bell S)in. wels aUf [eiue i'tumillftimmun\J mit bcm l)elfenifti[cf)en ®cled)i[d)" Immer im SUuoe ue~n{t. ~!ucf) tft ball 9Raterial, bas ill mumc 3dt blml) ~lIf(r)dftett unb ~aj>\)ru!l. funbe 3ugnll(llid) (lemael)t wotbcn ift, uec!lclfid)tigt, cbettfo bie <5d)dftftelfec, bie ber .8eU bes 9leuen ~eftaments nal)cftel)cn, lIUllIetttlief) i~t' bor~ecge~en j auet aud) ba bleibt bet metfaffer immn uc[onnen. (5;r [agt \1l1n3 cid)t!g in ber mombe: "SUIIS bie[em 9lnel)weis eroiut fid), bnil !fioct[eI)at unb <5~rad)(!euraud) bes 91euett ~eftn. ment!l in lduet !fiei[e aUeilI [tel)I, [ollbem ber "oml nn(!e~j}ct unb ftd) bot aUem alld) ill !Briefen, !Bedd)ten, ®efud)ClI, ffied)lIltllgen, .ll'onttatien, ~eftamenten unb bergleid)ett finbet, alfo In bet <5lJtad)e bes aUtiiglid)en medd)rs unb bes molfes." (<5. III.) SUuer er fHot attd) ben ri(~tlgen, getabe gegen bie neueften ~l)ilologen !tile SUbolf 5l)e!umann fe[tau1)altenbett <5at! 1)in3u: ,,<5elb[tberftiinbtid) l)anbeH eil jlel) bet ble[en S)in. unb 91ad)tIlei[en gleld)ett ober n~nlid)ett <5~rad)gebraud)s nid)t Ulll SUn. ober gar (gntre~nungen. 5l)ie <5d)ceiber bell ~leuen ~eftament!l ~auen wo~! bon ber ~iee angefli1)tten mteratm laum ettllas gefanntj fie [d)rieben bas au i~rer .8eit im gan3en tilmifct)cn ffieid)t nlll aHgcmeine Umllangllfj>tad)e bet. lireltete 1)eUenlftlfd)e ®ried)i[cl), Ills \uerd)c~ eucn i~te <5~clld)e burd) ble[e SUnaloglen erltliefen luitb. !file tIlenig fClbft Dem Illioetrllut nad) nl)nlld)e <5(i~e bet <5toUet unb anbeter gried)lfd)cn ~1)ilofolJ~en in <5inn unb !Bebeutung mit 'oem 9leuen ~eftament ftimlllen, ift \uiebet~olt Iibcqcullcnn nad)oewiefcn. (gil barf euen nld)t Ubet[e~en luetDen, ,bab flir bie ueuen d)tiftlief)en !Belldffe 3war bie bot~anbenen <5lJrae~mitte! geutaud)t, in bie alten i)'otmen abet bielfad) neue !Bebeutungen, eln neuer ~n1)alt, Ilegollen wurbcn'. 5l)acum fonn 3ut ~rU(irung fo!d)et i)'iiUe melft nur Itlenig aull 'oem 1)eUeniftt[el)ClI e5j>tae~gebraud) oenommen werben." (<5. IlL) .8u welcl)en i)'eftfteUull(Jen bet merfaffer bei t1)eologifd) wld)tioen !Begtlffen lommt, milgen einige !Bei[lJiele aeigcn. SUg !Bebeutung fUt ywroo"ro, 9Jlatt~. 7, 23j ~o~. 10, 14 f. Uflu. wirb angegeben: ,,®ott edcnnt, lennt, aulletfie~t afg ben <5eini(!en unb mad)t baall." (<5. 85.) 5l)all neosy,'ro, ffiom. 8, 29j II, 2 witb iiuetfett: "Q!Ot~mclallnte (,betfel)en', beftimmt ~at 3um ®lauben, im <5illne bon l.reot. 8,3j ®al. 4, 9j 2 ~im. 2, 19) bon bet ®nabenhJa~l." (<5.352.) (guen[o tIlitb 3reoyvroOt. gefatt ag "Q!or1)eretfennen, mor~erbeftimmun\J, ,merfel)uno', boraull. oefatlee !Befd)tub". (<5.352.) .8u E~dt!lia~o, (gj>~. 1,4, witb bemerU: ,,®naben< wa~! 3um ®lauben unb aut eluigcn <5eliofelt." Sl)a~ iit \lana (Jenau ullb galla ebaU \l~Holo(Ji[d) bie fo oft angeodffcue "mii(omiief)C" 53e~re bon bee ®nabenwa1)l, bie Me[er ~~iroro\l null ber mcbcutung ber uetreffenben gried)i[d)en!fiorte mit ffied)t l)erausoenommen ~at. !fiic fonnen nur c in e ~htllftcUung mad)en. 5l)er 5l)rucr 1ft [elF lomlJaH llltb infolgebejfen lIiel)t [0 ilberfid)tlid), tIlie man es getabe lie! dnem Illiilrterbud) iuUn[d)t, unb bmd) ble 3a~(relc!) uenutten, 1m mortuort er. ffiirtenSUutlit3ungen ift alvat bie <5eitettaal)! bes !fiecfcll unb infolgebelfen nee ~ceill uebeutenb becrinoert, bee ®eliraucl) besfeluen alier ettuall eefef)IUert, £lis man iid) baran oewill)nt ~at. - 5l)er merfalfer ~at bie £(1)tfteHutlo ber llliffoucii~nobe geteHt, wie [eine [onftigen Ueineten <5d)tiften aeigetl, bie flat unn ueftilllmt bie red)te htt~ecife~e 53el)re 3um ~usbrucf btillgen, unb ~atte jlcl) ber beut[d)en i)'rei. llrc()e anoe[d)loffcn. 53. i)' ii r Ii r i n get. Book Review. - 5.litetatut. 153 Our Birthright and the Mess of Meat. Isms of To-day Analyzed and Compared with the Heidelberg Catechism. By Jan Karel Van Baalen, pastor of the Twelfth Street Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1929. 287 pages, 8X5%. Price, $2.50. Order from Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. This book· presents a concise view of the teachings of some of the more popular errors of the day concerning the vital points touching man in his relation to God. It examines Spiritism, Theosophy, Christian Science, ~"lodgism, Mormonism, Russellism, Unitarianism-Modernism, and Bahaism, B"giving copious quotations from their representative writers, and points "S\ out that all religions except Christianity are autosoteric, quoting Dr. B. B. Warfield: "There are fundamentally only two doctrines of salvation: that salvation is from God and that salvation is from ourselves. The former is the doctrine of common Christianity; the latter is the doctrine of uni- versal heathenism" (p.18). The chapter on lodgism states: "We claim that no one can be a member of a Mohammedan mosque and of our Chris- tian Church at once because the Moslem faith and the Christian religion al'e mutually exclusive. Similarly, you cannot belong to our Christian Reformed Church and to the Masonic fraternity at the same time because '~ach stands for a religion that excludes the other" (p. 89). "'If Masonry were simply a Christian institution,' says A. G. Mackey, Past General High Priest, etc., 'the Jcw and the Moslem, the Brahman and thc Buddhist, could not conscientiously partake of its illumination. But its universality is its boast. In its language citizens of cvery nation may converse; at its altar men of all religions may kneel; to its creed disciples of every faith may subscribe.''' An admirable feature of the book is that Part II places side by side, under the various heads of doctrine, from "Angels" to "Wrath of God," including "Inspiration," "Substitution," etc., the teaching of the Heidelberg Catechism and of these antichristian cults. "The Catechism contains the very material needed against to-day's enemies. Here are phrases that were meant against the errors of the seventeenth century, but which, with a slight variation of accent, are ready tools for to-day's battle" (p. 17). (We are reminded of Luther's statcment - and that holds unqualifiedly-: "You must stick to the Catechism, so that, when a heretic or enthusiast comes along and teaches otherwise, you may say, o!J:hat is not good doctrine, for it does not agree with my Catechism.''' n, 2260.) To illustrate: "Autosoterism. Question 30: 'Do such, then, believe in the only Savior Jesus who seek their salvation and happiness of saints, of themselves, or anywhere else? Answer: No; although they may make their boast of Him, yet in act they deny the only Savior Jesus. For either Jesus is not a complete Savior, or they who by true faith re- this Savior must have in Him all that is necessary to their sal- vation.' Spiritism: 'Man is his own savior.' (Rev. W. Stainton Moses; Bource given.) Theosophy.... Christian Science. . . . Freemasonry: 'Aca- cian.A term derived from akakia, "innocent," and signifying a Mason who by living in stl'ict obedience to thc obligations and precepts of the fraternity is free from sin.' (Mackey.) RussellisID .... Unitarianism: 'We no longer depend for salvation upon either a man 01' a book. Men help us; books help us; but back of all stands our divine reason' (C. W. 154 Book Review. - \literatltt. Eliot)" (p.192). The author believes in. "doctrinal preaching and doc- trinal teaching, the old standbys of the historic Reformed churches. . . • While in all ages some have objected to catcchism-preaching, I for one ,ct. believe that the strength of the Church I serve lies in its' catechism_ preaching and its catechism classes for the young. . .• Helice, lest our school should begin to undermine the' Church's faith 'from within,' 01'- as it stands to-day, -lest it should become possible for our school to do so at some future time, our people as a whole should be kept so well in- formed that they themselves sense the mighty contrast between Chris- tianity and antiehdstianity" (pp. Hi. 182). That is most certainly tl'ue,_ when a Church no longer stresses thc truths of the Gospel, casting doc- trinal preaching and catechism-training overboard, but overemphasizes instead questions of morality, apologetics, and the lik~, stressing in its publicity work the numerical greatness, the extent of the benevolences of the Church, and other things which appeal to the natural mind, its pcople cannot stand before the onslaught of Modcrnism and its allies. The author puts forth the common Calvinistic and a number of other errors. Worst of all, he calls upon the churches to declare a manner of truce in the face of "the new foe, who is the enemy of Calvinism and Arminianism alike, who abhors Roman Catholicism as much as Lutheran- ism." It is true, he states: "It is by no mettlls the same whether one is Anninian or Calvinist. . .. It will be uuderstood that I am not pleading for indiffercntism, ehurch union, or anything whieh lies in the line of the very spirit these pages intend to oppose." Yet he deals too leniently with, for instance, the Armiuians. "Arminians, Universalists, and other unclear thinkers refused to think their autosoteric thought to the logical end. They meant to be supernaturalists" (p. 23). Take also this sen- teuce: "Calvin certainly differed from Luther on important points of doctrine. Yet Calvin signed the Augsburg Confession and wrote an intro- duction to Melanchthon's Loci Oom1n1!nes" (p. 24). The author is deny- ing a Scriptural principle. We have no authority to declare a truce with any errorist. Moreover, Al'minianism involves a fundamental error. No one knows that better than our author himself. He stamps it as the fun- damental errol'. "A Calvinist myself, I share the opinion that the origin of modern autosoteric teachings may be traced ultimately to its beginning in Arminiallism, with its cmphasis on man's efforts" (p. 179). It is true, the Arminian will not necessarily turn Modernist ("But Arminianism shrank back from its own logical implications"), but Arminianism neces- sarily leads to Modernism. There can be no truce bctween Arminianism and :Monergism. Tn. ENGELDICR. Basic Beliefs. An Introduction to Christian Doctrine. By H. Maldwyn H1tghes, M. A., D. D., President of Wesley College, Cambridge, En- gland. 225 pages, 5%X7%. The Abingdon Press, New York, N. Y. Price, $1.50. This book has been written for the avowed purpose of "restating evangelical theology in the light of modern knowledge." The doctrinal position of Dr. Hughes, a prominent British theologian of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, may be defined as that of a mediating Fundamentalist. His claim is that "the foundation truths of evangelical. theology remain Book Review. - 5Jtteratur. 155 unslmken," though in tIle light of present-day knowledge "cllanges of form anu statement" become necessary. Dr. Hughes is therefore It representative of the liberalizing Fundamentalists, who advocate "mediation between the old and the new." Because of his prominence in his denomination his book has been received with much enthusiasm and no doubt will wield considerable influence in circles dominated by his leadership. It is £01' these reasons that the reviewer must take notice of it. To the reader the book recommends itself by its clearness of presen- tation and expression. Dr. Hughes is a master of style, and what is still more important, he is rather definite in his statements. In eleven chap- ters he presents the chief heads of dogmatic theology: The Knowledge of God; Jesus Christ; The Christian Doctrine of God; '1'l1e Christian Doctrine of Man; The Christian Doctrine of Sin; The Reconciliation of \~F:Man and God; The Clu'istian Doctrine of the Holy Spirit; The Chl'istiall !e" Doctrinc of the Holy Trinity; The Work of the Holy Spirit in the In- dividual; The Church, the Ministry, and the Sacraments; The Christian Rope (cschatology). In discussing these points, the author admits that the only source of man's knowledge of God is divine revelation and in- spiration. "God can only be known as He; makes Himself known" (p. 8). But as soon as he defines these two, his modernistic views appear, and he shows how thoroughiy he has eliminated the Christian doctrine of in- spiration. To him inspiration is "the divine quickcning of our faculties whereby we are enabled to apprehend and to communicate new knowledge of divine things" (p. 9). Inspiration is therefore identical with divine revelation, and divine revelation is unceasing and universal. "'Wherever there is religion, we find some degree of revelation" (p. 10). For this reason the "non-Christian religions cannot be dismissed as wholly 'false,' since with much errOl' there arc mingled genuine revelations of Gml" (p.lO). The only trouble with them is that they were "for the most part occa- sional and unrelated to each other, whereas the revelations recorded in the Jewish and Christian Scriptures constitute a unity and are, on the whole, progressive" (p. 11). "The Bible is the book of redemptive revela- tion" (p. 12) . But with the Bible, revelation has not ceased. The Chris- tian revelation "is greater than its written record as the spirit transcends the letter. The Christian revelation lives and grows and is not finally fixed in any writings. The Word of God ... is still expressing itsclf in many different forms" (p. 12). Thus the writer rejects Holy Scripture as the only source and norm of the Christian faith. His mediation be- tween the old and the new leads him to reject entirely the ancient Chris- tian doctrine of the supreme and unique authority of Scripture. He is in essence a Modernist, though he emphatically asserts: "The Bible is not the outcome merely of travail of intellect. It is an inspi1'ed book" (p. 15) . In discussing the doctrine of Christ, Dr. Hughes affirms His humanity, nis divinity, His sinlessness, and His resul'J'ection. Yet he so cleverly avoids the real issues involved in these doctrines that even the extreme Modernist could subscribe to his statements. He argues the divinity of Christ, not from Scriptural grounds and pasRages, but from conclusions. "Inasmuch as God is the Source of all good [and Jesus Christ is the Re- vea.ler of the highest moral and spiritual values], the conclusion follows that Jesus Christ is One with God. Jesus Christ is proved to be divine 156 Book Review. - 2itecntut. by His divine works. These are the transforming realities which strain the Christian (even while the speculative problem awaits solution) to say 'God of God, very God of very God'" (p. 37) . Such pitiable beating about the bush can nevcr satisfy the honest Christian, who, in studying Christian dogmatics, is looking for certainty based upon clear StSLte:meuts of the Word of God. The mediating position of the author leads him to say yes aud no at the same time in discussing also the other doctrines of thcology. When treating the doctrine of sin, he both asserts and denies original sin. Sin, he says, may be defined as "every disposition and action which is out of harmony with the holy will of our heavenly Fathcr" (p. 86), Yet he claims: "There is lIO record in the gospels that our Lord ever spoke of man as having an inbol'll tendency to sin de1'ived from the F{],U (p. 71) , And again: "The conception of original guilt cannot be defended" (p,79). Here, again, the mediation of the author leads him to a total denial of thc Scrip- tural doctrine concerning original sin. As the student pursues his way through the book, he is constantly harassed in llis mind by the writer's irrational attempt to affirm and deny. Evidently the author is quite sincere in his mistaken notion that the "foundation truths of evangelical theology" may be maintained and yet be made to conform to the rationalistic theology of unbelieving Mod- ernists. That this cannot be done is clearly demonstrated in this book. Its warning is clear - mediation invariably leads to denial. JOHN THEODORE MUELLEIl. The Earth, the Theater of the Universe. By Olarence H. Benson. The Bible Institute Colportage Association, Chicago. 140 pages, 514 X7%. Price, $1.50. It is books of this type that appear to justify the charge of obscur- antism promiscuously llurled against those who refuse to accept the evolu- tionary theory. Mr. Benson has done a certain amount of Bible-class work and now essays to write "A Scientific and Scriptural Study of the Earth's Place and Purpose in the Divine Program" (subtitle). The writer is a chiliast, who believes that just before the millennium "the depressed valley of the Jordan will be elevated and the topography of the country will be so completely changed tlmt living waters slmll go out from Jeru- salem" (p. 132). The exegesis is so arbitrary as to become actually re- volting, as when Ps. 66,3 is referred to the millcnnium and when the New Jerusalem is described as an actual city, whose boundaries would reach from farthermost Maine to farthcl'lnost D'lorida and from the s110res of the At- lantic to the Rocky Mountains (p. 139). Mr. Benson locates a palace of Satan in paradiRe, constructed of gold and precious stones; it is there that the angels fell (p. 30). The bacchic cry "Eva! Eva!" is interpreted as a reference to Eve and tho legend of Pandora's Box is held to be a prophecy of the Virgin Birth. Or behold this identification of Vulcan with Tubal- cain: "All that is necessnry is to omit the 'Tu,' which was likely to be regarded as a preflx, and make the common change of b into 'I)" (p.82). In the millennium, the position of the enrth will be shifted to the orbit of Mercury, and thus Is. 30,26 will be fulfilled (p. 137). Thus the cause of evangelical Christianity is harmed by its sponsors. "I will take care of my enemies, but the Lord deliver me from my friends." TH. GRAEBNER. Book Review. - £lltecntut. 157 ~gnt~Ct~ llliitten6ecget CMclltcittbc. Q.Biebet~crgefteUt nu~ feinen !l:\rcbigten, mOlt . Lie, Dr, S'~ e t m a It n llli e r b e r man n, '!ItU,! ullb metfag bon [, !Bet~ tel~mnnn in @iltet~lo~, 301 6eiten 6 X 9, !l:\eeig, gebunben: M, 14. $let :titef beg iiu~ecft nnregenben !Bud)e~ lii~t ein furtut~iftodfd)eg !BUb beg '~ltteltbetg bet utefotlllntion~3e1t erhlarten, llliltUid) ttltt ung cin :tei! beg ,"'::1llltttenbet\1et 53ebens unb bottigec Buftiinbc lebenbig bOt ~(u\len. ~{bee bag ift "",llelll meefaffcr nUt .ein 9JHttct sum Bhled. 6eine ~bfid)t ift 3U 3cl\1etl, h> i e [\1utOee afil mlittenbee\1et (:\5 em e in b e j) t e b 1\1 e t \1e111:ebl\lt {)nt. Dr. mletbet~ :''f!nllnns !Bltcl) ift ein !Beitrag 3m ®efd)id)te bee !l:\eeblgt. i~' £lItl)ee atsl !l:\tebi\1ee ift biS~ec nod) hlcni\l gcllnblid) filthieet roo.ben. ~eemd) \~f-ch'c mtd)cn~oftiffe fanb in S)er!n\1s ,,@efd!icQte ber !l:\eebigt': (!Bedln, 1905) cine ~C'Mnellfd)afm(l) \llO~rerroo\1cnc $lacftelIlIng; fte routbe - unb roleb root)l aud) noef)- ,,iiy,on \1Srebigecn gelefen, bleUdd)t nuc\J ftuMett. ~bet elnmal 1ft ble !l:\oftiUe bns if~ed f03ufa\1en bes .!'fanse! f U) e i f t ft c f t e t iJ; lInb bann foUten boc\J aUn) ble I· 'teeen \1Srcb ioten £ltt~el'iJ unb befonbecs feine eil1entilu)en ®emelnbe~t'ebll1ten !Betead)t \1C3O\1cn i1lcrbcn. ~Jut~ec ~at fel)c blef l1e~tebigt: aliJ ®elegen~eltiJ~, ft., B)oh S';;laUS~tebhJet, abet bod) aUn) aliJ ®emelnbe~reblgee boe bee mlitten~ t\Jee ®emelnbe, bmn cil1entlid)er \1Sfntter !Bugen~a\1en luac, lillenn nun (5tll~ n.ten lInb \1Snftoren ben iRnt bcfof\1cn luoUell, fUr U)re ®emeinbe~cebtgtcn ,,~d) Qut~cr 3U bilbcn", 10 fommt fUt 1\e, geunu oenommen, lit etftee llinle nid)t tmetfaffet bee \1Softlne, fonbettt bet ®emeillbej)rebl\1et ~Jut~ee In !Bettad)t, $len U~rt IIns lffieebcrmann bor, ~m 9natecial benttut ee 192 bon ben 194 \1Seebil1ten itJ~er~ nus ben ~at)telt 1528 Oil:> 1532, bie @eotg !Buel)tunfb (!l:\teblgtell D. 9nnt~ I~£ltt~eeg; 3111e\ !Blinbe) bor bier big fUnf ~nf)cen ~etouiJgab. ~t fammeH OUs \cffn lnmllttenbet'g gef)aHeltelt !l:\rebl\lten bns, IMS je nUf bieiJ obet bn!! in ttentierl1 !Be3t1g ~at, lInb tieingt bleie @eballfengruj)~en in 21 ~a~ltet. $las Itel "mlittenbeco um 1530" IUdft nad), bOB man aus bieien !l:\tebi\1ten fid) ein t\h bes pl)\)flldjen mlittenbetl1 Ullt lene Beit mnci)en fann; 10 l)iiufll1 finb in ben tebillten .I)inluetfc unb ~(llf~lerltngen aUf bie 6tabt, B)intuelfc, Me 53l1t~ee lie~ it1i'te, 11m bicfe obct lene ®lllubeniJ~ obct etf)ifcf)e (5au)c elnfettd)tenb, nad)btUdtiu), ~eltn 311 mad)en. ~benfo in ben .lta~lteln "s)le ®otte5bienfte", "ONet unb 'oolien", "B)odneit unb CH)C", "mertel)t, lffiictilf)OlliJ, ~mo~ol", ,,!Bettler unb eed)er", ,,~lbetGlallbe", ,,!l:\a~ft unb \1Sa~lftenll, ,,::tUrfenGefaf)t", "Beltl1efd)id)t~ 53noe Ulll 1530" lIftu. 5Da~ £ut~et oetobe in fcinen t'Jetneinbe~reDlgtcn bet loet ift, ber nall ~enfeitige 311e mlicflicl)lelt mad)t; bet mit fcifd)em (5j)tltbe!n ~ebanfen bie ~Inbiid)t!\len falit; bee tanig unb !tliftil1 .(leltlilnben ftcaft; bee )tj\l unb madbon ben Smut fWdt (1530!); 'oet mit fid)mm @eiff anfd)aulirf)e ~le{e, !Bilbet unb mee\11eid)e aug bec ben B)iltettt belannten .(leitl1cfef)ld)te tlnb inaetillng \1tclft; bet bie lilltttentJerger ®eme!nbe Stu: ~nteHlIa~me an fonftigen itt\\lhtgen 1m uteid) ®otteiJ nnale~t: bas 3U 3eioen, 1ft bell meefalfecg .(lief, unb Jr~t e!l melcf)t. r::;Stl einem 3tuciten ~tifd)nitt (6, 150-217) fteUt et nas nat, roail et aus Dlefen r~blllten ars S3ut~ets "Qlnfd)aullngen bon bet \1Srebigtfllnft abgelefen" ~at, lIDas j;c!Becfo!fet ~iet in l)omiletifcI)ee !Beicf)eeitJung obee ~tt(lf~fe ag fUr bieie !l:\re~ ... n cI)acaftedftlfu) l)etausftcUt, ift cid)tig gefef)en (®tllnbfiiuUd)cg unn ~Uge~ eil; !l:\1'ebl\1t ars ®ottes mlntt; :te!:t, :tf)emn unh :teifc; ~ln(eltltn(J lInb 5; $liaio\1 unb ~j)ologetll; mecgegenroiittioulIo; (5~tld)IUBrtet unb mebens~ ; itbertrelbunll 1mb mloctctfHirunll; mer~ecfilnnd)ungen [!]; !Bilber, !Be!~ unb ®efd)id)ten; ~Uegotien [!]; BUate; .ltltd)en, unb lffieHgef u)!d)te). , abgefe~cn bon .(lltled unn QueUe bee lllteblgt, luotUlm S3ut~et fid) alIet~ 158 Book Review. - S3itceatut. bings grunbfiilllid, nUsjvdd)t, 1ft es mit fragiid), 00 ble ~tebigten, tuie fie boc~ liegcn, in U)tet oansen ~rt loitHltf) aUf betuujite ,,~lnftf)ntmll\!en" S3uti)ets 3ucUcf, 3ufiU)ren finb. ::Dlefe ®cmeinbevrebigten finb {cocnbio, (lbet sum :tei! nud) reoeHos, ia mituntct bon ciner gcluiffen "t)eeolfd)CIt Unorbnuno". ®enn er 3. !B. in bee brittClt ;rauf~rebigt fid) "bocoenommClt f) at", bom9Jleiflcc unb @5tiftec bec ;roufe su reben, aoet nun inbcc 6;inleitullll bom @5nfeament rebet unb bann fofott obne icglief)e oibHfdje !BellcUnDung afletlei einfUgl, luas H)tn altf bem ©eesClt negt: !Boe:: loUtfe gegen bie ebnnoertfe~e \]Stelliot, Ioiller bas viivftlid)e med)t, unb bnnn ftei. mUt!g befennt, bnfl er bas eioentlid) nid)t f)abc vrebigen 100Uen, bau es if)m abet "bennoc~ in @5inn gctommell" unb et f1dj "beUoer fcf)iec mUbe gehlafd)en" ~nlie (!Budjlunfb II, @5. (;82), 10 Iottb man i(~lueelidj eine [ofd)e G'ntgfel[ung in iibercin, ftimmullO mit eincm ~omi!etifd)en ,,®tunbfall" S3uH)ers utlngen. Dr. ®erbccmann ift vrnftifd)cc :tl)eologj ba~ee gCluinnt er aus feinen bis, [)eeigen Sfovitefn id)!iefllief) (@5. 215-255) ,,®eficf)ts~lUnfte fUr bie ®emeinbeVeebigt bec GlJegenloart". !Boc elf :;'Saf)cen bert cat ®ecbcrmann bie :tf)cfe, bie ileit bet !i5cebigt fet Ulier~nu\lt bocUuer (15. 227). ~lbet ~eute ift eil if)m Iolebce "cine geofle ~l(fgabc, \uie ben !1ll3iil)Hgen :taufenben bon S'~ilcem rec~t geveebillt ruleb". :Jn bec !i5cebillt mllfl ,,@jot! felber rcben", ball !)dUI, fie muji ®ottell ®ort btinllen; nbee fie mu!; nllef) "gemeinbegem1iU" feln, ®ell~ven bec ®cmcinben unterfd)elben; ber homo homileticus mu[J bur d) grilnbHd)es j.lfl)C~o(oGiid)cll @5tubiulll tleroonnt Ioecben: CillC gan3e IRei~e beucqillcns!ocetec i'l'orberungcn. :Jebod) flinot eln 9J1i[Jtoll aus bee ~lIselnonbeefctung Ubce ,,!i5rebigt ag GlJottcs ®ort". Gfr le~nt es au, "f)icr einen IDcfinitionsbeefuc~ anaufteHen, luns elgentfid) ,®ottes ®ort' 1ft. i'l'Ur .\lutl)cr lilac bie ~ntluort einfadjer als fUr IIns, ba er lBtbe[ruoet unb ®ottd. lood gana eng 3ufammenfd)autej •.. es lui!! uns bebUnfen, ag !uenn bie natc ~(ntruoet aUf ble i'l'cagc nad) bem ,®ort ®ottes' nod) nid)t \lefllnben luiiee" (@5. 219). ®ie fom! ber ,,~tafti[d)e" ;rl)eo(og bonn feine ,,®efief)tlljlunfte" Ubee ble Qilorb Ilottes~rebiot aus .\Jut~ers \]Srebioten ge!uinnen7 ~f§ .ITatl !BatH) nad) bem .ITrlc\1 in bas celhliils 3ufommengelicod)ene molt bas !Banner "ilurUct 311m ®oete ®oltes I" ~ineinceid)te unb man fid) um bas !Banner 3U fd)ocen onfinl1, fcf)ien eil am .\'dimmer ~cli 3U Illecben. ~bee !Bart~g ,,®oct GlJottes" !tlnr eben aud) nid)! ®ottes ®ort. Unb tuCltn biell nid)t clnen fcften !Begtiff belm !i5rebigee uebeutet, fann aud) bei i~m bie i'l'ocbecung obcc bas !Betfvredjen, ,,®ottes lillort 3U ~eebl\lcn", nidjtll bebeuten. IDued) ®erbecmonns ~hlsfUf)eungcn loe!)t aber boc~ eln ~o~ee Gfmft, eln Gfmft, ber (Jiiufig ben bia!cltifcf)cn lBefiimvfem fofcf)cc ,,@5ud)cc" abllefl>cod)ett Ioerben mUll. ::Dos !Bue!) ift es luert, gcfc[en 3U !ueeDen; feeilld) nod) bier me~r ball, Illocaus es oefd)l\Vf! ift, !Bud)!vafbs ,,!i5ceblgten D. I))laetin S3utf)ees". fit lill. © ein ~ e. Into All the World. The Story of Lutheran Foreign Missions, Espe- cially Prepared for Mission:study Classes. By W. G. Polaok. Con- cordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 165 pages, 5X71jz. Price, $1.00. Ever since the little book by Elsie Singmaster, cntitled The Story of Lutheran Missions, was no longcr 011 the market, thcre was a real need for It small study-book; for the books by Laury and by Wolf were also no longer a,vailable. Besides, all these books, although written in sym- pathy with Lutheran missions, were not altogether satisfactory in their background and because of their omission of the work done by the Sy- nodical Conference. And books written by authors not in the Lutheran Book Review. - SJlteratur. 159 Church were altogether inadequate in their presentation, because in most cases the writers were not in sympathy with Lutheran efforts. For that reason Professor Polack's study-book ought to be received with special ;c,c,ieagel'IlCSS, since· it offers, in a concise and yet adequate manlier, the story of the missions in which we are particularly interested. Beginning with Great Commission, the book sketches the work of the Apostolic Age the gradud expansion of missions throughout the world. The author then prese.nts a history of the various mission-societies bearing the Lu- theran name, the work of the Lutheran Church in general, and finally tlmt of the Missouri Synod. There are many features which will be very favorably received. Particular emphasis ought to be laid upon the fact : ... ' .. \ that the book serves admirably as a text-book for mission-study classes, :.~i'as the subtitle indicates. The study of the book will certainly result in . an intelligent interest in the entire field, which will then also show itself in increased activity in every department of the Church's work. P. E. KRETZUANN. ~ifberntln~ Slit' menOion~oefdiid"te. ~n zjufanmlCltatbeit mit anDern ~et(lUS< gcgcben bon D. &:! a n II S') a as, lllrofelfot her ffielillionsgefd)id)te an Der Unibetfitat 2eillaig. Ill. :tJeid)ectfd)e metla\lSbud)~anhtuuo, 2eill3h1 unD ~tlangcn. 1. SJieferuno: I/®ecmanifc()e 9teUoion./i lllceis, oel)eftet: M.1. 2.-4. mefecuno: "Qilll)llttfd)e ffieUoion,1I lllrcis, oegeftet: M. 6.80. 5. meferul1o: "melillion hec &:!et~itec." lllteis, Ilef)eftet: M.2. 6. me" fecHno: l/5Sau\)tonifd)"alft)tifd)e ffieUgion." lllrtis, gel)cftct: M.4. 7. me" feCHng: "ffieligion De!.l allaifc()en .!lrelfell." lllreis, Ilel)eitct: M.5.50. :tJiefcc 5SHhecatlas ift toitUici), tuos bet ~lame befaot, cine aiemfid) boU" ftanbioe 6ammluno bon 5Sifbettt, Die bie bctfci)ieDenen \Hefioionen in if)cell .!tuftHS< ftlitten, ShtltusocgenftanDcn, @emiifben, 6fui~tttrcn unb fonjttocn i)'unbftUden borfU~ren, :tJec furae beioeoebenc ':tebt jellt niel)t nottuenDioectoci[c eine 5Sc< fanntfd)aft mit Dem 1!J22 in 3tueitet SUuflaoc ctfcf)ienenen ':tebtbUd) 3ttr !Jlefigionll< botaull, fonDern 1110n fann boUftanbigc 5Seiel)ceibHngen ber in 5Setcad)t ommc'nDcn fllelillionen ami) aus anDeClt I))lonogta~()ien feinen 6tuDien 3111lcunbc Unter belt lJJlitatueitcClt bes .ldecausgeued finb ucjonbecs 311 neltnen 1))100f, 5Sonnet, 2anbsberllec unb .!lato. :tJie :;SUufttationen, fonher1icl) aud) Die lJaffi111Ue< brucie, flnD gut ausgefU~ct. 'iller fid) aUf bem ®ebiete bet fllefioionsoejd)icl)te otiClttieren tulU, faltn bies fel)r t1)ol)l auf (lJl'lInb biefer &:!efte tun. :tJas mled tuith jebcnfaUs aUf tanoe ()inaus feinen mlet:! be~alten, unD Dec lllteis ift in SUn< betrad)t hes bcfJanbeltcn ®eoCltftanhes afll fe~r mafjill au beacid)nen. lll. ~. S~ ce ~ man n. The Sermon on the Mount. A New Series of Serlllons by Olovis G. Ohappell. Cokesbul'y Press, Nashville, Tenn. 227 pages, 77'2 X5. Price, $1.75. Dr. Chappell, pastor of the First M. E. Church South, Memphis, Tenn., enjoys the reputation of being an able preacher. This volume of sermons shows tllat he goes to great pains in the preparation of his discourses. are well arranged, logical, and excellently developed. The fact that the author belongs to the Fundamentalist wing is very evident from his fearless presentation of Christ as the Son of God and the Savior. While a Lutheran pastor will not subscribe to every doctrinal statcment in this volume, he will find much in these scrmons that will benefit him in his own sermon work. W. G. POLACK. 160 Book Review. - ~iterntur. Books Received. - Q;ingegnttgcttC ~itcrot1tr. Oonoordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.:- !lfd)tunbfiiltfainfter (5IJnl,1bnfbetidJt be~ \l)Hd)ionn = 'l)iftrift~ bet m\J."~ut~. (5\lnobe \Jon ·9J1iffouri, O~io unb anbern @5tnaten. Za~tgnn(l 1930. 80 5citen, IiIrei~: 17 (fts. Proceedings of the Fifty- Eighth Convention of the Michigan District of the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, alld Other States. Vol. 1930. 67 pages. Price, 16 cts. mefetat: ,,~as Zubif(iunt unfette ~efeuntlti~fd)dfteu eine Illuflltultteruuo alit X~eue 1m !8efenntulS." (~. Z. ~el)erleh1.) Doctrinal paper: "Christ for Us- We for Christ." om. 0. ~el~.) merijnnbhlttllcn ber alueiunbbreifjioftclt merfnmmlllull ber ($J11.=2utij. ISl)no= bnlfon fcrena l10tt \l1oa:bnmel'ifn. 1930. 79 6e!tcn. 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