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IDqrnlngirul i1nutqly
Continuing
Lehre und Wehre (Vol. LXXVI)
Magazin fuer Ev.-Luth. Homiletik (Vol. LIV)
Theol. Quarterly (l897-1920)-Theol. Monthly (Vol. X)
Vol. II December, 1931 No. 12
CONTENTS
Page
ENGELDER, TH.: The Theology of Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 881
KRETZlVIANN, P. E.: Reich Gottes, Kirche, Gemeinde,
Synode ................................................. 886
MUELLER, J. T.: Introduction to Sacred Theology ........ 898
LAETSCH, TH.: Studies in Hos. 1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 909
LOTH, A. M.: Haggai 2, 7-10 ........................... 920
Dispositionen ueber die zweite von der Synodalkonferenz
angenommene Evangelienreihe.............. . . . . . . . . . .. 928
Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . .. 939
Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 952
Ein Prediger muss nicht allein weide",
also dass er die Schafe unterweiseJ wie
sie rechte Christen sollen sein, sondern
auch daneben den Woelfen weMen, dass
sie die Schafe nicht angreifen 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. 2~.
If the trumpet give an uncertain sound,
who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1 Oor. 4, 8.
Published for the
Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States
CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo.
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952 Book Review. - .\1iteratur.
thollBand people of various creeds and races have boon torn from their
homes and sent into exile as the result of the Soviet 'five-year plan for the
liquidation of Christianity.' The unfortunate victims are herded into
rough barracks, unsanitary and overcrowded, compelled to labor in swampy
forest or in mines, without sufficient clothing in a climate where there is
winter for nearly ten months in the year and with barely enough food to
keep body and soul together. The scanty share of flour is 'stretched' with
ground bark. Pitiful letters reflect the unutterable distress in such sen-
tences as this: 'They say typhllB has broken out in one of the barracks.
Thank God! At last the end comes.''' (Bibliotheca Sacra.) A.
About the Syrian Church in India. - A writer in the Ohristian
Oentury says that "His Holiness, Mar Elias, the patriarch of the Jacobite
Syrian Church of Antioch, was in India with the object of settling the
differences that arose in the Jacobite Syrian Church of South India between
the Indian metropolitan of the Church and the patriarch himself. The
efforts made by the Anglican metropolitan of India and Bishop Charles
Gore to bring about reconciliation between the contending parties did not
prove successful. This was in February. Since then there have been a
great many conversations and conferences between the representatives of
both sections. The contention of the leaders of the Jacobite Church in
India is that its autonomy under an Indian catholicos be recognized. by
the patriarch, the Church in India having only spiritual fellowship with
the Church in Asia Minor. Recently the negotiations for the settlement
of the differences have taken a turn for the better, and it is confidently
hoped by many that, before the patriarch leaves India, he will announce
a settlement which will bring peace to this section of the old Syrian Church.
The Roman Catholic Church, taking advantage of the dissensions in the
Jacobite Church, has been carrying on its work of propaganda vigorously,
and two bishops and some clergy of the Jacobite Church have already
joined Rome. That further inroads of the Roman Syrian Church may be
prevented, which began in the sixteenth century with the help of Portuguese
power and which have been kept up with the help of Western resources,
it is hoped that Patriarch Elias will grant to the Indian wing of this
Syrian Church the autonomy on which its heart is set." The Syrian
Christians in India, as far as they have not joined Rome, are found chiefly
in two groups. One is N estorian in character (the so-called Thomas
Christians); the other is monophysitic. It is the latter which is called
the Jacobite Church and is referred to in the above co=unication. A.
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Book Review. - £iteflltuf.
~ommentar 5Um ~lten lteftament. ~erau~gegeben bon !j:lrof. D. ~ r n ft
S ell i n. !Banb IX: ~ e f a i a 1. ftberfe~t unb erWirt bon D. ,0 t t 0
!j:l r 0 cl f c9, !j:lrofeffor ber :t~eologie in ~rlangen. ~. ileicgertfcge mer~
lag~buc9~anblung D. ~erner Sc9011, .\1ei.paig. 1930. XI unb 476 Seiten
6%X9%. !Jlrei§: @e~eftet, M.22; Ilebunben, M.25.
~~ ift ein bebeutenbe~~eri, beffen erfte ~alfte ~ter borliellt, bielleic9t ber
bebeutenbfte :teU, ber bi~ je~t bon bem Iltojien Sellinfc9en ~ommentar erfc9ienen
ift, an bem bie befannteften altteftamentlicgen lonferbntiben :t~eologen ber @egen<
Book Review. - 2iteratur. 953
watt mUat'beiten. stlamit wollen wit nid)t fagen, bafi biefe Rommentate widlid)
fonfetbatib finb, wie bCl~ feinetaeit bie Rommentare bon ReU unb ~rana stletiMd)
waten. stlie ®tenaen finb aUf bem ®ebiete be~ ~Uten ~eftament~ jlieilenber at~
auf bem neuteftamenttid)en ®e'btet, wie wir f d)on ftU~er in ben !Befllted)ungen
bon RUtet~ "ll!fatmen", lRot~ftein~ ,,~~tonifa" unb !Bota' ,,:;Setemia" ~etbOtge~o'ben
l}a'ben unb wie aUd) ll!tocffd)' ,,:;sefaia" aeigt. stlenn nid)t nut 'betrad)tet et ben
aweUen ~eU be~ :;sefaia, Rall. 40-66, wobon er flliitet au~fU~tnd)et wirb au ~an=
betn ~a'ben, fd)on ~iet at~ ein nid)tiefaianifd)e~ !!Bed, rebet burd)weg bom stleuteto=
iefaia unb fie~t i~n at~ nad)e~Uifd) an, fonbern er ~egt biefet'be ~nfid)t aud) bon
einaetnen ~'bfd)nitten be~ erften ~eU~, wie et untet anbetm fagt: ,,91id)t nur ber
~efamtfd)tuil (Rall. 34 f.), ber bon stleuteroiefaia a'b~iingig ift, fonbern aUd) iebet
ber ~inaetfd)Utffe (Rall. 11, 10 ff.; .Rall. 12; .Rall. 24-27; .Rall. 33) etweift fid)
Qt~ nad)e~Uifd), wie bie ~~egefe au aeigen ~at." (5. 19.) ~r beriinbett bie lRei~en=
fotge be~ ie~igen !Bud)~, nimmt .Rall. 2, 1 nur ats i't'betfd)tift unb tiiilt bann gteid)
.Rall. 6 fotgen. (5. 51. 52.) ~r aettrennt einaetne .Rallitet, wie .Rall. 2, unb 'be=
merIt au !B. 2-5, bie er "stler !Biilfetftiebell U'berfd)rei'bt: "stla~ !Bud) U'bet :;Suba
unb :;setufatem lann nid)t mit biefet wettweiten ~rteben~wei~fagung 'begonnen
~a'ben ... , 9lid)t ber ~nfang, f onbem bie S'Jii~e bon :;Sefaja~ !!Bei~f agung Uegt
~ier bor. 9lid)t bie 2eibenfd)aft feiner :;sugenb, fonbem bie .Rtar~eit feine~ ~tted
flliegett fid) batin wiber." (5.61.) ~uf .Rall. 5, 25-30 fotgt gteid) .Rall.9,7-10,4.
(5.97.100.) !Beftiinbig witb bag !JJtetrum angewanbt unb bamit olletiert (5.40.
41. 42. 63. 119. 147. 150), ats o'b bie ~nna~me bon !JJtetren nid)t 'bloil in ben
lloetifd)en, fonbem aUd) in ben llroll~etifd)en 5d)tiften be~ ~tten ~eftament~
a'bfotute, unanfed)t'bare !!Ba~t~eit witre. Unb bod) ~at erft fiiratid) wieber ein
in ben ~ad)lteifen fo angefe~enet ~orfd)er wie .Rad !Bubbe in einet ~'b~anbtung
gerabe U'ber :;Sef. 1-5 gegen 5ellin f einen !!Bibetfllrud) gegen ben,,!JJto to d) ·!JJtetrum",
ben er fd)on 1901 in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible in bem ~ttUet U'bet
"Hebrew Poetry" au~geflltod)en ~atte, wieber~ott unb gefagt: ,,50 fid)er [!] bie
ll!roll~eten :;Sstaet~ stlid)ter unb bid)tetifd)er lRebe miid)tig waren, finb bod) bie
®efe~e tt)tifd)er stlid)tung aUf bie lltoll~etifd)e lR~etoril nid)t anwenb'bar, wo fie
fid) nid)t ausbriicfUd) au i~t 'befennen. 9lid)t aile wa~re stlid)tung bediiuft in
meilbaren !Berfen unb 5troll~en. . .. :;Sd) wetbe atf 0 weit U'berwiegenb gana bat=
auf beqid)ten, bie lReben [:;Sef. 1-5] aUf ba~ ll!rofrufteg'bett dnes !JJtettums au
ftrecfen, fUr beffen groile Unfid)er~eit 5ellin fet'bft .8eugnts a'blegt.H 1) 50 ift
ll!rocffd)' .Rommentat in fotd)en ftitifd)en ~tagen dn mobem=ltitifd)es !!Bed, unb
wit mUilten nod) gar mand)e ~usftellungen mad)en, wenn wit wetter ~ier barauf
einge~en lBnnten. ~'ber wit edennen aud) gem an, bail ll!rocff d) fid) mit guten
®tUnben gegen bie lRabUatfritif eine~ stlu~m unb eines ~~ei)ne unb anberer
wenbet unb dne biet gemiiiligtete 5tellung einnimmt. stlie ~intettung, in bet
bas .8eitattet, bet ll!toll~et unb bas !Bud) gefd)Hbert wetben (5.1-26), ift fe~t gtatt
gefd)rle'ben unb tiiilt fid) gut tefen. ll!tocffd) weiil bie .8eiten unb bie ll!erfonen
fd)iin einaufd)ii~en unb barauftellen. ~ud) in ber ~ugtegung ift unb 'btei'bt ba~
!!Bed freUid) ein mobetnd~eotogifd)er .Rommentar, aUd) in mand)en retigion~=
gefd)id)ttid)en ~usfU~rungen; fo wenn bet !Begtiff kodesch, "S'Jeitigfeit", "in bet
!Biiterretigion nod) un'befannt, in !JJtofe~' ®efd)id)te am 5inai [~~. 3, 5] auerft
auftaud)enb", ats "in~atmd) bem llott)nefifd)en tabu berwanbt" 'beaeid)net wirb.
(5. 54.) ~'bet bod) mUffen wir aud) fagen, bail bet .Rommentar fid) nid)t nur
burd) ru~ig.a'bwiigenbe !Be~anbtung bet te~ifanfd)=grammatifd)en 5d)wietigfeiten
1) 8eltfdjdft fil~ aItteftamentndje !mtffenfdjaft, 19S1, 6.17.
954 Book Review. - ~iteratur.
bor anbem neumn !!Berfen aUllaei~net, fonbem bafl au~ bid me~r meffianif~e
~offnung unb medUnbigung anerfannt tllit'b alll in anbem ~o~mobemen Rom=
mentaren. 8u Rap. 7, ben morfall atllif~en ~~all unb ~efaja betreffenb, bemerft
!j!rodf~: ,,~ll enttllidelt fi~ in raf~er ifolge bie :tragiibie atllif~n Riinig unb
!j!rop~et. ~ull bem ~rud} entfpringt bie ~mmanueltlleillfagUnQ, aull i~r bie
anbern 8ufunftllbilber boll rei~ften meffianif~en ®e~altll, in benen bie meffia=
nif~e !!Beillfagung ber naffif~en 8eU t~re reinfte ~ullpr1igung finbet. !!Bit' fte~en
an einem !!Benbepunfte ber ®ef~i~te ~uball, ber !j!rop~ette ~efajall, ber meffia=
nif~en ~offnung.n (16. 111.) Cirfreun~ ift aud), bafl er ben ~egriff alma, "~ung=
frau·, ~ef. 7, 14, tllefentli~ ti~tig beutet unb feine ~rWirung fpra~lid) re~tfertigt.
~r fagt: "~afl bie !D1utter, nid)t tin mater, ben mamen gibt, ,~mmanuel nennt
fie ben mamen', ift in ~efajall 8eit ~ii~ft auffallenb; benn in ber Riinigllaeit, fpii=
teftenll im neunten ~a~r~unbert, gibt ber mater ben mamen. !!Benn ~ier bie
alma bie mamengebetin ift, fo f~eint fein mater bor~anben au fein, tllall tllieber
aUf tllunberbare ®eburt bell Rinbell beutet.· (16. 122.) Unb f~on bor~er ~atte er
bemedt: "~all feltene alma bebeutet ftetll ball !D1iib~n (®en. 24, 43; ~~. 2, 8;
!j!f. 46, 1; 68, 26; !j!rob. 30, 19; ~o~el. 1, 3; 6, 8; 1 ~~ron. 15, 20), tllenn au~
ber :ton me~r aUf ber !D1annbarfeit alll aUf ber ~ungfriiund)fett negt. mie tllitb
eine ber~etratete ifrau alll alma beaei~net; tllir ~aben alfo feinen ®runb, ~ier
anberll au urteilen, tllenn au~ bie t~eoretif~e !D1iign~ftit bafUr, bafl tine mer=
~eiratete bor ber ®ebud i~rell erften Rinbell alma ~eiflen fann, ni~t abautllei=
fen ift. [1] ~iitte ~efaja lebign~ bie ~eibli~feit, ni~t ball !!Bunber, betonen
tllollen, fo ~iitte er isha, ni~t alma, gefagt. ~afl er ni~t bethula fagt, edliirt fi~
baraull, bafl bethula ben ~egriff bell ®ebiirenll aUllf~lieflt. !6a~U~ ift bie fiber=
fetlung bon nae{)ivo" virgo, gana im lRe~t.· (16.121.) !j!rocffd) berteibigt bie
ri~tige ~uffaffung bon ~e~oba~ 8ebaot~ alll H~ullbrucf ber' ~immlif~en ~llge=
tllalt, tllall in bem ,8ebaot~' ~immltf~e ~eere ... bermuten liiflt" (16. 54), aber e.r
leugnet bie :ttinitnt in bem breimal ~tiUg, ~ef. 6, tllenn er bemedt: ,,~ie ~rti=
faltigfeit bell ~eUigen ift nid)t e~tenfib au berfte~en, alll tllerbe aUf bie :trinitnt
~ingebeutet, fonbem intenfib. U (16. 54.) !6d)on Uberfd)reibt er ben ~bfd)nttt
Rap. 9, 1-6; 11, 1-12: H~ie !illti~na~t· (16. 144) unb fagt: ,,~er!D1effiall,
feiner ~etfunft na~ tllunberbar unb goUlid), ift bie fi~tbare ~rf~einung ber
unfi~tbaren !D1ajeftnt ®ottell.· (16. 149.) ifreiltd) ~ntte nod) ftnder bie bolle,
tlla~re ®ott~eit bell !D1effiall ~erborge~oben tllerben f ollen, unb Uber~aupt ge~t
iifterll lRi~tigell unb ~t't'igell bur~einanber. ~all !iller! ift tin gele~rter, grUnb=
lid)er Rommentar, ber aud), tllas ~eutautage ia immer ~mingeaogen tllitb, ~ff1)tio=
logifd)ell unb anberell !6emitif~ell mU ~ineinarbeitet. ~lle be!annteren Rom=
mentare finb in ~etra~t geaogen, bon bem alten ~ieron1)mull an unb bem
berU~mten mitring a, bem gefeiertften ~ullleger bell ~efaja, bill ~eruntet' au ®ral)
im International Oritical Oommentary, tllie aud) fonft engUfd)e ~iteratur, ba!5
American Journal of Semitic Languages, unb anbetell bertllertet ift. mur
~ut~er ift ni~t aUllbrUcfUd) im ~Ueraturberaei~nill genannt, obtllo~l ofterll aUf
feine fiberfetlung bertlliefen tllirb (16. 43); aber ell lnflt fi~ aud) aull ~ut~er!l
RUraer ~ulllegung (Scholia) Uber ~efaja unb namentlid) aull feiner tlleitll!uf=
tigmn ~rfll!t'Ung bell neunten unb bell brelunbfUnfaigften RapUelll biel ne~men. 2)
!!Bit fe~en bem atlleiten :teil, ber ball ®riiflte im ~lten :teftament au be~anbeln
~at, mit ~ntereffe entgegen. ~. if U r b r i n g e 1.
2) \St. 1!ouffet !l(u!lg. VI, 1-851, liefonbet!l 92-221 unb 638-733.
Book Review. - iJUetotut. 955
The World of the New Testament. By T. R. Glover. The Macmillan
Co., New York. 1931. 233 pages, 5X7%. Price, $2.00.
We have many excellent books in the field of the history of the New
Testament, such as the monographs by Angus, Bacon, Barnes, Burton,
Duchesne, Duff, Dana, Fisher, Foakes-Jackson, Hort, Lindsay, Lowrie,
Pfleiderer, Pressense, Tucker, Uhlhorn, Zenos, and others, to mention only
a few of those regularly studied. The present book does not attempt to
supplant, but rather to supplement, the other monographs. It would more
appropriately bear the title "The World at the Time of the New Testa-
ment," for it is really a philosophy of history pertaining to the back-
ground of the New Testament. The presentation is in Professor Glover's
well-known vivid style, which at times becomes almost vivacious, and is
certainly most stimulating, the author sometimes becoming epigram-
matic in form. Yet it was necessary for the reviewer to place a number
of question-marks on the margin of many pages. The Christian Gospel
in the long run is not a more glorious statement of Plato's sentence that
we must in all cases see and tell the truth about God (p. 29); it is the
revelation of the mystery of God's love in Jesus Christ and His vicarious
atonement. The discoveries in Egypt and Babylonia are 'not hard to recon-
cile with Hebrew history (p.116). The questions put on page 116 express
strong doubts, to say the least, concerning the historical truth of the Old
Testament. The author thinks that the presence of a Jewish temple at
Elephantine clashes with Deuteronomy; but he does not express himself
clearly as to his reasons for thinking so. Other false statements are those
pertaining to Ecclesiastes (p.128) and concerning the influence of Philo
on Christian literature in the Logos doctrine (pp.129 and 198). Thus
the book is interesting, but must be used with care. P. E. KBETZMANN.
'l>ie te Iiingm 8eH in .i;>iinben ge~abt, ba et ben !!Bunfdj
~egte, bafl e~ ~iet in ~metifa in unfem .Rteifen 3um S)tucf gebtadjt tuetben
mildjte. S)et !Betfaffer, bet iett !l.lfamt in lRacfit~ an ber (Ube ift unb tin an~
gefe~enell ®Heb be~ mibelbunbe~, ~at urft>tUngHdj dnen gana anbem Stanbt>unft
eingenommen. ~t fagt feIbft: ,,~n mtinen brei etften Stubentenfemeftetn, Oftem
1892 bill .i;>etbft 1893, ging idj mit megtiftetung auf bie ®taf~!!BeU~aufenfdje .i;>\Jt>0~
t~efe tin, fo tuie fie bon !l.lrof . .Rautfdj in .i;>aUe bargeboten tuurbe: S)et !l.lentateudj
3etfiiUt banadj in ber .i;>aut>tfadje in bier OueUenfll)tiften: J (~a~tuift), E (~Io~ift),
D (S)euteronomium), P obet PC (!l.ltieftetfobe~). S)a~ S)euteronomium ift 622
untet ~ofia gefunben unb fura bor~er etft entftanben. P, bie t>tiefterHdjen me~
ftanbteUe bet mittleten mUdjer be~ !l.lentateudj, mit tinet fut3en gefdjidjtndjen
~inleitung in bet ®enefi~ unb in ~~. 1 ff., ift 444 3um etftenmal berilffentlidjt
unb lura bor~et in betfdjiebenen ~tat>t>en im ~~n unb nail) bem ~~i1 entftanben."
(5. 1.) ~bet tei1ll butdj !l.lrof.~ . .Ril~letll !Botlefungen in ~tlangen, befonberll
abef bUfcf} eigene~ einbftngenbe~ e;tubium anet !pentateudJftaIJen unb ber bat~
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956 Book lteview. - ~iteratur.
fiber erfdJienenen ~iteratur ift er bollftlinbig abgefommen bon ber OuellenfdJei.
bung ber mobernen !j:lentateudJfritif unb berieibigt nun in biefem au~fU~rndJen
m\erfe fomo~l bie ~in~eit ag audJ bie mOfaifdJe iSerabfaffung be~ iYUnfbudJ§
unb befie~t unb miberiellt bie ballellen borllebradJten ®rUnbe. ~r tut bie!! mit
fteter !8erUdfidJtillunll ber in ber ®ellenmart meitberbreiteten "~inleitunll in ba~
~Hte ;teftament" bon !j:lrof. ~. Sellin in !8edin. Seine SdJrift ift um fo mert.
boller, ag er audJ aUf m\erfe, bie bielfadJ bon ber mobernen .!trim einfadJ tot.
llefdJmiellen merben, einlle~t unb audJ bie in enlllifdJer S~radJe erfdJienene ~ite.
ratur, mie m\. S'j. ®reen!! Unity of Genesis, betmettet. iYteHidJ mirb audJ fein
m\erf bon ber aUnftillen m\iffenfdJaft illnotiert metben, mie mir bot einillen
~a~ren in einer Unterrebunll, bie idJ mit einem belannten ametifanifdJen Uni.
berfit1it!lIle{e~rten ~atte unb in bet mit audJ aUf bie ~rbeiten be!! mllHf dJen ~u.
riften m\iener unb be!! beutfdJen !j:lfarred 1la~fe au f~redJen famen, biefet mit
~dJfel3uden anbeutete, bali eben biefe ~eute feine iSertreter ber m\iffenfdJaft feien.
Um fo mUnfdJen~metter ift ell, bali mit, bie mir mit bem iSetfaffet in beaUIl aUf
bie S'jeilille SdJtift Uber~au~t unb in S'jinfidJt auf ben !j:lentateudJ im befonbmn
biefelbe Stellunll einne~men, un~ fein bon lanlli1i~riller einlle~enber ~tbeit aeu.
Ilenbe~ !!Bed aunute madJen. 1lamit fallen mir nidJt, bali mir in ieber ~inael~eit,
in iebem ~tllument mit bem iSerfaffer Ubereinftimmen, mie mit aum !8eif~iel
in beaUIl auf bie Struftur unb bie t~~ifdJen 3a~len, bie im !j:lentateudJ beadJtet fein
follen, !8ebenlen ~aben. (S. 401-414.) ~ber feiner, bet fidJ aUf biefem ®ebiete
orientimn mill, fin bet ~eutautalle tine lonferbatibe 1larftellunll fo reidJ~altill unb
bi~ aUf bie neuefte 3eit ~erabllebtadJt mie biefe. !!Bir mill'f)ten fie Ilana befonber!l
anllelellenHidJ aum Stubium em~fe~len. ~. iY Ii r b r i nile r.
God and the Universe. The Christian Position. A Symposium by 8. O.
Oarpenter, M. O. D'Arcy, and Bertram Lee Woolf. Edited by J. Lewis
May. Lincoln McVeagh, The Dial Press, New York. 1931. 209 pages,
5%X7. Price, $2.50.
If Christianity fails to survive, it will be because of apologists of this
type. For men who would be apologists for the Christian religion cannot
afford to make compromises. And herein lies the weakness of this book.
The first author represented in this book is chaplain to the King of En-
gland and Master of the Temple; hence he writes as an Anglican. The
second author is a member of the Jesuit order and therefore speaks as
a member of the Roman Catholic clergy. The third contributor, of New
College, London, speaks as a member of a free church, for he is professor
at the University of London. The inadequacy of the position taken in the
symposium is particularly evident in the first section. An author who
holds that a large part of the gospel of John consists of anachronisms and
that John put down many things which the heavenly Christ said to his
conscience and imagination after Pentecost (p. 61), or Who pictures the
alleged development of doctrine (p. 63 f.), or who states that the story of
the beginnings is a story for science to tell rather than a story for religion
(p. 88), simply cannot be followed by us. And when he actually waxes
bold enough to say: "I cannot stay to argue with any who may suppose
that the Bible ought to be rejected - or defended - on some grounds con-
nected with its degree of literal accuracy and infallibility," we are bold
enough to tell him that his entire argumentation is not worth the paper
it is printed on. - The third writer is not quite as bad in his statements,
Book Review. - ~iteratur. 957
but he likewise writes: "It renders impossible the conception of a God who
made the universe in six days." (p.177.) -The second contributor to the
symposium is the most successful, even though this author bids his readers
go to the interpretation of the Church, which alone can give an authori-
tative explanation. (p.124 f.) But his arguments, on the whole, are in
line with the revelation of God's Word. His concluding words are: "Chris-
tia.nity welcomes without fear the discoveries of science and hears un-
moved the murmurs against dying faiths and outworn creeds."
P. E.KBETZMANN.
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5eiten 7X9%.. ~rei~: .Rartoniert, M.6; aebunben, M.7.50.
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be~ ~eben~; (,t~rift1id)e ~~tefe unb bie !Jtad)folge ~(,l;fu. ftber aUe biefe ~untte
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aebanten, aUf bie ber ~utor @eroid)t legt, jinb unter anberm bie folgenben: ~b~
~ltngia ift ber !IDert ber ~iebe nid)t bon ber @rilbe unb bem Umfang ber mebe~~
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bon bem ffi1enfd)en eine ebenfo boutommene mebe aeforbert roie bie eigene mebe
@otte~. ilie 5Htlid)teit ift bie @ered)tigteit be~ @lauben~, ober anber~ au~~
gebritdt, ba~ ~rinai~ be~ @lauben~ ermilglid)t eine d)riftlid)e (,l;t~it. ~ierau!l
fliebt aud) bie ~n~affuna ber ffi10ral an bie !IDirUid)teit, roofitr bor aUem bet
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i~ren ~lat!, bor aUem inf of em jie dne IRebuttion unb .Ronaentration ber ~eben~~
funttionen ift auf ba~ eine, ba~ not tut, foroie eine Unterroerfung unter ~ltba~
aogifd)e @ebote unb IRegeln, ilgai~1inietung be~ iiuberen unb inneren ~eben~
unb ,ftbung' auf bem @runb be~ erroedten [1] @lauben~. ~ierau ae~iirt bie
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~affung ber mebe @otte~ an bie !IDirUid)teU be~ ffi1enfd)en. iliefen @runb:
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unll UberaU fagen bUrften, bab roir bem ~utor roidltd) gefolgt jinb. IBieUeid)t
tft ell bet ftberfetung auaufd)reiben, bab mand)et @ebante nid)t red)t aur .Rlar~eit
1m ~ullbrud aebie~en ift; immer~tn trltgt aber aud) baau bei bie mlJftifd)"f~etu~
laUbe ~rt, in ber bie @ebanten entroideU roerben. IBerroerfen mitffen roir aber
fold)e 5ltt!e roie: .ilie IRed)gorbnung ... roirb bei Mefer @runbanfd)auung ...
tin !IDerfaeug ober @nnbenmittel aur !8eroa~rung feine!! @laubenll unb aur IBer~
roidlid)ung feiner mebe", roeil roir barin ben aUen, in unferm !8etenntng ber:
roorfenen ~rrtum finben: .@ute !IDede er~alten ben @lauben." ~Uerbina!!, auf
bem mege ber @lauben!!itbuna erftartt bet @laube, aber nie burd) jid) felbft, fon~
bern nur burd) .Rraft be!! ~eUigen @eifte~ im m!ort. (,l;benf 0 finben roir ben
folaenben 5at! nid)t autreffenb: .ilie !Jtad)folge ift tine !Jtad)folge in bem bie~
nenben IBeraebung!!leben be~ .Rreuaell." 50 roie roir i~n berftanben ~aben, f d)ltebt
er eine IRed)tfertigung bell rilmifd)en meritum de condigno in jid). ftber~au~t
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tiber ~ntmidluna freimad}t unb fie aana auf ball {tunbament befl objeftiben
!morte!! fteUt. ·lJRtt anbern !morten, man le~re bie ~t~if iuft fo, mie fie ~~fuJ
aeIe~rt ~at unb mie £lut~er fie aUf @tunb be§ ~bangeUum§ mitfIid) an ben lJRann
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Ud)feit anpafj'en"; benn burd) bie @otte!lfraft be!! ~bangenum§ Itlerben lJRenfd)en
fraft be§ @laubenll befii~t9t, • in einem neuen £leben au Itlanbeln".
~. !to IJR it II e r.
Christmas Traditions. By William Muir Auld. The Macmillan Co., New
York. 1931. 179 pages, 5X7%. Price, $1.75.
While this is not a book for the research scholar and does not take
into account the splendid work done in the field of Christmas investiga-
tions by Kellner, Usener, and Georg Rietschel, it contains a wealth of in-
teresting material presented in a most happy manner,' in keeping with the
subject of the book. The general trend of the discussion is indicated in
some of the chapter headings: The Coming of Christmas; Christmas and
Paganism; Bringing Home Christmas; Ancient Christmas Carols; The
Color of Christmas; In the Yule-log Glow; The Christmas-tree; Christmas
Delights; Christmas-bells. In some parts of the book one involuntarily
looks for more information, as, concerning the actual introduction of the
Christmas-tree in Germany and in America. We cannot share the author's
favorable stand concerning Santa Claus, whose development he sketches
somewhat incompletely; for the rotund "saint," who is a combination of
a mythical Roman Catholic bishop and a heathen idol, threatens to take
Christ out of Christmas. But the book may otherwise be recommended
very highly for quick reference purposes, especially in discussing Christ-
mas customs, legends, etc., in schools, Sunday-schools, and young' people's
societies. P. E. KBETZMANN.
The Parables of Jesus. By George A. Buttrick. 274 pages. Richard
R. Smith, Inc., New York. Price, $1.00.
Stewardship Parables of Jesus. By Roswell O. Long. 230 pages. Cokes-
bury Press, Nashville, Tenn. Price, $1.00.
Here are two books on the parables spoken by Jesus. A few excerpts
from each will characterize the two books. In the first, by Buttrick, we
read such sentences as these: "To use this story [the parable of the Rich
Man and the Beggar] as warrant for a doctrine of a brimstone hell or to
deduce from it the dogma of the absolute and irrevocable separation of the
good and the bad hereafter is to transplant it violently from its native
soil of parable to a barren literalism, where it cannot live." "Power is
estimated aright only in the light of purpose. If God's purpose is a gar-
den of redeemed humanity, the true almightiness is an almightiness of holy
love. Such an almightiness this story reveals: 'He had yet one, a beloved
son; he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.' It
was love's final and uttermost entreaty. The true picture is not that of
Jesus receiving in His body the darts which an angry God has hurled
at us, but rather that of God in Jesus receiving all the 'slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune' which rebellious humankind has hurled at Him."
Long in his book strikes a different tone. In his preface he says : "We
meet the menace of materialism in this rapidly changing world with the
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IDeasureless might of Christ's unchanging offer of personal and social re-
demption." In his exposition of the parable of the Laborers in the Vine-
yard he says: "Why shall we work? 1. Because the Master of the vine-
yard says, 'You go into the vineyard, too.' And shall we stand all the
day idle when He tells us that the fields are 'white to the harvest and the
laborers are few? The call 'Come unto Me' is always followed by the com-
mand 'Go ye.' All Christ ever asked for, we are told, in order to save
the world, was 'a cross on which to die.' And He died for a lost world.
'For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'
When the Master says 'Go' to us, He means that He is sharing His cross
and its power to save with us. 2. Because we are stewards of the mes-
sage of the Gospel. It is a message of personal salvation, and the mission
of the Church is the message of the Gospel to lost sinners. Christ was
not primarily interested in reformation, in social salvation, in betterment
of outward conditions; he was interested first in the redemption of the
individual. Over against the pharisaic law of retaliation Jesus put the
principle of love and forgiveness. Whereas the Church of His day con-
demned or condoned sin, Jesus came to bring the news that He could
forgive the sinner. What a man! What a message! 'I am not ashamed
of the Gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation, ... to
the Jew first and also to the Greek,' Rom. 1, 16 .... 4. The greatest power
in the world is the power of prayer, and the most valuable thing to a Chris-
tian is time, and the most dangerous thing in life is money; but the
greatest work in the world is personal work to win souls. And this work
is committed to us as a sacred stewardship. Christ's program is a chal-
lenging program; our churches have adequate machinery and plenty of
money and plenty of people to accomplish that program. But we are
short on motive and definite, personal enlistment." Also Gladstone is
approvingly quoted: "'Sir, talk about the questions of the day! There
is but one question, and that is the Gospel. That can and will correct
everything.' "
Buttrick not only missed the lessons of the parables, but the very
fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion. Long's presentation is
decidedly Christian. In his attempt, however, to make the most of steward-
ship, Long does not confine himself to the tertium comparationis of the
parable; yet he presents much valuable material, which may serve as
food for thought and find a place in the pastor's pulpit work.
JOHN H. C. FRITZ.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
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Proceedings of the Thirteenth Convention of the English
District. Vol. 1931, No.1. 76 pages. Price, 21 cta. Doctrinal essay:
"Modernism in Religion," by Prof. H. B. Hemmeter, D. D.
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District. Vol. 1931, No.2. 84 pages. Price, 16 cts. Doctrinal essays:
"Christian Training in the Home" and "Christian Education and Training
by the Congregation," both by Prof. Ed Koehkr.
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1931, IJ1t. 3. 71 Seiten. !l'tei~: 16 [g. lRefetate: lI~ie dJtiftHdJe ~t3ie~uU\l im
G:1tetn~aufe" uno 1151)te d)tiftHdJe ~t3ie~un\l feiten~ bet &emeinbe" (ba~ en\lHfdJe
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Proceedings of the Seventeenth Convention of the Atlantic:
District. Vol. 1931, No .. 4. 68 pages. Price, 30 cts. Doctrinal essays ~
"The Office of the Public Ministry," by Pastor Fred H. Lindemann, and
Die Aufgabe der Kirohe in der Welt, by Pastor Paul Woy.
Curriculum in Spelling for Lutheran Schools. Prepared under-
the Direction of the Curriculum Committee of the Board of Christian
Education of the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States.
By H. A. Mertz and W. A. Siems. 16 pages, 8%Xll. Price, 20 cts.
Curriculum for the Teaching of Science in the Lutheran Ele-
mentary Schools and Suggestions for Its Use. By J. E. Potzger, M. A.
42 pages. Price, 50 cts.
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Convention of the Ontario.
District. 1931. Doctrinal essay: "What Can We Do to Give Our Children.
the Proper Christian Training?" by Prof. W. O. Kohn, D. D.
Northwestern Publishing House, Milwaukee, Wis.:-
Questions on Christian Topics. By Oarl Manthey-Zorn. Third:
edition. Price, 60 cts.
Riohard R. Smith, [no., New York:-
Great Sermons by Young Preachers. Compiled by Edward L.
Keller. XII and 244 pages, 5X7%. Price, $2.00.
NatioruJ,l Publishing 00., Pkiladelphia:-
Teen Age Talks. Timely Topics for Teachers and Pastors. By
Rev. Marion Gerard Gosselink, M. A. X and 165 pages, 5X7%. Price~
$1.50.
Quotable Poems. An Anthology of Modern Verse. Compiled by
Thomas Ourtis Olark and Esther A. Gillespie. Prolog by Joseph Fort
Newton. 373 pages, 5%,X7%. With Subject Index, Index of Authors~
Index of Titles, and Index of First Lines.
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