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(!tnurnr~iu UJqrnlngirul flnutlJly Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER EV.-LuTH. HOMILETlK THEOLOGICAL QU A.RTERL Y -THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vo1. IV May, 1933 No.5 CONTENTS FUERBRINGER, L.: Die pel'soenliche Weisheit Got tes ... . l'aa:e 321 I GRAEBNER, THEODORE: Buchmanism ... . . . .... . 329V'i WOHLFEIL, L. T.: What is Meant by ".All Fulness." Col. 1, 19? 339 HEERBOTH. L. Aug.: Exodus 6, 3 h. W as God Kll O W ll to the Plltriarchs as Jehovnh~ ... . ... . . . . . . . . .. . 345 KRETZMANN, P. E.: Das Commll Iohanneum. 1 Joh. 5.7 349 XRETZMANN. P. E.: Die H nuptschriften L uthers in cbro- nologischer Reihenfolge .................. ...... ...... 354 FRITZ, J. H. C.: The Theme of the Sermon. . . . . . . . . .. . ... 355 Dispositionen ueber die altkirchliche Epistelreihe . . '" . . 361 Miscellanea. . . ... .......................... . .. .. . ....... 369 Theologicnl Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches ..... , 374 Book Review. - Literatur 389 £ 111 .Prf'di~er mU<:: 3 n icht allt!in welden.. r .. b t hE'in Din;.:. dQ.'· die L1..Ut4~ meh r 11 It ..1;1' t'r li ll Schafe wlI c""wpi,t'>. wit: 1ft'! del' Ki rehe Iwlt.wIt d l III tl il ~\lt, it! r. ,t'ht e Ch~ j- t t>n oIleli ·jll , somiern Pn . 1i:.{t. - .Jpo(f)!1ip . .. 4rt . ~~ . !'Oil· Ilil S C,' I;lte niC!itt .mgl~it '].I UIld ll1it I I t ll< I r 1111V· t Kh t ,I Tl unc·,rhin llmd. t~h('t.(>r L ·hr- ll'rfuehrlln und l rrtllll! eill· wilt) ,.:h:.Jl\ ph.'pan,' hilll ... elf tr) the battle;- til( hr,,". - -1 If 1 Cor. l~. S. Published for the Ev. Luth. Syn od of liIi.:i80tlri, Ohio, alld Ol-her States CONC ORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis. M o. I Book Review. - £iteratur. 389 Book Review. - 2ittfatuf. ~er ~rebi!ler (o.oijelet). ftbetfett unh edliitt bon Lie. ~. !!B. ~ e r t b e r Il, ll!rofeffor her st~eologie in ·marburg. .~. ~eid)ertfd)e !Ber{ag~bud)~anhlung D. !!Bernet 5d)oU, £ei~aig. !8anh XVI, 4 bon ".reommentar aum ~lten steftament", ~etau~gegeben bon ll!rof. D. ~ r n ft 5 ell i n. XII unh 193 5eiten. ll!teiS: M. 8. ~ud) ~iet3ulanhe ~at fid) 5eUinll ".Rommentar 3um ~lten steftament", an bem eine ganae ~lnaa~l heutfd)er ~Utmeifter, Illie !8ii~I, ~em~el, .Rittel, ~ . .reiinig, ll!rodfd) (um nut einige au nennen), mitgearbeitet ~aben, iYteunhe erlllotben. ~rfd)ienen finh bmitll: @enefill (ll!todfd), ~eutetonomium (.Riinig), bie 5amuel, biid)et ([afllarl), ~efaia I (ll!rodfd), ~efaia II (!Boh), ~mmia (!Bola), ~aed)iel (~etmann), hall ~Illiilfllto~~etenbud) (5eUin), bie ll!falmen (.Rittel), ba~ erfte !8ud) bet [~tonit (!Rot~ftein'~iinel) unh iett aud) Oo~elet. ~n unll ~at hiefer neue steil bid ~nteteffe erllledt, unh Illir fiinnen ~ettbetgS "ll!tebiget" aUen fUt hall ~lte steftament ~ntmffietten em~fe~len. ~uniid)ft ift ~iet niimlid) trot aUet .reUqe bod) fe~t grUnhlid) geatbeitet Illorben; bie niitige .Rna~~~eit, bie bet !Ra~, men bes @anaen erfotbette, ift nid)t burd) Obetf(iid)1id)feit, fonbetn hurd) Illtife ~ustna~l bell !!Bid)tigften tr3ielt tnorben. ~all betrlfft aUd) bie ~inleitung, bie uns a!S ein ·mufter grUnblid)en @ele~rtenfleitell erfd)einen tntu, tnenn tnir aud) in mand)en ll!unften fe~r entfd)ieben bon ben meinungen be~ ~~egeten abtneid)en. (\;ttn1i~nen looUen tnir ferner bie ftbetfid)tlid)feit bell 5toffll, bie befonbers bie in bet ~begefe Illeniger betnanbetten 5tubenten ber ~eologie begtUten tnetben; man fann fid) tnitflid) in bem .Rommentar 3ured)tfinben. ~ud) bie beigefUgte ftbet' fetung ift gebiegen, unb tnall hall 5~tad)lid)e bettifft, fo ift bet ~utor Uber feine 5d)lllietigfeit ~inllleggegangen; aud) tner ben 5inn bes ste~tell 3ullleilen gana anbets berfte~t unb ben ll!tebiger in einem anbern ~intetgtunb fie~t alS ber !Bet' faffer, tnitb bie grammatifd)en, e~egetifd)en unb ~iftotifd)en lJiotiaen nid)t o~ne 91uten ftubimn. ~ie ~ulleinanbetfetungen bell ~utorll tniden antegenb, auf' n1itenb, beftud)tenb, unb me~r tnitb man bod) nid)t bon einem .reommentat et, Illarten. me~t aber nod) alll bies aUes ~at unll gefaUen bie fonfetbatibe 5teUung bell ~~egeten, bie einma! tniebet bem botliegenben stebt gered)t au tnerben fid) bemU~t (bie beftiinbige unnBtige stebtfomftur tnitb man enblid) ~et3lid) fatt) unb aU(1) dnma! tniebet ab unb 3U dnen @ebnnfen, ben £ut~et Uber dne 5teUe ausgef~rod)en ~at, au IllUrbigen tneit. ~all finb !Bor3Uge, bie man unter bem !Regime ber ,,~ii~eten stebtfritif" fd)mer3lid) betmitte. ~all ~dtt nun nid)t, bat man ben .Rommentar leien tnitb, o~ne gar mand)e iYrage3dd)en am !Ranb 3U IDad)en. !!Benn ber !Berfaffer 3. 18. fd)reibt: /lOO~ fd)rieb fein !8ud) in ber letten ~eit bell britten ~a~r~unbetts, bieUetd)t nod) einaelnell in ben erften ~a~ren bell 31lleiten ~a~r~unbertll", fo finb bie angefU~rten !8etneife fUr biefe ~nna~me hurd), au~ nid)t 3tningenb. SDie iYrage nad) bem !Berfaffer Iiitt fid) nid)t mit bem 5at «btun: ,,~at ber !Berfaffer n i d) t 5alomo ift, braud)t nid)t me~r erBtted 3U Iller ben. " ~amit tnirb ba~ 5elbft3eugnill hell !8ud)ell fut3er~anb befeitigt. ~ud) f old)e 5iite tnie "SDiefer 5alomo mad)t fdn ~e~! batau~, bat er nid)t 5alomo ift" unb anbete ge~en bid aU drig Uber tnirflid)e 5d)tnietigfdten ~intneg. ~ie iYtage nad) bem !Betfaffer ~at fe~r biel mit bet red)ten ~uffaffung bet gtoten @ehanfen bes ll!rebigetll 3U tun. ~inen eigenartigen @ebanfen ent~iilt ber 5at: ,,~all !8ud) Oo~, am ~nbe bell ~nten steftamentll fte~enb, ift bie erfd)Uttetnbfte meffianifd)e 390 Hook Heview. --- 53itcratut. m!eisjagung, bie bas ~me ~cftament auf3utueiien ~Ut." :treffenb jinb Bumei[t bie ftberfd)tiften, bie ben l~uviteln obct ,R'avUergwvven beigcgebcn jinb; 10 be~ f)unbclt 3.m. bet 5l3ctfalfet 1,12-2,26 bon bcm <2,p;0{, whieh in the gospels means the inv'itati, who enter the visible Church and no more. They fail to rank among the 8><).8><7:0(, those who finally cnter heaven. These 'elect oncs' are plainly the last who become first; w11ile the 'called ones' are the first who become last. KJ..r/1;o{ and E><7:oi are verbals, passive, and much like past passive participles. The agent back of both verbals is God. A biased exegesis sees only that cer- tain persons are thus designated: 'the called,' 'the elected'; a balanced exegesis sees that the call itself and the election itself are predicated by t1lCse terms, that ill xA'7wi lie x?')('f!r; and >crs anfd)aulid) burd) 81 ~iioer nad) ~90togtap9ien, bie ber merfaffet Bum gtlliien ;rei! ieloft aufgenont' men ~at, bon ilenen aoer aud) gar mand)e Illufna9men ber American Colony in ~etufafem finb. (;I:ins bieier mUber Beigt gctabe [Bei3en unO Uutraut neoen~ einanber; ein anbetcs mUb Belgt Die in ~aliiftina oft Bit cinet entfetlM)en ~unb~ plage lIJerbmbe lffianbet~eufd)\'Cde. :.t:cr @ebraud) bes [Bcttes, bas man faum in e i n e m3u\1e lClen Itlitb, fonbctn !llorin man nUd)fd)lagt, lIJitb erleid)tnt ourd) tin bierfad)es ffiegiftet: 1. ein mer3ddJnis ber ~eotaild)en nnb aramliifd)en 1ffi6r~ ter; 2. eln meqeld)ni§ bet urabifd}en [Botter, bie jett in ~aliiftina lJebraud)t lIJetben; 3. tin iBet3eid)nis ber 5ad)en; 4. eln metaeidJniS bet angefU~rten mibe\' ftellen, bier enggebrudte 5eiten umfafjenb, lIJoraus fd}lln bie mebeutunQ fUr bie mibelertliirung ~etbDtge~t. ~. \} U t b tin g e r. Brief History of the Christian Church. A Text·book on Church His- tory. By the Rev. William Stuart, teacher of Bible at the Grand Rapids Christian High School. Wm . .B. Eerclmans Publishing Com- pany, 234 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 191 pages. Price, $1.50. The author is teacher in one of the senior high schools of the Chris- tian Reformed Church located at Grand Rapids, the headquaTters of this denomination and also the location of Calvin College and Seminary, which, according to the 1931 statistics, had a faculty of 19 professors in the col- lege and 7 in the seminary, 354 students in the college and 53 in the seminary. Other such high schools, which are called non-denominational, yet are under the control of, and evidently feeders for, the denomina- tion, are located at Holland, Chicago, Paterson, and Hull. The book is prepared for the students in such schools. The author says in his preface: "Though there are various and excellent handbooks on the market, there is undoubtedly room for one that aims especially to suit the needs of tIle Reformed family. That is our aim." loVe subscribe this statement, with Book Review. -- \litcratttr. 393 the (,hange of "Reformed" to "Lutheran" and a possible question-mark after "excellent." There is a woeful lack of "excellent" text-books on church history. Some excellent church histories are not adapted for text- books, and the text-books I know are not adapted for our use. It is to be hoped that the efforts of the Board of Christian Education to publish a text-book for the teaching of church history in our day-schools may soon be crowned with success and may lead to the preparation of a sorely needed text-book for the use of our colleges and seminaries. - This present book is, in my opinion, a makeshift and may pose as a warning example for us. The author is so evidently handicapped by the desire (or in- struction?) to keep the tone of the book lion-denominational and to give undue prominence to the history of the Dutch Reformed Church. It points to the (lilemma into which a Church runs if it sets out to maintain or support schools which nevertheless are to cater to the world and curry favor with everybody. The Church has no business to enter the field of education except for the purpose of propagating her faith. - The author's treatment of his subject breathes the spirit of the American high school; it is superficial; very brief, hardly a skeleton. Good is his endeavor to point out the interaction between Church and secular history. The proof- reading has been poorly done; the text teems with printer's errors (in one place I counted four on two successive pages). Besides, there are many mistakes for which the printer evidently was not responsible; e. g.; Tetzel 801d his indulgences at "Jutterbach"; in 1540 Paul III "sanctified the Order of the Society of Jesus"; the Sacraments in the medieval Church were effective "ew 0PC1'C operata." The mak~-up of the book, too, is rather poor, the binding weak, and the price high. There is no index. THEa. HOYER. ~utijcrt\ !metfe in \}{lIt\\oaijl.f\'iinfter lBanb. :1) e r i u n g e \lu t ~ e r, ger' ausgegeben bon ~ rid) m 0 geL fan g. merIag bon m.\alter be @ru~ter & (fo., \Berlin. IX unb 435 Seiten 4%X7%, in 5.Jcinmanb mit ~eder, nnb ffiiicfcntiteL I.j:lrcis: M.8. mon ber in Mefer ,8eitfd)tift im botigen ~agte (3,957) auge3eigten 5.JlItfyer, ausgabe ift nnn ein neuer lBanb erfd)ienen, mieber cine foIibe, mertbofle ~lnsgabe, 'Die aUf griinbfic!)cn Stubien rulJt unb ben 3umetft !ateinifcf)cn :tc6t aUf jcber Seite mit mettboUen ·ltfnmedungen berfiefyt. Wit fonnen mieber fagen, bali es cine Heine Sffieimarer Itfu§gaoe ift, ober mie fie je~t in SDeutfd)Tanb gcnannt mirb, cine "Stubcntcn,'\}utlJeraus\]Uoe". Uull 3111Cl1: bietet fie bem :titef gemdil fauter Sd)rif' ten ober :teUe bon Sd)riften, bie 1lns ben "jungen \lut~et" bot Itfugen fiilJren. SDasu gc~iiten smei fcfyr friilJe I.j:lrebig±en bon 1510 oher 1512, fohann ~itteb !ungen aus \3utl)ers rtiter I.j:lfalmenborlclung bon 1513-15, aus feinet ffiomer' btiefborfefung bon 1515-16, aus bet @afaterbtiefborIefung bon 1516-17, aus ber .\';)ebrQerbriefborfeiung bon 1517-18; nujierbem nod) 3mei SDg+lUtationen bon 1516-17 "uber bie ~rafte unb ben Willen bes 1]1enfd)en ol)ne @nabe unb contra scholasticam theologiam"; eublicf) bie .\';)eibefbetger Si)is.putationen bon 1518 unn nod) einige I.j:lrenigtm unn ffiannbcmerfungen. 50 ift es l11ttt!id) ber jllnge 5.JutlJct, beficn 5d)tifteu lJict botgefiifyrt Illerbcn, bie uns bann eillen ~illblid in TeinC11 m.\crbegang ermogficf)en. Si)er junge \lutfyer iit eben lJeut3utugc befonbeter @egenftunb bc~ Stllbiuttls auf @runb 1lCUmt l\'ltune, ltnO mas babd fiir bie @e, (4)ic!)tc l}utfycrs jerbft abfitUt, f) at bas jc!)iine @efc!)icf)tsrocrf bon .i)rimid) lBiilJmer, 394 Book Review. - £itctatut. bet fcibet au ftti~ bcm 6tuilium bct tllefotmationsgejdjidjte enttiffen 1110tben ift, "S)et iunge £utl)et", ge3eigt. (lBgl. bie lBefjJtedjung in ,,£e~tc unb!IDe~te", 72, 306.) S)abei bfetbt natiirlid) oefte~en unb mu~ oefonbctg oetont toetben, baf; bOt aUem bas 'Stubium bet 6d)tiften £utfyCtS nad) 1.517 bm ~1)eo1ogen immer toicbcr ans .ldCq I]elegt toetben mull. S)as ~ud), ill belll wit freiIid) erft einige 'llofd)nitte aus i3utfycrs \l3rebigtm unb e);egetijel)cn lBorlefungcn l)aoen lefm ton= nett, ift luieber rin ~e1eg ftit bie ,,13utlJer=iRenaiffance", obcr lagcn l11tr lieber: bas crneutc 13utl)erjtubium. Unb man moel)te bic ~ltoeiter a1lf bicfcm @ebiet faft oencibell, baf; iic ficl) io intenfib mit 'oem gtollett mcfotlllator 6ejel)iiftigen fiinnen. Dr. .ldanS ~tCl!1l jagt in belll bor einiger ,seit angc3cigten jd)onen !IDede ,,13utlJet a1!! .fl'linftfet", bem bann noel) 3toci toeitere ~iinbc, lI\3utlJer als bcutfel)er ~rojJfyet" unb "i3utl)cr ols ~!)riftenmenfdj", folgen follClt, baf; cr alS ~\Drftubium flit biefes !IDetl idles lB1att bet groBen !IDeilllatet obet .Raifetausgaoc bon £utfyers !IDerfeu umgetoonbt lJabe, "cinc ~ltbeit bon mcfyreren :;Sa!)ren, bie fidj bodj bem i3efer ftets unenbHdj be1ofynt", (6. 3.) £. iJ ti r b r in g e r. $otfd)after an (t~rifti 6tatt. lBom !IDcfen unb !IDed beutfcf)er !lJlifjionsarbcit. &';let·ausgegeben bon Illrof. D. !lJ1. 6 d) 1 u n f, XtilJingen. <-i:. ~ertegmann= merlagsbudjfyanb1ung in @litersIolJ. 1932. 306 6eiten 9% X6%. ~reis, fartoniert: M.8; geounben: M.9.50. S)as fut3e mortoott gillt muHel)lull tiber ~ntftelJung unb ,stoeer biefc§: 1mb boUcn, bieT ~e1elJnl11(J bietenben ~udjes. ~:a"tar ,olH, cs einc\yeftgaoe birben filt Dcn bdaunicl1 nub berbicnten !lJHffionsmaun ~5rof. D. ;Julins midjter in ~erlin aus mulall jetnes fieb3igften @eburtstags am Hi. i\'ebruar btcfes ~afytes. ,sUIll aubem toollcn bie lBcrfaffer "bas burdj bie :;Serufalemer [foufeeen) bon 1928 in iYluf; gefolllmene 0JeijJriidj tiber bie toidjtigften IJJlijfionsftogcll ber @egenloatt im 6inne ber belltfcljen ebangeHfdjen illHffionen tociterflilJten". 6ie fyaben bies, rote iel) gleicf) l)in3uftigen toill, getan, ofyne alf311biel auf bie lBetlJanbIungen in ;;serufalem, too leiber ber UnioniSm us fyerrjel)te, 3nriid'3u\Jtdfcn. S)ie oiet3efyn mrtife! obcr ~eitrage finb fo boll bes :;Snteteffanten uub !IDicljtigclt, ball es fd)toet ift, in dnet furaen ~efjJredjung barlivet oefriebigenben muHclj1ull 3U geoen. @leid) bet erfte, gtunblegenbe mrtitel, ,,~otfdjaftcr an <-i:~tifti 6tatt" betitelt, fyiiH beu .\Jefer feft. S)ie djtifHicljel.JJliffion, fagt ber merfaffer, l.JJlifionsbirefior Sf. &';larten, ftdn in lBafe1, "leM bon bet Shaft unb iJreube bes gefdjelJenen unb bollenbeten &';leils ebenfo toie bon ber brennenben 6efynfudjt unb ~rtoartunll bes fommenben ffieidjes". (6. 3.) ~oenfo fdjiin flingt biefer 6at, obtoo!)l et aUetbings millon, ftanben toetben fann: lI!lJlifjion, 3cigen uns .RajJ. 4-6 [bes atoeiten .Rorintfyet= btiefes], ru!)t aUf bem ~erfcftulll ber gef d)elJenen merfofynunll bet !IDelt unb 3 ie It aUf bas iJuturum bet tommenben lBollenbung ber !IDelt lJin." (6. 3.) &';lier ltJie audj in anbernmofcf)nitten biefes ~udjes toitb bie ~tebtgt bes Illiottes bon ber mcrfiil)nuno ahl bas cin3ige l.JJlifjionsmitte1 gcl11crtct. Dliel)t gana fdjarf genug ift bie Sfrittf, luenll bet merfaffer fagt, es oeftel)c lltoeitl)in ein i\'ragc3eidjen 3U ben ~tgcont\fen bet !IDeltmifjionsfonfeten3 in :;Seruialem", nub 3toar, locilman fief) bott nicljt genligeub uc1nuf;t Miev, ball bie l.JJliffion nicljt ba3u ba fei, "an ben jJoliti= fcljen, luirtfel)aftlicl)en, foaia1en unb taffenmiif;igen iJtagen bicfer !IDelt in umge= ftaltenber !IDeife tci13unefymen". (6.7.) mudj biefen 6at bes erften mrtifelS fyabe idj Illit angeftricf)en: 1IS)·er mortoU1:1t alS ob £utljer flir bie illliffton fein merftiinb= niS geljabt !Jiitte, ift bon .Idoll unb ~oberle ein\1eJ)cnb lniberlegt tootben." (6.12.) S)a in biefem :;Safyr bas 3toeif)unbertjii~rige ~'ubHiium bet ~rtibermifj1on gefeiert toirb, fo ift es natlirlidj, ball in einem ~eitrag ,sinaenborfs, bes ~el1rlinbers ber Book Reyiew. - S3itcrnt1tt. 395 gtoflartigen 9Jlifjionstiitigfeit bet ~Jlii!)tif.ef)en ?Sdibcr, gebacl)t with (,,{liltaenbotf u1tb bie iifumenifd)c ?Seroegung" bon P. Lic. sm. llhef)tet, '.i1oroaroes,91cucnborf). 3)ie roitflirl) roeit(ireifenben, faft ineftumfaifenben lPliine {lin3C1tborfs, bic untct anbetm aUf bas {lufammenatbeiten bet berfef)iebenen SHtef)engemeinfd)aften au, 3ielten, werben !)ier tteffenb gefef)i1bett, freilie!) abet nid)t in i!)ren metittnngen berurteilt. ?Sefonbers gat mid) bet ~lttifeT I))Hffionsbitettor D. 6. Stnnts aus ?Serlin gefefjcU tiber bas ::tgema IIsmiffionsmotib unb smiffionsmetgobe untet ber i\"rageftcUung bet b\aleftifd)en ::t!)eologie". SDen mettretent hiefer ::t1)coTogie ioirh einmal ber ~lusf1n:1te!) .Riibetfes, ben bicfer tiber bie tote ,ottgobo);ie getan gat, entgegengc9a(tcn: "SJJ1an fi;t in feincm .\;)uufe in bem ~od)gCfil1)1 bon bem Sllllein' befit einet einroanbfteicn S3e1)re unb berg iflt barilber bas @el)en in aUe 1illelt." (6. 62.) :Dod) initb bonn ge3eigt, bull ?Sort!) unh feine ~ngiinger fo mand)es be, tDnen, was aerobe filt bie smiffion roid)tig ift. mlenn gier hie hioleitifef)c ::t1)eD' logie tid)tig llefd)Ubett initb, fa roil! fic aum ?Seif~icl nief)ts mit bet 'llnjcl)auung gemein !)oben, bie ben 1))1enfd)en nnb fein itbifd)es Wof)lcrge!)en in bas {lent tum alles SDenfens unb ::tuns, auef) bes fogenonnten religiiifen, fteflt. i\"tir bie .prof, tifd)e 9Jlijfionsarbeit iiuerau~ rolcl)tig ift aud), bet Sllrtifel tiber ,,,~(flgemeine ,offen' llarung' unD smifjionsatbeit" bon lPtof. D. Dr. ~. \l'rid, smottmg, ino bie ffiiim. 1 unb 2 unb Sll.pofL 17 entT)aUenenWo1)t1)eiten uef.prod)en roerben. ~llerbinlls g(auoe icl), bat bie in ffiiim. 1 unb 2 ge{e!)tte @otteserfenntniS bod) me!)r umfallt (lIS ,/~in' fid)t in ltltfere @efct)opfHd)teit 11ub unfer mer.pflid)tetfein". (S. nO,) ,stl1n 5d)luil lei nod) etloiignt, baB einige bet ?SeHrage bon lJeionbeten 9JCifiionsfrlbern l)al1' bern, niimfid) bon ~nhiCl1, G:ljina, ~o~an unb~ftHa, unb bat aud) bet smo!)am' meboncrmiffion ein Sllrtifel gewibmet ift. W. ~l r n b t. Men and Missions. Edited by L. J;'uerb1-inger. No. 10. BarthoZomaeus Ziegenbalg. By H. M. Zorn. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 1933. 150 pages, 5X71/ 2 • Price, 50 cts. This book constitutes a valuable addition to the excellent 11Ien and Missions series, edited by Dr. L. Fuerbringer. Pastor H. M. Zorn of In- dianapolis was certainly the logical person to turn to for a sketch of the life and lahors of Bartholomaeus Zicgenbalg. Besides having served for many years as a member of the Board of Foreign Missions of our Church and having been a member of the committee of the board which, in 1930, visited the field in India, where he was given the opportunity of personally inspecting the scene of Ziegellbalg's actiyities, he was himself born in India, not far from the horne of Ziegenbalg, in the city of Trallquebar, his father being in the service of the Leipzig Mission at the time. Furthermore, two of his sons arc now serving the Lord as missionaries in India, not 111 a ny hundred miles remoyed from their father's birthplace, and his daughter- in-law, the wife of one of these missionaries, Mrs. Robert Zorn, is likewise the descendant of a former Leipzig missionary, the sainted Dr. F. Zucker, and her mother also was born in India. Let us thank God for these mis- sionary associations and traditions, which, it is true, rest on sentiment, but are nevertheless a powerful means of keeping alive an ardent interest in missions. - The author's work is well done. In simple English he puts before us the moving and often stirring story of Ziegenbalg's life, aston- ishingly rich in accomplishments, although it terminated at the early age of thirty-five, when he, surrounded by many of his two hundred and fifty converts, fell asleep while they at his request were singing "Jesus Christ, 306 Book Review. SJiteratur. My Sure Defense." Wherever opportunity offers, the author touches on missionary problems, giving the reader an insight into some of the baffiing questions that confront our workers abroad. It is with a melancholy feel- ing that one finishes the perusal of this biography - a tragedy telling of a heroic, devoted, highly gifted servant of God; a linguist of marvelous a.bility, who during the few years he spent in India translated not only a great part of the Bible, but many Lutheran gems, into the Tamil tongue; .a fervent witness of Christ, whose path, alas! was made thorny by his own fellow-Christians, who at times justly, but more often in blind nar- rowness, opposed his undertakings; a man with the faults that usually beset high-minded, energetic souls; an enigma to the lukewarm, the pusil- lanimous, and the mere standpatters; the first Protestant missionary in India; weak in body, but by God's grace strong in his very weakness, so that his example has inspired many to dedicate themselves to the same holy work as he. May the booklet which lies before us help in keeping alive the memory of this remarkable man and thereby aid the Church in overcoming the inertia which hinders it from measuring up to its mis- sionary obligations! The volume is well printed and handsomely illus- trated, many of the pictures being 'made from photographs taken by the author himself. Considering what is offered here, the price is sur- prisingly low. W. ARNDT. A Voice for God. By J. Stuart Holden. Fleming H. Revell Co. 1932. 288 pages, 5X71f2. Price, $1.75. There is still a great deal of stereotyped preaching, of preaching that is nothing more than a mechanical rehearsal of Scripture truths, blanket applications, and threadbare exhortations, during which the preacher re- mains serenely oblivious of the tremendous exigencies of the times and the distressing problems with which his people are grappling. One often wonders how it is possible for men who as Christian pastors stand in the thick of the fray and in their daily ministrations are brought face to face with the grimmest realities of life to leave their rich experience behind when they retire to their studies to prepare their sermons; how it is possible for them, especially in trying days like these, to preach sermons that are completely isolated from the present scene and consequently never actually come to grips with the things that perplex, threaten, and terrify the average churchgoer. Such preaching is the bane of the Church. It leaves the hearer cold and unresponsive and reduces the culmination of the service to a barren formality, which must of necessity be endured by the man in the pew, but is seldom enjoyed. Now, if ever, our preaching must be zeitgemaess, that is, in proper relation to the needs of the day. As Dr. Garvie rightly says: "For the varying circumstances of life the preacher must have a quick eye and a heart ready to respond to the appeals of human hearts as affected by them." In this respect these nineteen sermons by Dr. Holden, the vicar of St. Paul's in London, may well serve as an inspiration and a pattern. They have manifestly grown out of the stress and strain of the present crisis and are the products of a mature pastoral experience. Every sermon gives evidence of the many and varied contacts which this preacher main- Book Review. - 2itetcltur. 397 tains with life as it really is and of the thorough and sympathetic under- standing which he has gained of the difficulties and dangers, the doubts and heartaches and fears, with which the rank and file of his people are wrestling. The tone of these sermons is evangelical, although the doctrines of sin and grace are not as prominent in them as they should be. The author speaks much of Christian faith and hope and describes the believer's re- lation to his Savior in beautiful terms; but the foundation of faith and hope, namely, the vicarious satisfaction, is hardly mentioned, although it does seem as though it were taken for granted. We might also add that the author's statements on the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures are not altogether clcCLr and satisfactory. As migllt be expected, these sermons are models ill regard to struc- ture, style, and diction. E. J. FRIEDRICH. E;onntng§;nnbnn,ten liber Me @bnngeHcn be§; Slirn,cujnljrB. mon S';) e r m n n n b. me 3 3 c 1. 158 ~citm 4X6. '3). ®UnDert,merfag, 6tuttgart. 1931. llreis: ,ITartoniert: 45 G):K; in ~eincn: 65 G):ts. S)icje bon ,\;lel'mann b, mC03cf, geftor(lcn 1917 aiS 011crronfiftorial\ltiijibent ber ebangcTij d),!utf)er if d)cn ~anbestircf)e ma~ems, gef cf)tiebenen ~(nbacf)ten erf cf)ic' nen 1ll'ilJrUngficf) im "6onntagsbratt", :;sn ebler, ,umeift einfacf)er 61Jrael)e unb Qnjcl)auIicf)er 'Hscijc rUlcn fie Jut muflc, f1JcnDcn ben G):!)riftent1'oft unb ctnlltutern on l)ciligem sUSanbeL :6fters Qertit ber beaanle 0cf)reiller in hie \R~etorH - ,um ~nacl)tcH ber Q3crjtiinb1icf)reU, :I:er llrebiger iohb bas abct 1n ben meijtcn iJiillen ins ®emcinbetftiinbficf)e iiberfetJen fiinnen. ~uel) fommt hie 5)e~re iuoi)! au htr3. mon ben ®nabenmitteIn ,. m. tuitb tanm dinas geiagt. :Die ~nbacl)ten befel)iif~ tlgen fiel) aumcift mit bem !r!)riftenlellen. ~U1c1' auf biefem ®cbiet bictcu fie biei gutes SJRateriaI. crtnel)e ~tDben: IIstler .i)Cirr tuill nitf)t mel)r, aoet Quel) niel)t \ncn1ger [aIS bie 3.::r e U e]. :lIiel)t me~r, Jtcine ltCUCH, griualtigen, miicf)tigen ®ebanfen oege!)rt er bon uns, ba e1' j clbft eine '\~anbboll aller ®auen !)at. .. , 6djatfjin1t unb llliill, lllJantafie nJ1b bfii!)enbe 51Jracf)e, geiftteicf)e m.!orte unb nIiinJenbc milber fiinnen leicf)t mc!)r berbedcn aB anaeigen, m.!er biefc ®aoen fjat, braucf)e jie 3um gemeinen ~tullen in bcmiitigem ®e1)Driam,// I/~Qjl bit aucf) niel)t einreben, icber mUffe nael) feiner ~rt fellg merben; i1Jns Jollte man bie S';)ei~ ben mit unfem 5)e~ren lJejd)tucren unb ein neues :;Soel) aUf il)ren .\;laIS fegen 1// //m.!it tragen jo fdjtuer an ben SJRifcl)el)cn, tuo ciner bes anbern 61Jracf)e nlel)t \Jcr~ fte!)t." //m.!as anbere trennt, fil!)rt G):!)riftenietttc 3ufammen,// //m.!enn :;scrfus ciner ®emeinfcfJaft ferne bfcibt, !jat fie nicf)t bier UnruI)c.// I/m.!a!)rfid), ein ;tag ill belnem lilldnbcrg ift beliet aIS fonft taufenb.// :;SCi'fus I/geotauel)t bie alige~ griffenen, in ~rbenfel)mut unb 6ilnbenftaub enitnei!)ten mliln,cn unb .priigt fic au giit tfiel) en, ~emgen, jeligen m.!erten um - ,5,lielie, iJrei!)eit' //, 110!)ne :;scrju llli 0 r t - of)ne ~{rfu m.!ed." //~uf U)rem [bel' .\1:ircl)e bet \Reformation] ~ltt!it feudjtet bas ,~Wl bie ;traurigcn unb boel) allescit ftii!)fidj',/I //m.!et nicf)t un :;S~f1ts glauuen fann, ift nidjt fdjtuacf), jonbern trotig.// 1I:;'jCl:jus liciet filt uns, in nns, mit uns." //illier mid) reiten ronnte, fann niemanben betlotcngel)en faffen" (niClJt tm 6inne bel' ~l1Jofataftafis gemcint). //SJRiicf)ten mit 3unticf)ft bas llliort bes feIigen S';)arfefl oft liebenfen: ,m.!enn nur me inc arme 6eele geretiet un» betua!)rt tuitb!' .. , ,6ee!en, 6eelen, 6ee1en gilt es 3U retten!' f;at @5criber io oft gcrufen," ".Rlage barum nidjt, hie :;Silnger j den reidjer (Jet1Jej en al5 bu; ite ljiitten g e f e lj en, bu milflteft g 1 a u li e n. 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