<1rnurnrbta mQtnlngtral 6tutll1y Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER EV.-LUTH. HOMlLETlK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. IV July, 1933 No.7 CONTENTS Page The Oxford ltovement a Hundred Years Ago. W. Arndt ••• 481 Wie ist denen zu begegnen, die Wundergaben, besondera neue OBenbarungen, vorgeben. o. Luebke. • . . • . • .. ••• 497 Objective Justification. Th. EDlelder. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 507 Kein Modus Agendi vor der Bekehrung. J. T. Mueller •••• , li17 Die Rauptschriften Luthers in chronologischer Reihenfolge &26 Dispositionen ueber die altkirohliche Epistelreihe ....... &28 Miscellanea ........................................ &36 Theological Observer. - Xirchlioh-Zeitgeschichtliches .... 539 Book Review. - Literatur ........................... 5&3 Ein Predlpi- __ nlellt alIein "'''"'''', aIao da3I er die 8chale untenreUe. wte sle reehte Obriatea. lO11en ~in. IOndem auell daneben de Woelten tile',..".. daa ale die 8chale nlcht aJlI!'eifeD und mit falecher Lehre ftrfueh... und Irrtum ein· fuehren. - Lvew. Eo ist kein DiDI. das die Leate mehr bei der Klrche behaelt denn die gute Predigt. - ApoIoSl~, Are. ~. If the trumpet gift an UIlC!enain 1IOIIIId, who sball prepare himself to the battle f 1 0.,.. ~,8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCOBD:rA. PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. Book Review. - mtetatut. Book Review. - 2itctlltUt. The Concordant Version of the Sacred Scriptures. Publishing Concern, 2823 E. Sixth St., Los Angeles, Stiff covers. Price, $10.00. 553 The Concordant Gal. Size, 8 X 6. One of the strangest Bible editions ever conceived. As you open the book, you find YOUl" right-hand page printed in two columns of Groek text, not the ordinary Greek type, how(~vor, but uncials (ca.pitals), without any punctuation or space between the words, like in the oldest manuscripts. There is an interlinear translation, literal not only as to tlle individual word, but as to the meaning of prefixes, verbal forms, etc. On the left-hand page is one column of translation, newly done for this work, and a column of exegesis. It is called a, concordant Greek text because it is made up of tIle most ancient versions, as explained in a lengthy introduction. Follow- ing the text of the New Testament are other unique features. There is a, lexical concordance, the Greek elements of New Testament speec!l, the grammatical elements of Greek, etc. All of this represents a. really tre- mend, ,mow . work, and it is !:t, pity that we must say it. has aii been love's labor lost since the 'expository notes on nearly every page bear the imprint of a chiliasm which has veritably gone mad. eWe are unable to quote pages since the book has no page numbers whatsoever.) Matt. 24: Identifications with Revelation, the 'White Horse, the Red Horse, the Third Seal Famine, and Destruction of Babylon. There will be a, Jewish uni- versity on the top of Mount Scopus, and this is the sprout.ing of the fig-tree. The entire Gospel accordin2' to St. John is interpreted in t.erms of chiliasm, resulting in the most astounding reconstructions. John 1, 51: The open heaven is referred to the millenniwn. The marriage at Cana is a symbol of the Second Advent. John 3: The new birth is explained as becoming fit for life- on earth during the millennium. When the cent.urion asks Jesns to "descend" because his son has a fever, this refers to the coming of Christ to a.bate t.he fever of the nat,ions. The feeding of the' five thousand points to the spiritual hunge,r which will come before the' millennium. The storm on Galilce typifies the, persecution of the Je'Y8 in the Latter Days. So throughout, Acts and tlle epistles the millennium is in the foreground. If the Scofield Bible is a dangerous piece of propaganda for the dispensa- tionaIist or American type of chiliasm, the Concordant, Version is the full flower of that system. Besides, the author does not, appear to be a Trinita,rian. There are many doulltful expressions regarding Christ's deity. THEO. GRAEBNER. Perfectionism. Vols. I and II. By BenjamVn BreokVnridge Warfield. Vol. I: 300 pages; Vol.II: 611 pages, 6%X9%. Oxford University Press, New York, N. Y. Price, $3.00 and $3.50. Dr. \8. \8. fillarfielb mnt ~e!.)tet bet 5\)ogmntif an bem in bet \1nn3en fillett 6danntcn Princeton Theological Seminary, cinet pteso~terianifc!jen tT)cologh fc!jen ,lJodJfdJule, bie !lis bot tu:qem nUfs T)iidJfte calbinifti[clJ"fon[etbatib eingefteUt wnt. m1it feinen motgiingem, ben oetUT)mten ,lJobges, T)at !illntfielb bid ba3u beigetrngen, baji bet m10bcrniSmus feinen @ingang in ~rinceton gefunben ~at. 554 Book Review. - ~iteratur. l6eine berUl)mten bogmatifdj~1Jolemifdjen ffi1onogra1Jl)ien wie audj feine fonftigen gebiegenen I!frtifel, bie befonbers in ber Princeton Theological Review erfdjienen finb, warenffi1auern gegen aUes, was biefer aUf einem feften I6tanb1Junfte fte!)enbe ffi1ann alS ffiationalismus erfannte. l6e!)r be3eidjnenb ift es 3um meif1Jie1, bab fidj Watfielb 3Ut wiirtIidjen Q;ingebung bet I6djrift befannte unb bem sola gratia feinen I6djaben ant un lieb. Q;ntfdjiebene 91adjfolget biefes gtUnblidj gelel)tten q.\rofeffots finb bie aus q.\tinceton ausgefdjiebenen ~el)ret an bem jetigen West- minster Theological Seminary in q.\!)Habel1Jgia, untet benen fidj bei onbets Dr. ffi1adjen ausaeid)net. ®etabe foldje I6djUIer Watfielbil waten es, bie nad) bem :tobe il)res ~el)rers (im :;5al)re 1921) barauf beftanben, bab Warfielbs wid)Uge tl)eologifdje I!frttfel in mud)form etfdjeinen foUten. ill1an l)at barauf bail ganae Wert in ael)n miinben ge1Jlant, wobon bie beiben bodiegenben :tet1e ~anb VII unb VIII bHben. (Q;rfdjienen finb auflerbem bmits: I. Revelation and In- spiration, $3.00; II. Biblical Doctrines, $4.00; III. OMistology and Oriti- oism, $3.00; IV. Studies in Tertullian and Augustine, $3.00; V. Oalvin and Oalvinism, $3.00; VI. The Westminster Assembly and Its Work, $3.00. manb IX witb betfdjiebene I!ftttfel btingen, bie nodj librig finb unb fidj nidjt leidjt gruP1Jimn lieben, unb manb X bie widjttgften ffiqenfionen tl)eologifcget €:3djtiften, bie bie ffeibigc tyebet Warfie1bs wiil)tenb feinet langen 2el)qeit ag tl)eologifdjer q.\ t ofeffot geHtfett gat. ) :;5n ben beiben borliegenDen ~iinben finbet bet ~efet dne faft boUftiinbige I!fb~ l)anblung Ubet ben :;5 tttum bes neueren q.\etfe ft ioniilmus. Dr.Watfielb beginnt mit ffiitfdjI unb weift Har nadj, wie lRitfdjlS unbibHfdje tl)eologifdje I6teUung notwenbigerweife au einem ffadjen, iiuflerlicgen q.\erfeftioniSmus fUl)ten mubte. "Ritschl's system is a one-sided ethical system and in principle reduces Christianity to a morality." (16.107.) "With this doctrine of autonomous morality Ritschl certainly seems to have found a basis on which he can pronounce Christian men really perfect. If we create our own moral law, . . . there seems to be no reason why, measured by that standard, we should not be and remain 'perfect.''' (€:3.98.) Weiter bel)anbeIt ber I!futor im erften manb hie mebeutung Wernles, (flemens, q.\ffeibeters unb Winbifdj' fUr bie q.\et~ fefttonismusbewegung; biefe ~a1Jitel ftel)en untet ber iiberfdjtift "'Miserable- sinner Christianity' in the Hands of the Rationalists". Wernle mit feinen ®efinnungsgenoffen wanbeIte in ben €:31Juren lRitfdjlS unb berwarf bas I!frme~ fUnberdjriftentum ber lRefotmatton, wonacg ber (fl)tift bor ®ott biS au feinem ~ebensenbe ein "armer I6Unbet" Oleibt. ill1an argumentierte f 0: :Die ,,®etedjtig~ feU bor ®ot±" ift etl)ifdje moUfommenl)eit; nun ift aber ber (fgrift bot ®oU ge~ redjt, alf 0 ift er audj etl)ifdj boUfommen. "I am ethically renewed and thus 'righteous' in God's eyes." (16. 139.) Weitete I!frtifer in ~anb VII finb : ,,:Dte S)eiligungsbewegung" ober bie ,,®emeinfcgaftsbewegung ll in :Deutfcglanb unb "The German Higher-life Movement in Its Chief Exponents", fdjwiirmetifdje ~e~ wegungen, bie weit Uber :Deutfdjranb l)inausgingen, worUber wir aber l)ier nicgt eingel)enb betidjten fjjnnen. manb VIII entl)iiH flinf ~a1Jitel, beten :;5nl)aIt bie itberfdjriften einigermaben anbeuten: "I. The Oberlin Perfectionism; II. John Humphrey Noyes and His 'Bible Communists'; III. The Mystical Perfec- tionism of Thomas Gogswell Upham; IV. The 'Higher-life' Movement; V. 'The Victorious Life.''' :Der manb bel)anbeIt arfo bie 1Jerfettioniftifdjen itberf1Jannungen, wie fie fidj namentridj l)iequlanbe geaeigt l)aben. 6idjerer nodj alS im borigen manbe fdjreitet bet I!futor l)ier aUf befannten maf)nen. mefonberil feine ill1onogra1Jf)ie liber "Oberlin Perfectionism" berbient eingel)enbes €:3tubium. Book Review. - .I.litetatut. 555 SS)ie ~uffiite Ubet !not)e~ unb Ut>~am finb be~~alb um fo tui~ttget, tueU e~ im aUgemeinen ni~t getabe (ei~t ift, aUbet(iiffige~ -!illatetial Ubet biefe jpetfetttoniften au finben. mom t>tatttf~en IEtanbt>unft au~ etf~eint un~ bet ~tmel Ubet "The Victorious Life" al§ bet tui~tigfte, eben tueU et fo fe~r in bie ®egentuatt ~inein f~liigt. !man mu[i bem !4utOt SS)anf tuiffen, ba[i et fi~ bet !mU~e untetaogen ~at, biefet !8elDegung aUf bie IEt>Ut au lommen, mit bet tuit au~ ~eute no~ nidJt fettig finb, ia bie bei bet !8etbteitung bet betf~iebenen "holiness movements" in unfetet 3eit bem nU~ternen !t~eologen no~ bid au f~affen ma~en lDitb. ~Uetbing~, au~ bie einge~enbfte !8eft>te~ung fann fo(~en !8U~etn lDie !ffiatfie(b~ Perfeotionism ni~t gm~t tuetben. lEie ge~ilten in aUe ilffentli~en !8ibltot~efen, befonbet§ abet au~ in bie lEeminatbibnot~efen. SS)et jpaftot abet, bet fi~ mit bem 1E~lDatmgeiftettum bel! jpetfetionil!mul! abaufinben ~at, tuitb ell ni~t be- teuen, lDenn et fi~ namenm~ !8anb VIII fUt bie etgene !8U~etfammlung an- f~afft. ~m ®tunbe genommen, ift bet jpetfeftiongmul! betmeffene !ffietftteibetei; tuet t~n befiimt>fen lDiU, mu[i autM aut ~eologie bet .I.lut~etif~en \Reformation, bot aUem abet aurM aum IEtubium bet lE~tiftle~te bon bet \Re~tfettigung unb bet i,leiligung. ~. !to !m U ( let. The Millennium and the Bible. By L. A.. Heerboth. Concordia Publish- ing House, St. Louis, Mo. 39 pages, 3% X 5%. Price, 6 eta.; dozen, 60 eta., plus postage. In view of the many church-bodies which teach the Millennium, bodies belonging, as a rule, to the section of Reformed Protestantism known as Fundamentalists, a tract on this subject is very timely and will be wel- comed by our clergy and laity. Here there is offered information on the term Premillenarians and Postmillenarians, on the ScriptUl'6-passages which these people are accustomed to quote, and on the proper exegesis of the texts which have to do with the second advent of our Lord, especially Rev. 20. It is one of the peculiarities of millennialists to ponder obscure, figurative texts of the Scriptures rather than the great plain statements in which God has revealed the truth intended for us so clearly that "he that runneth may read." The author, a thorough theologian, brings such light to bear on these texts as is available for us and makes sure that he nowhere contradicts any clear passage of Holy Scripture. May the valuable tract :find many readers! W. ARNDT. Christian Social Science. Kessler Foundation Lectures. Delivered at Hamma Divinity School by E. P. Pfa,tteioher. Falcon Press, New York. 191 pages, 5%X8~. Price, $2.00. The number of books on Christian social work written from the stand- point of confessional Lutheranism is as yet very small, and for that reason every honest effort in this field of practical theology ought to be welcomed. The present book contains five lectures, which were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Pfatteicher on the Kessler Foundation at Wittenberg College. The topics of the lectures are: "1. Religion and Social Science; II. Social Centers; III. The Center of Social Centers; IV. The Seminary as a Social-Science Laboratory; V. The Congregation as a Social-Science Clinic." Speaking from the experience of a long pastorate and the presi- dency of a, synodical body, the author offers many excellent suggestions 556 Book Review. - mtetatUt. and presents many telling points. Ooncerning the sermon and its purpose the author says: "The sermon is not an essay .. " The sermon is not an oration. Yes, there is a difference between the essayist in the pulpit and the orator. The essay is a smooth and brooklike production. The oration is a, rugged and cataractlike production. .Jesus Ohrist was neither an essayist nor an orator. He was a simple, but forceful speaker with a purpose back of every discourse." (P. 129.) In the last lecture we read: "One of the most serious mistakes which some seminary graduates make is to look upon their first parish as a mere stepping-stone to higher and better things, a testing-station in which thoy aTe to tryout theories, some of which will work and others will not. . .. As you enter your first field, it must be with the consciousness that that is where God wants you and where men need you and where you must labor as if there were no other parish in the world." (P.147.) And again: "I would ha;ve at least one representative of every agency in my church sit as an advisory member of my church council and report regularly to that body just as we receive other monthly reports." (P. 150.) The book abounds in such passages.- On the other hand, it should be noted that the Christian Church and the Christian congregation as organizations or institutions should be kept sepamte from the indiviuuai Christian citizen and his 'duties. Expressions Ii"" "There will always be crime in this \vorld as long 2.8 the Kingdom has ;101; dawned in its fulness" are chiliastic and do not agree with John 18,36. (P. 71; cpo p. 100.) But statements of this kind do not detract from the general high value of the book. - The price of the book is too high, especially under present circumstances. P. E. KRETZMANN. ';!lie ';!logmettgcfd)idlte im mdlte het £utfjcrforfdlung. l!.lon mtof. D. & u ft a f ~ u ! en, .\Junb. SDtucf unb l!.letlag bon €. 'Settcfsmann in 0.IUtet~Iofj. 1932. 406eiten. (6tubien bet .\Jutfjet,~fabemie, ~eft L) mtei~: RM.1.20. SDie .\Jutget'~tabemie in 6onbet~gaufen mUtDe im ~uguft 1932 aIg ,,0.IefeU~ fcljaft 3Ut mft:ege bet [Gilfenfd)aft uno be~ geiftigen .\Jelien~ im Utagmen lutgetl\cljet ,ofumeni5Uiit" in§ .\Jelien getufen. :;'5n Diefem etften ~eft feilt jid) bet fcljmebifclje ~itcljengifto1:iIet ~ulen, bet l!.letfaffet bes bogmengefcljicljt1icljen [Gedes "SDas cljtifUiclje 0.IottesliHb in l!.letgangenlJeit unb 0.Iegenmatt", mit bet liiSgetigen SDog~ mengefcljicljtfcljteiliung unb liefonbets mit ~boIf ~atnacf auseinanbet. 0.IIeid) bet 3meite 6ail bet ~inIeitung feffelt unfete ~ufmetffamfeit; bet l!.letfalfet liebauet±, baji ~arnacfs SDogmengefcljidjte nodj immet bas .\Jegtliuclj bet SDogmengefdjidjte ift. lllitt audj. Unb nad) biefem 'SetUlJmngspunfte foIgen mit igm 5uftimmenb butdj ba~ game furoe, aliet inlJaltteiclje ~eft. ~t nimmt ben 6±anbpunft ein, baii &';lCltnucf gat nid)t ben ~nfang dnes neuen, fommenben, f onbern bas ~noe dnes betgangenen tgeo!ogifdjen ,8eitaltets oe3eUf)net. SDie SDogmengcjdjidjte tft in bet ,;geit bet ~ufmitung entftanben, mar bon ~nlang an bon aUfHiim:ifdjen :;Sbeen butd)IVDOen, unb ~Iltnacf§ SDo\lmengefcljidjte bUbet bie teife B'tudjt bet ~rbeit Diefer anbettlJalb :;'5agtgunbette. SDie ®ejid)t§punftc flnb fd)ief, bet ~u~gangs~ punft unb bie grunblegenben l8eftimmungen flnb mibetfprudjsbolL ~atnacf feIbet ,eigt in feinem ,,[Gefen bes €lJdftentums", baii et bas [Gefen he~ €l)tiftentums nid)t edannt lJat. lJlun ift lJleuotientierung niitig, unb bie 'Safis bafUt gibt nns .\Jut!)et. SDie ~igmllrt bes €!)tiftentum~ "Iiegt in hem mum 0.Iottesberl)iiltniS, bas l)eijit, in bem burdj bie €lJtiftustutf ucl)e gegebenen neuen l!.letfjiiltniS 0.Iottes au ben !menfdjen". SDet ~tlBfungiJmeg ift bet [Geg 0.Iottes 5um !menfdjen; aUes Book Review. - mtetatur. 557 fommt bon ®ott. :!lie etfte ~etiobe in het :!logmengefdjicl)te ift hann bie ,3eit bet 113crteibigung biefer ~igenart bes (;l;~riftentums gegen ben antUen :;Jbea1i§mus: bie rationafe ®oite§fpdufation unb ben ibcaliftifd)en ~tliifungsgebanfen, fUr llJefdjen cs djaraftetiftifcf) ift, bat bet ~rfii\ungsllJeg bet meg bon unten nadj ooen, bom 9J1en\d)en BU ®oH ift. :!lall9JHttefa!tet ift ben Weg bell ,3ufammenbauens bon G:~riftentum unb :;JbealiSmns gegang.en. ltnb 53ut~et ~at bann biefe mer. Oinbung aIS eim 113etbuntfung bcs (;l;~tiftentullts aufgelOjt; er tuill bie (\'igenatt bes Iff)tiftentullts, nid)ts anbetes als Me (l;igenatt. - Wet iidj ettuas mit bet stiogmenge[djidjte befatt ~at, tuith hies ©eft mit :;Jntmjie unb ~u~en lefm. i: ~ e o. © 0 \) ct. St. Paul's College, Concordia, Missouri. 1883-1933. 78 pages. 8 X 10%. Price: Paper coyer, 75 cts.; bound in linen, $1.00. Order from St. Paul's College, Concordia., Mo., or from Concordia Publish- ing House, St. Louis, Mo. A richly illustrated, handsomely printed, and interestingly written history of our college in Concordia, Missouri, which this year is observing thc semicentennial of its founding. Alumni will be able to revive. old and, we trust, fond memories with the aid of this pUblication, which we owe to the labors of two of the younger teachers of the school, Professors Spitz and Roehrs. 'Ehe fine tribute paid the founders and the deceased teachers as well as the eldc,' members of the faculty is well ue03crved and will evoke the cordial endorsement of all who intimately knew or know these men. To the historical section are added chapters which describe the activities of the school at the present time, from the course of study to basket-ball. The last chapter, telling of the work the alumni of the school are doing as servants of the Church aud illustrating by numerous pictures the labors of these men, many of whom are playing a prominent role in the develop- ment of our missions in India, China, and South America, is very appealing and should fill all members of our Synod with gratit.ude for St. Paul's College, which has furnished our Church so many able and faithful mes- sengel'S of the Gospel. W.ARNDT. Planning Your Preaching. By Wm. L. Stidger, Litt. D., Pl'ofessor of the Theory of Preaching, Boston University School of Theology. Harper and Brothers, New York and London. 289 pages. Price, $2.50. This book is sold to ministers. They are urged to buy by t.he following description of the contents of this volume: "It is a golden treasury of source ma.terial for the busy preacher." Here are some of the contents: "Five hundred sermon suggestions; a thousand illustrations and ideas; a five-year plan for preaching and more." To this are added any number of other items which the book promises to supply. Just one of these reads as follows: "Fifty-two suggestions for dramatic book sermons on Biblical themes." Another one reads: "A choice selection of humorous anecdotes." All this is said to the prospective buyer. But now, what. is the truth about this volume? Dr. Stidger suggests that the preacher choose as the basic theme of his January sermons: "Beginnings." And he offers four of these beginnings: 1. The Beginnings of the Great Nations. 2. The Be- 558 Book Review. - 13iteta±ur. ginnings of Great Wars. 3. The Beginnings of Great Migrat.ions. 4. The Beginnings of Great Inventions. The month of February he suggests to make a month of Biographies. Here he suggests the following names to be t.reated: Ramsay McDonald, Mahatma Gandhi, Kagawa, Albert Schweitzer. For the month of MaTch he suggests Symphonic-Sermon-Theme plans. For the evenings during March he would set aside one evening as Masonic night, the next one a.s Odd-Fellows night, then a High-school night., then an International night, and finally a Salva.tion Army night. For his dramatic book sermons on books, with "Ohrist at the Oenter," he suggests to preach a· sermon on The Passing of the Third-floor Back, by Jerome K. Jerome, another on Ben lltiT, by General Lew Wallace, for another The Fool in Ghrist, by Gerhardt Hauptmann, for another Princess Salome, by Burris Jenkins. Ohapter six of his book is devoted to a Year of Humor. In this chapter he writes: "The preacher who can introduce an element of laughter in his sermons will always find llimself popular with people in spite of himself." In this collection of humor we have found nothing that we would use even in an after-dinner speech. We shall limit ourselves to offering but one of hi~, j"'''C;. "Man: Do you girls really like c..;nccitd men better than the other kind? Girls: What other kind?" He gives any numbH of series of Beatitudes. Olle aedes is called the Beatitudes of Far Vistas; another one is the Beatitudes of Pinnacles and Peaks; another one, the Beatitudes of Waves; another one, "Blessed Are the Majestic Mirrors." In submitting selections of poetry for different seasons of the year, he selects the following for Good Friday: - 'What matters Death if Freedom ue not uead? No flags are fair if Freedom's flag be furled. In all these pages of poetry we found not a single stanza that is worth memonzmg. To give an instance of the author's explanation of Scripture, he writes on John 3,16 that its main leswn is to show that we get what we give. God gave His best. and receives the best. We are first to give our best, and then we shall receive the best. No matter how plain a pas- sage of Scripture is, he manages to put the cart before the horse. We can truthfully say tha,t we ha,ve not found as much as one page that would be of any service to a faithful preacher of God's Word. We are not sure that we have' seen the worst that Reformed theologians have put upon the market, hut of one thing we are sure - this is positively the worst that we have seen up to the present day. No wonder people are leaving such churches to join Ohristian Science and even to go back to Romanism. You cannot gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles. Where such seed is sown, nothing but weeds will spring up. But one may say: May we not learn something from these Reformed preachers? Our fathers used to tell us that you could learn from them wha,t you are not to do and how you are not to preach. But should we pay several dollars and waste hours upon a book of this kind to see what capers some mountebank cuts in the pulpit? It is from books of this nature tllat. preachers learn to preach such sermons as that one in which the preacher interpreted the "wells of salvation" (Is. 12, 3) as our five senses. M. S01IflIIER. Book Review. - 2iteratur. 559 (Rne ~\Jtnnoltlgifd1e unb fiturgifd1e ~d1a~fatntner. S3ubmig 0ef)BTJettein~ 110ef)at be~ titurgtfcf)en ~~Ot~ unb ®emeinbegefangs nebft ben Illltarwei[en in ber oeut[ef)en ebangeH[d)en .ITitef)e" gUt in j}ctef)ftei[en als ba~ grii~te unb mettboUfte lillerf ctuf bic[em ®ebiete. ~d) felbft befite es [cit me~r ctfS i)tCi~ig ~a~ten unD gabe, obl1JoI)! ief) nid)t eigentHef) aUf biefem ®ebiete aroeite, oft metanfaffung ge~ f)aot, aUf biefe j}unb\ltUOe 3utiicf3ugcl)cn. ~Bfter!l ,,~l}ota!buef)" bcr\1Jeift aUf Diefes lilletf, bail SJoef)ner unD anbere, bie auf biefem ®ebiete ctrbeiteten, befeffen unb fleitig benutt ~ctoen. 0d)on f eit Hingem 2eit war bas lillerf nief)t megt boUftCinbig iU ~aben, unb menn ctuel) Der fel}lcnbe mann wieber ctufge!egt l1Jurbe, 10 mar boel) bail Q1\crf, bas ebm [einesgleiel)en nte!)t f)at, oalb wieber beriauft. ~un .planen bie metfeger manben!)oecf unb ffiu.pred)t in ®Bttingen, of)ne jeg1id)e lIlusfief)t aUf ®eloinn, febiQIid) um ber 0aef)e wiUen, cine neue, berboUfttinbigte Illusgabe; benn [eitbem I5d)BbetIeins Wed ouerft erfel)ienen ift, ift biet aUf bie[em ®ebiete gearbeitet WorDen. l5ic f)aoen mir eine ausfllf)rHd)e ~enifel)rift Dariiber 3uge!)en faffen, unb ber ~fan bet neuen ·Illusgaoe ift wirHid) bor3iig1id) unb wirb, wcun bas Iffietf erfef)cint unb benutt wirb, biel f)eTfen im .ITam.pf gegen Hturgifd)e sl.IliUfiir unb litutgifel)c ffiatiofigfeit. ~us 'IDerI foU bier manbe umfaffen: 1. manb: ~er ~Utargefang; 2. manb: ~as ge[ungene mibefwort; 3. mctnb: ~as ®emeinbe~ lieb; 4. manb: ~ctil gottesbienftnd)e Drgef[.pieL :£ler ~nga1t biefeil bierten manbes mirD n5!jcr [0 an\icgcaen: ~c~ OrgelJ)DcuI, Die Dtgelmeffc, Dail irl)oraibor[.pieI, bie mcglcitung bes ®emeinbegc[angs mit cinet ~jnfiigrun(J in ben Dtge10au unD ausfiifJtHef)et 91ad)wei[ung miigHclJft aUet Dtge1cl)ora!e unb ~!)otlllborf.piele au~ her Uaififef)en 2cit ber .ITirelJenmufif. \'raef)miinner finn gewonnen worben fiir bie mearbeitllng, bie entl1Jcber if)re gan3e Dbet dnen bebeutenben steil iljrer ,Beit fUr bie ~euoearbeUung in ben :£lienft fteUen wollen, abet natiirlicf) Datilr entfd)abigt wernen mUffen. Unb bus ift gerabe ber ~unft, bet bie lIlusfiif)rllng fd)l1Jierig mucl)t. man orauel)t eben au eiuem [o!ef)en Unterncf)mcn ®elb, @e1b unb nod)malS ®eIn. :£lie beut[d)1iinbi[d)en .ffircl)en unb anbcre unterftiiten bct~ lilletf; aber es ift auef) an mief) Die lIlnfragc gefangt, Db nid)t aud) bie amertfani[cf)~fut~erijd)en .ffiref)en fief) in irgenbeiner Iffieifc .pribatim babei beteiligen woUen. Iffiir geben bies weiteren .ffreifen befannt unb erinnern baran, ba~ bnr etwa [eef)s ~a~ren, ulS bie j}ortfiigrung ber mleimurer SJutgerausgaoe gefiigrbet war, eine ffieige bon \'rtcunben bes Unternegmens ®eIbet aur merfiigung fteUten, [0 bu~ ief) bem ba~ mafigen berbientcn £leiter, ®egeimrat ~rof. Dr. D. :£ltefef)er, megtere gunbert :£loUars aujenben fonnte, wofHr er bann iiffentlief) in ber morrebe au einem manDe feinen :£lanf an aUe ®eber uu~gef.prod)en gut. :£lie SJutgerausgabe ift nicl)t ein~ gefteUt worben, fonbern jcbes ~af)t erfef)einen Dutd)fcf)nittfid) awei manbe, unb bas Iffietf Ief)reitet [einer moUenbung entgegen. ~n bem borfiegenben \'raU l1JUrDe es be[onners baranf anfommen, bat aUf bas grose'IDerf bon mibHotf)efen unb ~ribat.perfonen fubffribiert wUrbe. - morfte~enbes ~abe td) [d)on bot megreren ~monaten ge[cl)rieben, ronnte es aoet nod) nid)t aum :£ltucf bringen. l5eUbem finb nun Sluei SJieferllngen bes 3l1Jeiten 9.)ctnbe~ erfc!)ienen unter bem ::titer ,,:£lus gefungene mibeHuort". ~ebe .\)ieferung umfa~t 64 i6eiten 7%X10% unb bietet in f{urem, fcl)Bnem ~otenbtucf mit :tC!;t~ beifiigung cine ffiet~e ber fd)onften ~l)orge[1inge aus bem fecl)3egnten biS aef)t3eflnten ~agrgunbnt ars ber mliite3eit bet ebange!i[d)en .ffircljenmufif. 2u g{eiel)er 3eH flnb biUige 00nberbrucfe betanftaftet morben als l5angetpartituren fiir ben ®e~ btuuef) bet ~got[anget, wagrenb bas ~anbbucf) feflift bie ~(\rtitur in Det .\'JunD beg ~glltleitets fein foU. ~n nud)fter 2eit foU aud) bie erfte meferttng bes erften 560 Book Review. - £tteratur. lBanbe~ etfd)einen. ~as ganae m5ed fann fieferungsweife unb banbweife oe30gen werben, unb ein oefonberer 6ulJiftilltionsllreis ift feftgefett worben, ber ill liter etIJoljt luctbcn mag. :;Sebe meferung 'loftet M. 4.40 unb bie S'defte filt bie (Q;ljor~ fanger 90 '1-lfennig. ~ie mer!agsnucf)ljanbluug fel)rcibt uus jcbod): ,,~ie lBe~ bingungen fiit bie ,\;!crausgane bes m5etfes ljaben fiel) Leiber luciter erljenHcf) ber~ iel)leel)tert, ba bie rataftrollljale ~rife bie beutfel)en 5tirel)cnbel)iitben ge3wungen ljat, il)re ,3ufel)iiffe teihucife etljebficf) 3U filr3en, fo bail babutel) niel)t nut bas stemllo bet Qlcarocitltng berlangfamt werben mutte, fonbcrn aue!) bl1ll allen an ber S'der~ ausgaoc Qlcteiligten llicf)t unerl)eblicf)e Ollfer gcbtael)t werben miiffen." m5h: fi.in~ nen lltlt fagen, bail bieies m5etf in ber stat rin gan, ei1t3igartigcs m5etf iff unb cinen 6el)a13 lutfJCriielJer ~ircf)enmujU eriiifnet, bon bem Me meiftcn feine ml)nung ljanen. m5it werben f.pater wieber aUf bas m5ert 3urildfommen. £. & il r b r in g e r. 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