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<1tnurnrbtu aJ4rnlngtral :tInut1Jly CODtiDaiDg LEHRE UNO WEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LUTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLy-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. IV September, 1933 No.9 CONTENTS Biblical Ethics Concerning Young People. P. E. Kretzmann Wie muss Gottes Wort gepredigt werden, damit Glaube entatehe in den Herzen der Zuhoerer? F. Pieper •.•••• Objective lustification. Th. Engelder ••..•.••.••..•..•••• Das Verhaeltnis der gratia universalis zur Gnadenwahl. P. E. Kretzmann •..••••••• Propositions Concerning the Election of Grace. Page 841 653 v 684 676 P. E. Kret2mann •• . • • • • • •• 682 Die Hauptschriften Luthers in chronologischer Reihenfolge 685 Dispositionen ueber die altkirchliche Epistelreihe ........ 686 lliscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 692 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich ·Zeitgeschichtliches . . .. 696 Book Review. - Literatnr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 713 Ein Prediger mUBB niOOt alleln tDeidM, alao u.. er die Bchate unterwellle, wie oie rechte 0brI&ten lOlleD aeiD, lOodem aum daoeben den Woelfen weArm, dua lie die Bchate Dicht usreIfen lIOd mit talscber Lehre nrtuehren IIOd Irrtum em· fuehren. - Luther. Es ilit kein D~. du die Leate mehr bel der Kirche behaelt deDD die pte Predigt. - Apolol1ie. Ar'. t~. If the t rumpet gift In UDCertain IOUDd, Ivho shall prepare himaelf to the battle, 1 Oor'~J8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCOlmIA. :PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, lito. Book Review. - 53itetatut. 713 Book Review. - £iteratur. <;Dd ~ort &ottcB nnb baB !1Ute $teftament. mon ~ 0 ~ ann ~ ii n e L 47 6eiten 5X8. ~. iBcrtegmann in ®titer~lo~. llltei~: M.1.20. ~n hiejem iBtid)lein fti~tt ~iinel ®ebantcn au~, aUf bie er fd)on in hen 6d)lubta~iteln be~ frti~er ange3eigten iBud)e§ tiber ,,:!>ie !Religion bet ~eiligfeit" (m~til~eft, 6. 313) ~ingcltJiejen ~atte. S~iinel tuill im \~Uten ::teftament ®ottes m30rt anetfcnnen, ltJenn aud) hee OjfenbnrungsltJett be~ mUen :teftaments i~m nicf)t mel)r ein~citlicf) ift. (6. 36.) ~r ~at eben hie 53e~te bon het merbalinfpita. tion als un~altbat' aufgegeben unb begrtinbet bie giittlicf)e 6d)rift in gana anOcre. [£Idle. ,,~ll ift ba~ in bet Offcnoarung bet ~eiligteit ®ottes gegebene ®eifb aeugniS, um bes ltJillen bie biere Of!enbatung bermittelnbe 6d)tift fid) alg bag [£loti ®ottes erltJeift." (6. 12.) ~m \~uten ::teitament gabe fid) niimlid) Die 53e~te bon ber ~emg!eit ®Dtte~, bie ba~ Wefen aUet rrteligiDnen ausmad)e, au il)tet reinften 4!leftaltung emlJotgefd)ltJungen. (6. 13-17.) :!>iefe moUfommenl)eit bet Of!enbatung laife fid) nut etHiiten butd) cin [£Ihlen ®otte~ aUf bie ~enfd)en, bie ba~ mite ::tcftament niebergeid)tieben IJaben, bod) fll; has ble ile~!er bct 'l3erba{~ infpitatioll bermieben ioctbet1. ::t~. 53 a t f d). O'er Land and Sea with the Apostle Paul. By A. A. Acton, B. A., B. D. Introduction by Prof. Ernest F. Scott, M. A., D. D., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Fleming H. Revell Co., New York. 222 pages, 5X8. Price, $1.75. This life of Paul can, on the whole, be recommended to students of the career of the great apostle. What interested the author chiefly, as he states in the foreword, was "the missionary procedure of Paul." Ques- tions of a critical and strictly theological nature, such as "Paul's relation to the church at Corinth, the North versus the South Galatia theory, or the problems of Paul's theology," have not been discussed at length. While not endeavoring to write a critical biography, the author has endeavored to avail himself of the best that modern scholarship has produced in this field. Here and there one finds a sentence that is unacceptable. The state- ment of Dr. Scott in the introduction that the older theology had leaned too much on Paul is not correct. On the contrary, to the extent that old theologians reproduced the teachings of Paul they were spreading the Christian religion in its purity. If the work appears in a second edition, minor inaccuracies, in which it fairly abounds, should be eliminated. For instance, on page 102, in the account of the conciusion of the second mis- sionary journey of Paul, we read: "Silas and Timothy drop out of the narrative and are mentioned no more save the notice that Timothy ac- companied Paul later to Jerusalem." This is an unfortunate statement; for according to Acts 19, 22 Timothy was with Paul in Ephesus during the third missionary journey of the apostle, serving him there, and was sent by him to Macedonia about a year before the occasion when he ac- companied Paul to Jerusalem. Cf. the author's own reference, p.208, to Timothy's rOle in Ephe~us. W . .ARNDT. j 714 Book Review. - £iterntur. What Is Christianity? And Other Essays. By the Rev. Prof. F. Piepm', D. D., late Professor of Dogmatics, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, :Mo. Presented in English by John Theodore Mueller, Th. D., Pro- fessor of Systematic Theology, Concordia Seminary. VIII and 290 pages. Price, $1.75. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, 1933. This book, embodying essays read by Dr. Pieper at synodical conven- tions (1. What Is Ohristianity? 2. The C}wistian World-view. 3. The Reconciliation ot Man with God. 4. The Laymen's Movement in the Light ot God's Word. 5. The Holy Bible. 6. The Open Heaven), presents the chief dod.rines of the Christian religion and deals with most important matters of the ChTistian life. The attentive study of it will prove prof- itable to every Christian and to every unchristian, and these essays, written by a master of the Scriptural and popular presentation of Christian theol- ogy, compel attentive study. No matter to what class the attentive reader may belong, he will derive great spiritual benefits from his study. Those of us who have read the essays in German will with every repeated reading discover and acquire new wealth. The riches of Scripture - and of every Scriptural presentation of the saving truth - are unsearchable. And those of us who are not familiar with the German need no longer be deprived of the wealth gathered and "ffe,'ed in thc:;e treatises. The m&;terly trans, lation makes of them a fine equivalent of tl1e original. The young pastor, even thou h he possess Dr. Pieper's Ohristliche Dogmat'ik, ennot afford to deprive himself of the possession of this popular dogmatics. (And he who acquires this smaller dogmatics will want the larger one, too.) He will read it first for his own edification. He will read it again in order to enrich his index with the wealth of Lutheran dogmatics. And he will reao it. again with a view to the needs of the pulpit. Meanwhile he will be immensely benefited by acquiring something of the style of Dr. Pieper, who knew how to express the deep thoughts of Scripture in simple and clear language and how to elucidate his points by apt illustration and graphic description. More than that, he can here learn the art of effec- tive Christian preaching, which consists in basing all exhortation on doc- trine and all doctrine on Scripture. Doctrinal preaching of the right sort, as here exemplified, is never dry. The saving doctrines of Scripture, revealing the mind and heart of the Lord, engage the mind and touch the heart of man. They only need to be studied and then unfolded in their depth and grandeur. And as you will here find that all Scripture is profitable for doctrine, you will also find that all doctrine is profitable for exhortation and admonition. Whatever exhortation, admonition, warn- ing, reproof, rcfutation of error, your people are in need of, base it on the doctrine and base the doctrine on Scripture. The old pastor will study this book with pleasure and profit. He will thank God that he has been priv- ileged to preach these wonderful truths, the wonders of which he is now seeing better than before, these many years; his heart is rejoicing that soon, entering the open heaven, he shall behold the Lord, who reconciled the war ld unto Himself, face to face; and he is vowing that he will devote his few remaining years to the still more earnest and urgent proclama- tion of the message: "Be ye reconciled to God." The theologian can learn mueh from this little book. He will find that the sublime truths of Scrip- ture are capable of being expressed in simple language, intelligible to the Book Review. - ~iterntur. 715 common man and common pastor, and he is going to hear us implore him to save most of his big words and shrewd investigations for heaven, the more 80 as the real big words, expressive of the perfect knowledge of God, are supplied only by the language of heaven. Now we know only in part, and a good many of the modern learned theologian's big words and profound disquisitions are intended to make known the unknowable and thus can only lead to a false knowledge. A good deal of the current theological wisdom does not belong in Christian theology. There is a place in theology for the most erudite language. Employ it in the company of your equals. But as your business is for the most part with the common pastor and com- mon theologian, employ the greatest simplicity possible. Another and more importltnt matter: vague statements have no place in Christian theology. Use the most erudite language if and when you must, but unless it ex· presses a clear concept, leave it unsaid. And the desire to know the un- knowable, to harmonize, in other words, God's wisdom with human wis- dom, to express, in other words, the mysteries of the Gospel in words of human wisdom, can result only in vague words and meaningless phrases. Take, for example, the doctrine of the reconciliation. A great many of the great theologians of our day do not know how to present it. They are -n'vu~ to employ tho vaguest, m,?st iauefinite terms in defining the reconciliation of God and man. It is hard to find out from them what exactly took place in the heart of God when Jesus died for our sins. They refuse to say that the sinner is the object of God's wrath. They abhor the thought of a real substitution. Hence the intolerable vagueness and occasional vacuity in their definition of "reconciliation." Let them study at the feet of Dr. Pieper. He is a Scriptural theologian. Hc takes Scrip- ture at its word. So her1' we have elpa]" and clean-cut statements: God is reconciled - His wrath gave place to grace. The sinner knows what to make of that, and the wealth of salvation is his. Another matter: a great many modern theologians disdain the use of Scripture in their theological writings. For did not Schleiermacher decree that the dog- matician must refrain from the use of Scripture-passages? The fact, how- ever, is that men who are concerned about their salvation will be satis- fied with nothing less than God's own words in divine matters. They will not take the word of the Schleiermacherian theologian for it. They want books like Dr. Pieper's. They want every statement buttressed by Scripture. Besides the official teachers of the Church the laymen will profit greatly by this book. They can understand every word in it. Dr. Pieper used to warn against the employment, at synodical meetings, of technical, scientific language, intelligible only to the profession, as an insult of the assembly (Ohristliche Dogmatiic, III, 501), and he followed his own advice. He does indeed occasionally use a technical term in this book. But that does not make it unfit for the use of the laity. No man, unlearned or learned, feels imposed upon when the newspapers occasionally use an unfamiliar term. He looks up its meaning. It will harm no man occa- sionally to pause at a word or discuss its meaning with his neighbor. And what Dr. Pieper here says on the reconciliation of the world with God, on justification by faith, on the necessity of good works, on the inspiration of Scripture, is needed by the layman no less than by the theologian. The essay on the Laymen's Movement and the Bible is not the only one that is 716 Book Review. - £itetatut. meant for the laymen. They will find that that is the case when studying this particular essay. They will find that the business of the laity is not confined to the external matters of the Church or to its financial affairs. "The Laymen's Movement and the lNnances of the Ohurch" comes in second place. In the first place we find "The Preaching of God's Word by All Christians Also Divinely Instituted," with the subdivision: "Preaching of God's Word by Christian Women." And here we come upon the grand passage beginning with the words: " But what about the ability of all Christians to proclaim the divine Word? This ability is usually under- estimated - I am almost inclined to say in ninety-five cases out of a hun- dred." (P. 141 f.) Let the laymen read this passage and then inaugurate a movement to have our great book discussed, chapter by chapter, in the Gemeindeversammlung or in the men's clubs. The pastor must not say : My laymen would not get much out of it. The laymen must not say : We are not interested in these matters. - Another class of men who need to study our book comprises those who deal with the finances of the Church, and that class comprises, in a manner, all Christians. Dr. Pieper knows how to deal with this matter. He was an optimist. He believed in the power of the Gospel. The Gospel puts the hoarded gold in circulation. Dr. Pieper was an optimist , but not an extremist . Look it up ! He was not an extremist, but he knew wha t la nguage to a pply to the niggard. Look it up! Our book should be studied by t he philosopher s, scientists, high- school t eachers. It will correct their world-view. Again, our book should be put into the hands both of those who do not know the Lutheran Church and of those who know and love her. We love our Church for the beauty of her doctrine, the Gospel of the grace of God in Christ Jesus as it is here portrayed, and we hang our heads in shame when Dr. Pieper shows us how shamefully we neglect our privileges. He knows what is wrong with us, lays his finger on the sore spots, and presses down unmercifully. He knows how to deal with smug seli-satisfaction and pharisaic pride. And those who do not know the Lutheran Church should be told, as they are here told, what glorious things are spoken in the Lutheran Zion: sola Scriptum, sola gratia, gratia universalis. Our book should find a place in every public library in the land. It should not be excluded from the public libraries and the Lutheran and non-Lutheran studies because it vehemently denounces the denial of the inspiration of Scripture, of the alone-saving grace of God, and of any other doctrine. And that introduces another class that will find the study of this book profitable: the errorists. Men need to be told what a fearful crime they commit when they deny anyone of the saving doctrines of the Bible, when they become guilty of obstructing, in any manner, the way to the open heaven. And here, too, we exclude no class of errorists. The synergists must not claim exemp- tion. Our hook has been faulted for its denunciation of synergism, more particularly of " Lutheran" synergism. We fail to see why any form of the denial of the alone-saving grace of God should receive tolerance in the Lutheran Church. What is wrong with the statement of Dr. Walther, and why should it not have been incorporated in our book (p. 284): " A the- ology which changes faith into a work of man and seeks to show that the reason wh,v certain men are saved while others are lost is to be found in man's own free decision or in his conduct or in his cooperation is dis- Book Review. - mteratut. 717 tinguished from the papistical doctrine of justification only as to its terminology" ? We do not know of any class of men that would not be benefited by the attentive study of this classical presentation of the Lutheran doctrine. We know of course that it will not get the world-wide circulation which it deserves. But if things take their proper course, it will be studied by a very great number of Lutheran pastors and teachers and by many Lu- theran laymen. - Lest we be accused of indulging in extravagant praise, we submit the last sentence of the review that appeared in the Kirchen- blatt (American Lutheran Church). Not only the body of the statement, but also the introductory clause carries high praise: "Uebersieht man die missourische Einstellung, so hat man an diesem Buche eine we1-tvolle Sarnmlnng von gut aufgebauten und scharf dUd'chdachten Reden ueber Zentralwahrheiten des Ohristentums." TH. ENGELDER. !martin 2ut~er. lUusiletllii~{te m5ede. I5djdften, ~tebigten, ,3eugniffe fUr bie @emeinbe bon ~eute Dargeboten unb betbo!metfcl)t. 18anb V: l5cf)tiften But ~tuillegung neuteitamentlidjet 6tUue. 1932. ~a!tuer meteinsbud)~anb" lung, Eituttgart. 429 EieHen 5X7%. ~einen. RM.5. SDas neuettuacf)te :;'lnteteffe an )]ut~ets Eidjriften in 'Ileutfc!)!anb ~1ift n.! ~idjt nut finb in ben lettnl :Ja~qe~nten bide ausgcaeidjnctc :ffionograpi)inl, 2uH)erftubien unt 18iogta~!;ien eridjienen, \onoetn es werDen aUd) bide 6cf)tiften bes ffieformators neu aufgelegt, ref1J. in moberner j'fafjung bargeooten. \Jetteres gUt bon bet neuen ~ajwet 5.lutgerausgabe, bie in fed)s munnen bie bebeutcnbften \Sd)riften )]ut~ers au bringen gebenft. 'Iler borliegcnbe 180nb ent~iilt IJut~et!l man-eben aum lJleuen ::teftament, feine lUuslegung bes !ffiagniprats unb feine ~lus" {egung bes (\Ja(atetbriefes (151!J). i'tber bas ganBe mue!) ll1irb fid) bet luH)erifd)e ::t~eolog nur bon &';)eqen frellen, tto~bem bie &';)etausgeber notgebrungcn mandje ~eHe etluas aofiiqen mullten. (!;S tuill uns auel) fd)einen, aHl ~abe nie ~Jloberni< fjetung bon IJut~ed; 'Ileutfd) ber lIDue!)t feinet Ei~tac~e ettllas IUbbrucl) getan. IUlle l>tei::teile bes 18ud)es finb bon ungemeinet lIDid)tigfeit fUt bas merftiinbniS ber Eid)riftlel)te, IDie fie ~utlJcr botgetragen I)at. 'Ilie bdanntc Ilaffifel)c ~in(eitung IJut~ets 3um ffiiimerbrief pnbct fid) ~ier unberfiiqt. lIDas bie IUnmerTungen bet Sjetausgebet oner bes fficbllfteurs Bum @alaterbricf anlangt, f 0 fiinnen luit nidjt aUem aUftimmen. lUud) bie i'tbcrfd)tiften bet ~aragra1J~en finn nid)t immer gan3 autreffenn. ;;sn Mefer &';)inficl)t gefiill! uns nie ~(usgabe bet @a!atetauslegun\J IJutl)ets bom :;'laf)te 1925 (lefler. IUber jeber ~aftor luitn fUr &';)eq unb Illmt fo bie! bon nem Eitubium biefes mudjes gell1ill11en, ball er es luo~1 nes iifteren lefen tui.b. ~. ~. ~ ret man n. A History of Christian Thought. By Arthur Ou,shrnnn McGiffert. Vol. II: The West, f1"Om Tert'1lllian to Erasmus. 420 pages, 5% X 8. Charles Scribner's, New York. Price, $3.00. In this second volume of his masterful work Dr. McGiffert surveys the life and writings of the following men: Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine, Pelagius, Gregory I, John Scotus Erigena, Anselm, Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis of Assisi, Hugo of St. Victor, PE'ter Lombard, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, ,Villiam of Occam, Eckhart, and Erasmus; and devotes separate chapters to the scholastic teaching on the Sacraments and to the Church and Papacy. The author's method of giving each man's 718 Book Review. - ~iteratut. life's story before taking up his te'achings and his use of a clear and trenchant English adds matmially to the reader's enjoyment of the book. The fact that he quotes extensively from the writings of his subject makes it possible to judge the authors own conclusions, with which the reader will not always find himself in full agreement. There is appended a bibliography of fourteen pages, covering reference books for the various chapters, and also a very usable index. W. G. POLACK. His Life and Ours. By Leslie D. Weatherhead, Author of Jes1ls and Our- selves and The Tmnstm'ming ]J'riendship. The Abingdon Press, New York. 361 pages, 51j2 X 7 %,. Price, $2.00. In a note the publishers of this book say: "This book brings to the surface wealth from the unfathomable mines of the life of Jesus, so as to enrich the poverty·stricken lives that most of us live." We quote these words because they clearly delineate the purpose of this volume. Why the author should write a book like this is largely explained by his own rich and varied life. During the World vVar he served as lieutenant in the Indian army, then as political officer among the Arab tribes, and later as chaplain to various units of the British army. After the war he 'm'''~8 pastor of the English Church at Madras, lmlia, and he is now minister of one of the largest 'Vesleyan churches in Great Britain. These varied con- tacts have moved him to an effort to bring Christ neRrer to the groping, searching groups in the present-day, far·from-Goel world. The eighteen chapters of the book contain much apologetic, devotional, and evangelistic material, but do not move along the lines of orthodox Christian thought. The great Christian truths of salvation are usually vp,ry much obscured by that haziness of expression which characterizes modern mediating Angli- canism and ~Iethodism. The writer's trumpet does not give a clear sound on practically any of the fundamental truths on which traditional Chris- tianity has spoken so clearly. This basic fault will bar the book from confessional Christian circles. J. T. MUELLER. ilieliete bet fSiiter. 0;ine ~usma~l aus bem @ebetiJfcfJat bet stitcfJe. i\'iit bie @egenmart ~era1tsgegeben bon D t t 0 5D i e t unb @ e 0 r g f.! e ( big. {gtfte meHle, \Sanb 1. IDie (\;uangefienfoUerten bes m e i t ID i e t r i cfJ , l)erausgegeben bon D t t 0 ID i e t. f.!. @. WaUmannemedag in l3eijl3ig. 112 5eiten 7X9. ~tciiJ: M.4; gebunben: M.6. ~u\3er l3ut!jet !jat meit IDiettictj, betanntlid) l3ut1)crs ~ifcfJgenoffe unb \See gleitet nactj l]1arvutg 1529 unb .!touutg 1530, jpiiter ~rebiger an bel' 5t. 5eba!buile titcfJe in Ifltitnberg, bie @ebetslitetatur beil fecfJ3el)nten :;Sa!jtlJunbedil am nad}e !)altigften beeinfCuflt. <1t mat niictjft bem ffieformatot jelbft ruo!)! ber ~itutg felner ,{3eit. IDies ruat mit fcl)on befannt; abel' erft aus biefcm \SucfJe !jabe icfJ edannt, ruie ttcfffictj er es berjtal1b, in !ajlibaret .Riir3e unb im tid)tigen 1iturgtfcfJen :tenor ben :;Sn~aft ber firctjlie!)en 0;bangeHenjletitojlen 3ujammen3ufajfen unb Detenb \JOt bie 0emeinbe au bringen. IDail ift lnh:lHcfJ objettib HturgifcfJe 5tJtad)e, unb jeber fann fie!) aus unietet eigenen ~genbe babon iiber3eugen, menn er bie tut3e, ge· rua1tige .!tDUette am ~age bel' f.!imme1fa~rt (£lJtifti aufmerfjam lieft, Die bort ruiebergegeoen ift unb mit ben Woden oeginnt: 1I.ld0;tr :;S~ju (£~dfte, bu @3o~n beil ~1f(er~BcfJften, bet bu fortan nictjt me~r aUf 0;rben arm unb elenb hijt." 50 Book Review. - l3itetutur. 719 if I tS tin betllienft!idjes Wed, bas Ijiet barge ooten tuitI> unb bag flit ieben (6onn" unD ueftiag einfd}Iieflridj ber ~lvofteTtage eine .IMfefte bringt. SDaliei ift bag ~udj crud) fd)on in bcfonbcren groBen, d)crrattetiftifd)en %\Jven flit ben firdj1idjen @e' liraud) gebtllfrt. 9JIit meer)t ift bas ~udj ~crnf ~!tl)crus bem 5iiHeren gettliilmet, bet fid) geratic bmd) feinc tyorief)ll1lgen libet bie @ebets!iterutut ber \~Uten groae merbienftc etttloroen J)llt. Wir fefjen bet \:)'ottfetung Diefer 5ammlung mit bier :;Snteteffe entgcgen. 'illir fjaucn baneben gcregt ein bot eiuigen :;Saljren in bet futfjctifdjen H'irel)c un[n§ \!anbes etfd)ienenes @ebet/md): "01'crnus: Collects, Devotions, Li,tan ies, from Llncient and Modern Sources. Edited by Paul Zeller Strodach, D. D., with a foreword by the Rev. H. E. Jacobs, D. D., LL. D.", nnb (Jauen bei Oem iJielen @uten, bas auel) Diefes lettgenannte ~uel) ent, 1) ii It, bod)' aud) ttlieber ben Unterfel)ieb gemerft. &:lier ~nlcljnung auel) an tiimifd)' tatl)olifdje @elietc, luie g!eid) aUf ber 3ttleiten 5eite ein @ebet mit ber ~nrebe: "0 sacred heart of Jesus", bort bei meit SDiettid) cdjte liilififd),!utljerifd)e @ebets" 1+lt ad) L 53, ~ it r b ri n g e r. Our Movie-Made Children. By Henry Jarnes F01'man. The Macmillan Co., New York. 288 pages, 5'4X7%. Price, $2.50. This book is not written by a conservative Lutheran, but is a publica- tion resulting from the work of the Payne :Fund and its Committee on Edu- cational Res,cal'ch. The committee has dispassionately alld objectively studizd the modern American movie (and talkie), and the author presents the re- sult of these studies uncleI' chapter headings like the following: The Scope of Motion-pictures; Who Goes to the Movies?; What Do They See?; How Much Do They Remember?; Movies and Sleep; Other Physical Effects; Horror and Fright Pictures; Movies and Conduct; The Path to Delinquency; Movie -made Crimill;,ls; Sex Delinquency and Crime, ancl others. The charges, on the whole, are of a nature to make the readcr shudder. Moving pictures, in themselves a remarkable opportunity for educational endeavor of thc very highest kind, have been desecrated and prostituted until they now, in general, serve the lowest instincts of man. The study of the com- mittee shows, among other things, that the weekly movie audience in America numbers 77,000,000, of which number one-seventh consists of chil- dren under fourteen years of age. The author quotes from the findings of Dr. Edg1I'e RuhBcriher" getting three or more of our periodicals and considering onr Inrg-fl ag'~rpgate SUbscription list, it may readily he SflPn that it amoUllts to qllitP n Hum dUJing a year; for the postmaster will field!'ess a notification to each individlJ:l] [""'ind- ica!. Our subscribers can lic'lp ns by notifying IlS - one l10tificatinll (postal card, costing only 1 cent) will take care of the addresses for several puhlications. We shall be very grateful for your cooperation. CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HO[1SE. ~t. LOllis, 1\10, Kindly conRnlt the address label on this paper tn ascertain ,\'hplh,'1' ynur subscription has expired or will soon expire. "Sept 33" on the lahel means that your snbSI'ription has expired. Please pay your agent or the Puhlisher prolllptly in order to avoid interruption of serviee, It tnlrps About t\YO Wf'Pllica tion (lesiredl and exact name and address (botb old and new, if cllang'p of addreR8 i" '·Pq'H'sted). 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