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MAGAZIN PUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK
THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY
Vol. VI August, 1.935 No.8
CONTENTS.
Page
The Enhypostasia of Christ's Human Nature. Walter Albrecht 561
Kle.ine Studien aus dem Galaterbrief. L. Fuerbringer • . • • • • •• 580
Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria.
P. E. Kretzmann • • • • • • • • •• 592
Die kirchlichen Vorgaenge in Deutschland, lutherisch ge·
sehen. w. Oesch. • • • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • . . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • •• 594
Dispositionen ueber die altkirchliche Evangelienrejhe.... 600
Miscellanea ................................ . ........ 609
Theological Observer. - Kirchlich·Zeitge.schichtliches. . . .. 616
Book Review. - Literatur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 631
Ein Prediger muss nleht aUein tDeida>,
also dais er die Schafe lIDterwelse, wie
ole rechte ObrIsten soUen sein, Bondem
aueh daneben den Woe\fen tDBhret>, da ...
ole die Schafe nicht angrelfen und mit
falscher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum e\n.
fuehren. - Lul"er.
F. 1st kein Ding, daI die Leute mehr
bel der Klrche behae\t denn die gute
P redlgt. - ~pololli., ~r'. 24.
If the trumpet give an uncertain BOund,
who shall pr~are h1m.eelf to the battle t
J Cor. 14, 8.
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CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, st. Louis, Mo.
Book Review. - £iteratut. 631
Book Review. - £HCtlltUt.
Biblical Backgrounds. A Geographical Survey of Bible Lands in the
Light of the Scriptures and Recent Research. By J. McKee Adams,
Ph. D., Professor of Biblical Introduction in the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky. Broadman Press, Nashville,
Tenn. 482 pages, 7X9. Price, $3.75. Order through Concordia Pub-
lishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
All students of the Bible have reasons to be grateful for this volume
on the geographical, historical, and archeological backgrounds of thc Bible.
The monumental work by Principal George Adam Smith, The Historical
Geog1'aphy of the Holy Land, is rather expensive and is no longer up to
date in all particulars, and the latter statement applies also, in a measure,-
to Knight's fine volume Nile and Jordan, while the smaller volume by
W. W. Smith, Historioal Geography of the Holy Land, excellent as it is for
the beginner, does not suffice for advanced work. And even if one has
the other volumes on his shelves, he will want to add this latest volume
in the field. Based on sound scholarship as it is, which makes use of the
latest archeological researches, it presents all the necessary information
on every part of Palestine, with the historical background furnishing the
foil of interest which makes the entire book very interesting reading. The
25 line maps and 98 excellent half-tones which are included in the text
give the student a very good idea of the countries and cities which he is
studying. In this book the geography of the Bible is actually alive. The
references furnish bibliographical material which satisfies even the most
painstaking study. Pastors will read the book with profit; they will use
it to good advantage in sermons, lectures, and Bible classes; and they will
consult it as a reference work of the first rank. P. E. KRETzMANN.
His Book. By Norman B. Harrison, D. D. The Bible Institute Colportage
Association, Chicago. 109 pages, 514 X 7%,. Price, 75 cts.
The author's purpose in presenting this book is stated by him in the
following words: "How could the Creator tell us any more plainly than
He has that He is a God of exactness, of order, of proportion, of numerical
accuracy of arrangement? The student who finds numerics everywhere
evident in the book of nature should be prepared to find an arrangement
equally orderly in the Book of revelation. While he will guard against
extremes in the matter, yet he will never be surprised when such arrange-
ment and accuracies spring anew from the sacred page; rather, he win
incline to believe that very much of orderly method and planning, wholly
beyond the purpose of the human writers, lies hidden from his dull powers-
of perception. The purpose we have set for ourselves in this forthcoming-
series of studies is to single out certain meaty sections of God's Word, suclh
as Genesis 1, the Book of Genesis, the church epistles, the Revelation, to--
gether with such essential features as the Tabernacle, feasts of the Lord,.
parables of the Kingdom, letters to the churches, and to study them through.,
the medium of the structural mold into which they all have evidently heeTh
pressed." Dr. Harrison's book makes interesting reading. While we are
632 Book Review. - 53iteto:tut.
convinced that there is more structural design in the Bible than even the
average theologian is aware of, we believe that Dr. Harrison, in an attempt
to find this design, has nevertheless gone to extremes. Certainly he has
done so in his interpretation. He gives to the parables of Matt. 13 a mean-
ing which ignores their parabolic content. He says, for instance, p.73,
that in the parable of the Mustard-seed, the mustard-tree signifies man's
substitute for the purc Gospel of salvation. The parable does not say that.
The Lord compares the kingdom of heaven to a mustard-seed, which grows
to the greatest among herbs, the point of comparison being the large growth
of the very small mustard-seed. In the parable of the Leayen Dr. Harrison
makes the woman with her leaven stand for the introduction into the
Church of something foreign to the Gospel, saying that the word woman
is "used here, as often in Scriptures, in the bad ethical sense." But in this
parable the woman, inasmuch as she is a woman, does not come into con-
sideration at all; it is rather the leavening power which introduces the
point of comparison, that leavening power in the Church being the Gospel.
Dr. Harrison's method of Scripture interpretation makes of the Scriptures
a waxen nose, which one can turn and twist at will. He has made a mold
of his own into which he presses Scripture. This is also seen from his
identification of Hagar, the bondwoman, spoken of in the Epistle to the
Galatians, with the woman in the parable of the Leaven, p.87. He also
presses the entire life of Joseph into a symbolic portraiture of Christ's
humiliation and exaltation, p. 33. The fact that what Dr. Harrison says
may not be contrary to any doctrine of Scripture does not make his exegesis
correct.
Dr. Harrison also teaches the millennium, "this longed-for golden age
of the world's history," saying: "From all nature the curse will be lifted,
while among men righteousness and peace shall prevail. What was typified
in the double days of Genesis [italics our own] is thus to be realized in this
twofold blessing."
May these few examples suffice. We regret that men who still in these
days of wickedness and indifferentism and apostasy stand for the Bible
doctrine of the atonement ignore the plain words of Scripture in fnvor of
their own fanciful interpretations. J. H. C. FRITZ.
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betbeutfdJt miteiner furagcfa)lten ~infii~tung in bus ~etftiinbn1S bet
6t1mmfcf)eibung bon D. Dr. :;'S 0 ~ ann e s :;'S ere m i·o: S. ~erlag bon
@uftab @iint~et, &jmn\iut in 6adJfen. 1934. 98 6eiten 6X9. ~teis:
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Sl::rot bet 6dJwietigfeiten, bie gewoljnlid)e 6tetbUdJe jebesmo:l bot fidJ fel)en,
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@eoiet, hie ben lSiicf)crn bes 9leuen Sl::eftament§ il)ten O:j:loftoHfd)cn (If)ataftcr bin~
hi5ieren foff, riiftig fott. ~on ben bicr 6timmcn, hie ,er im :;'Sof)o:nnescban\lelium
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fteUungen gefommen ift. 60 f)aoen wir in ~a.p. 1, 18 Bum lSeif.piel hie 6timme
bes ~resol)tcrs, bct bott etwas bonmnbteas @eljottes mitteHt, bon ~. 19 bis 24
Book Review. - £iteratut. 633
1jingegen bie iEtimme bes ~tesb~tets aiS Wlitbetid)tetftatted, in ll1. 27 ein lIDott
bes ~~ofteg ~o~annes, in ll1. 28 wiebet ein lIDott bes ~tesb~tets ag !Berld)b
etftatters. ~te ~inreitung mad)t ben ~etoifcJjen ll1erfud), bie fd)aUanaI~tifd) Un"
{JebHbeten in bie @e~eimniffe biefet Wlet~obe ein3uwei~en. lIDer glaubt, bat i~m
fUr iEtubien biefet ~rt @ef.d)id eignet, foUte jld) biefes !Bud) anfd)affen. ~urd)
ben ~tud tlJerben bie berfd)iebenen iEtimmen fenntlid) gemad)t. ~us obigem ge~t
~erbOt, ban bet )l3etfaffet meint, nicr,t bet ~~ofteI ~o~annes, fonbem ber foge"
nannte ~tesb~ter ~o~annes, ben bebeutenbe @eIe~tte wie 8a~n aUerbings nid)t
aIs ~iftotifd) anetfennen, fei bet fd)lietlid)e ll1etfaffet bes bierten ~bangefiums.
0:r tebet bon i~m alS utebaftot unb Wlitbetid)tetftattet. ~s ift bas eine ~n"
f d)auung, bie wit nid)t teHen tannen, freUid) nid)t nus f d)aUanaI~tif d)en, f onbetn
(IUS ~iftotifd)en @tUnben.lID. ~ r n b t.
The Vital Challenge of Biblical Certitude. By O. W. HaZe Amos, D. D.
Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd., London-Edinburgh. American Agent:
Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Mich. 274 pages,
5"hXS%. Price, $2.50. Order through Concordia Publishing House,
St. Louis, Mo.
An Anglican scholar, a graduate of Cambridge, discusses the modern
attacks on the Bible and examines these from the standpoint of history,
archeology, and science. Regarding the doctrine of creation he holds:
"While we accept all that science establishes on the subject of creation,
we accept all that God says, and simply because He does say it. When
my reason, having verified the credentials of revelation, is convinced that
God speaks and my reason is perfectly satisfied on that point, then faith
accepts all that He says, and for the sole and simple reason that He does
say it" (p. 90). Dr. Amos's reading has been wide and careful, and from it
he draws much information upon the creation record. The apostolic teach-
ing to him is "a sound delivery of doctrine, an unchangeable deposit, which
cannot be touched or influenced by human philosophies" (p. 13). There is
much apt quotation from modern thinkers, as when Professor McDougall
is cited on materialism: "Materialism in the literal sense has gone never
to return, but science still renders an account of man and the universe
which, if not positively hostile, is yet adverse to every form of religion,
however broadly defined, and obstructive to every form of moral effort"
(p. a4). Or Huxley on miracles: "Atheism is as absurd, logically speaking,
as polytheism. . .. Denying the possibility of miracles seems to be quite
as unjustifiable as speculative atheism." Spectator, February 10, lS66
(p. 73) . The student of the first chapter in Genesis will find much in this
volume to strengthen the conviction that modern science has lost its atti-
tude of cock-sureness regarding the origin of things. TH. GRAEBNER.
God. A Cosmic Philosophy of Religion. By J ann EZot Roodin. Mac-
Millan. 240 pages, 5lh XS14. Price, $2.00.
Another milestone in the retreat of modern science from the mechan-
istic conception of the universe. Prof. Boodin in this volume makes an
attempt to substitute an idealistic world-view for the materialism that
ruled the physical sciences until 1900 and that has been laid into ruins
by the research into the constitution of the atom and of the cell. At the
same time he intends to make clear to himself what God means to us;
634 Book Review. - ~iterntur.
and let it be noted that Boodin has for his conception of God only "the
result of a long trial-and-error process," in other words, he discards
revelation at the outset (p_ 26). The departure from the classical or
mechanical world-view is indicated by his confession that the world can-
not be accounted for "on the probability of mere chance" (p_ 57). Instead,
the fundamental unity of matter throughout the universe indicates a "cos-
mic control" (p. 91). Especially "the creative intelligence of man could
not have been brought about by nature's routine" (p. 117) . So far good.
But when Boodin essays to define his belief in God, he becomes exceed-
ingly vague. For his knowledge of the Supreme Being he depends upon
"rare moments when the divine comes to us as a beatific vision" (p. 44) .
We have read the book carefully, but fail to discover whether "the divine
genius of nature" (p. 119) is a reality different from the universe;
whether it is actually to be identified with space, or is a union of space
and time (p. 149 f.); or whether God to the author is intelligence, will,
personality. As for the doctrines of historic Christianity, - Creation, the
Incarnation, the Atonement, - the book is throughout decidedly, out-
spokenly negative. Its value consists not in what it has to offer by way of
a cosmic philosophy, but in its disavowal of the materialism which, until
so recently, was dominating all science. THEODORE GRAEBNER.
';!let: juugt 2utijer nub lHuguftiu. :;S~te lBeaie~uugen in bet ftted)tfettigungsle~te
nnd) ~ut~ets etften modefnngen 1509-1518. I. ~eil (1934): ~et 5en~
tentiar bon 1509/10 nnb ~!;eget bet ~falmen bon 1513-15 in feinem
mer~aItng au muguftin. II. ~eil (1935): ~et ~!;eget bes utiimerbtiefs
1515/16, beil @alatetlitiefil 1516/17 unb beil .i;)ebtCietbtiefil 1517/18 in
feinem met~aftniil au muguftin. mon Lic. m b 0 1 f .i;) am e 1. metIag
~. lBettelilmann, @UtetSlo~. I. :tell: 349 5eiten 6 X 9. ~teiil, fattoniett:
M.13.30. II. ~eil: 159 5etten 6X9. ~teiil, fattoniett: M. 6.80; ge~
bunben: M. 8.50.
'!IDer fo gtUnbHd), lllie .i;)amel eil getan ~at, bie 5d;tiften ~ut~ets unb mugu~
ftin§! ftubiert, fo genau betgleid)t, fo fotgfCiltig jebes!IDod ablllCigt (bet erfte ~tll
ent~Ci1t a. 18. ein utegiftet, bas 123 5eiten umfatt unb aUe !8etU~tungen ~ut~ets
mit muguftin betmetft, fOlueit bet merfaffet fie feftftelItn lonnte), luitb babon
reid)en 5egen ~aben. Unb luer an bet .i;)anb biefer beiben !8Ud)et fid) anfi! neue
fagen latt, llliebiel ~ut~et muguftin betbanit unb lule lueiter Uber muguftin
~inaui!gegangen ift, bet lllirb um fo brUnftiger bie @nabe unb !IDeg~eit @ottei!
in bet ,8ubeteitung ~ut~etil 3um !lteformatot bet .Ritd)e .pteifen; et lllitb bann
aUd) eifriger bas ftubieten, luail ~ut~et Ubet bie ute,d)tfettigungsle~te uns au fagen
~at. - ~ut~er ~at butd) @ottes @nabe fleitig muguftin ftubiett unb bier bon i~m
gelernt. .i;)amel aitied (II, 5. 2) lJ.neland)t~onil !IDOtt: "Omnia Augustini monu-
menta et saepe legerat et optime meminerat." (mg1. 5t. £. m., XIV, 462:
,,~ama1il fing ~ut~et aUd) an, bie lBUd)er bes muguftinUi! 3U lefen, lllo et in bet
mUi!legung bet ~falmen unb in bem lBud)e ,mom @eift unb !8ud;ftaben' biele beut~
lid)e mU!!f.ptUd)e fanb, lueld)e biefe ~e~te. bom @lnuben beftatigten. ~od; liet et
bie 5entena·enfd)teibet nid)t gana liegen ... , ·mbet aUe !IDetfe be§! muguftinus
~atte et oft gelefen unb fe~t gut in!! @ebCic(jtni§! ge.ptCigV) !IDiebiel ~ut~et bem
muguftin au b·etbanfen ~atte, f agt et fe1bft in bet befannten 5teUe, aUf bie aUd)
.i;)amel betlueift (II, 5. 8): ,,\5.0 ift mit biefe 5teUe be!! ~auluil in ber ~at bie
~fotte bes ~atabiefeil geluefen. 5.pCiter lail id; beil muguftinuil 5d)tift ,mom @eifi
Book Review. - ~itetatut. 63!}
unb bom iSud)ftaben', lDo id) lDiner mein ~tlDarten barauf ftiet, bat er aud) bie
®ered)tigfeU ®ottes in gleid)crlfieif,e auslegt bon bet ®erec1jtigfeit, mit bet ®ott
uns beUeibet, inbem et uns gerecl)t mac1jt." (5t.~. ~., XIV, 448.) lfiare ~ut~et
aber bei ~uguftin fte~engellIieben, fo lDate es nid)t aur lReformation bet .lhrc1je
gefommen. ~uguftins ffied)tfettigungsle~te leibet an f d)lDmn I))lCingeln. £Jut~er
btlldt bies in aatter lfieife aus, lDenn er au llbigem ~iU3ufett: "Unb luielDo~t
bies noc1j unbDllfDmmen gctehet ift unb nid)! ClUes beuHic1j ausbtilcft, tuas bie ,3u~
red)nung bettiflt, fo geftel es mit bod), bali bie ®aec1jtigieit ®ottes gele~rt toerbe,
bmd) lDefc1je inir gerec1jt gemad)t lDerben." SDeutlid)er, aus cinet SDjgllutation bom
~a~re 1536: IIl))leland)t~Dn: ,~uguftin rebet fo, bat lDit bafilt ~alten milffen, lDir
feien geted)t butd) ben ®lauben, bas ift, butd) unfete ~tneuerung. lfienn bas
lua~r ift, fo finb lDit gerec1jt nicf)t aUeln aus bem ®lauben, fonbetn burcf) alle
®allen unb st:ugenben; bas ift gelDit bielJJleinung bes ~lugujtinus. Unb ~ieraus
ift "bie ®nabe, bie ba angen(1)m mac1jt" [gratia gratum facicl1s], ber 5Cl)olaftiter
~ergefommen. ~~t [£Jut~et] aber, ~altet ~~t nun bafilr, ball ber I))lenfd) geted)t
fei butcf) jene ~tncuerung, luie ~uguftinus, ober bieIme~t butd) bie ®eted)tigfeit,
lDeld)e uns umfonft 3ugmd)net lDirb, unb hurd) ben ®fauben, bas ift, bie ,3uber~
flel)t, lDelel)e aus bem lfiort cntfllringt?' £Jutl)cr: ,SDas ift meine I))leinung, unb
babon bin iel) aUfs feftefte iiber3cugt uno gcluit, bat bies bie lDa~re illleinung bes
~bangefiums unb bet ~lloftel ift, bat lDit bot ®ott gercel)t flnb aUein butd) i'lu~
red)nung ber ®ered)tigfeit, umfonft [imputatiol1e gratuita].' II (5i. £J. ~., XXII,
16. 449.) .\;lamer lDeift nun nad), "hall £Jut~er 3luat in het morarbeit fUr hie
~ntbedung bes reformatotifcl)en 5inne5 ber iustitia bon friten ~uguftinil be~
beutfame iYorberung erfal)rcn [)at, bat er abet biefe ~tfenntnis [etHiel) unabo<
~iingig bon ~uguftin geiuonnen 9aven mut" (II, 5. 4). ~uguftin le~tte bie fana~
tibe ®ereel)tmad)ung, cine ffied)tfertigung, bie i~t lfiefen in ber I))litteilung fittlicger
oIttafte ~at (lDelel)e I))litteilung -cntgcgen bem ~elagianiSmus - ein teines ®na~
bengefc1jent ift); jn ~uguftin ging fonberlJaterlDeife fo iueit, bat er bitfer bon
®ott gelDirfien .\;leHigung ein lBerbienft 3ufcfJrieb. lfial)renb £Jut~er nun in ben
bef.1Jroel)enen 5dfriften biefem ~tttum ~uguftins niel)t folgte, trotbem et bas
!illort "merbienft" ofters aus ~uguftin mit ~eriloernimmt (I, 138 fl.; 186 ff.), fo
~at et anfCinglid), bie auguftinifel)e £Je~re bon ber fonatiben ffieel)tfettigung bor~
getragen, bie fficcf)tfertigung ben ,+\r03et ber .i;Jciligung umfaffen laffen (I, 118. 121.
205). "SDie 'll'tage, Db, lDonn unb in lDelel)er iYorm £JutlJeril neue ~rtenntnis bon
bet @lereel)tigteit in ber lllfaImenborIefung fiel) fin bet, ift nid)t ®egenftanb biefer
UnterfucfJung ll (I, 161). ~ber nun oegegnen lDil: in ber ffiilmerbtiefborlefung ber
im.1Jutatiben ffied)tfert1gung. S)a ~eitt eS: "Iusti, quia credul1t in Christum,
cuius iustitia eos tegit et eis imputatur" (II, 86. 93). "lfiit bemetfen, lDie~
Ineit bet feiner boUen S'doI)c unb ffieife fic!) nCi~etnbe £Jutr)et in einem fo toicI)tigen
SScgrifl lDie bem ®lauben anbere iSal)nen einfc1jlagtalS ~uguftin" (II, 154). !iller
btn S'daulltartUel betel)tiftIiel)en ffieligion lennt unb fieM, luito ben lfietbegang
bes ffieformaiors, bie lfiege, aUf benen ®ott i~n 3Ut ~tfenntniS bes S'daU.1J±attHelS
fiil)tte, mit lJiid)ftem ~ntereffe unb innigem SDanf gegen ®ott berfolgen. ~t lDitb
barum aud)' biefe beiben 5el)riften mit ~ntereffe unb ~uten 1efen. SDer metfaffer
~at in ber st:at ge3eigt, lDie es am 5c!)lulfe ~cint, "wie ~utlJets tefnrmatntifd)e
~uffaffung bon ber ffied)tfettigung fiel) in einem flar fnttfd)reitenben lllt03en ent~
lDiaelte", "lDie et lefoft ~uguftin unb in i~m ben ~at~oliaismus fd)on in biefen
~'a~ren beslfietbenll bill 3um erjten oflenen .!tonflHt ilberlDunben ~at, babei abet
aud) bie lfiege bes anti.1Jelagianifel)en ~ugllftin iU ~nbe gegangen if til (II, 158 f.).
::t~. ~ n gel b e r.
600 Book Review. - \litetatur.
The Soul's Sincere Desire. By Glenn Ola1"k. Little, Browu, and Com-
pany. 114 pages, 8X51k Price, $1.00.
This is a reprint of an article which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly
of August, 1924, and has since been reissued in book form, of which the
present edition is the 12th impression. The author says: "This much
I can say from my use of it in my classes, that if anything proportionately
equal to the effect upon a few can be expected from the many, some
great - I might add, marvelous - effects will follow its being read by
the readers of the Atlantic Monthly." The author claims that the art
of rraying in the manner of Jesus, whose every prayer was answered, has
been lost, and rediscovered by himself. Jesus spoke in parables, i. e., " Jesus
looked at Reality through the lens of the divine imagination" (p. 23) .
"He looked right straight through them [the facts of life] into the under-
lying Reality of which they were the mere counterfeits or reflections. This
is what the parabolic point of view consists of. He looked steadily at
the dead girl until He could utter with absolute conviction, based upon
perfectly clear understanding, this startling parable: 'The maid is not
dead, but sleepeth.' He looked through the palsied sufferer until He could
pronounce with conviction another parable, 'Thy sins are forgiven thee.'
For to Jesus a parable meant simply the going back behind the fact to
the Reality that the fact represents" (p. 27) . Surely, it is a sign of the
times that this pantheistic mysticism, replete with illogical conclusions
and deductions, is so popular in our day that a book of this nature still
retains its popularity ten years after its pUblication. THEO. LAETSOH.
WltB f)eifjt futf)ctifdj? mon &'d e t m·a n n 0 a f fe. 0:~t.~.Raifet,metlag,I)Jliin'
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in bie @tunbvegtiffe, bie mit bet lut~etifc!)en iltefotmation au betbinDen finb. ~s
finben ficl) Ubet biefe ~tagtn biele ungenaue unb betfc!)tvommene Wieinungen, audj
in fogenannten lut~etifcl)en .Rttifcn, bafl tvit uns tviebet einmal batauf befinnen
faUten, um tvall es ficl) bei bieftt gonJm j}rage ~an'ocft. ,'9ieqn gibt bies laUcl)lcin
dne botttefflic!)e ~uleitung. miele @5teUen finb getabeau UlietroiHtigenb in t~tet
tpigtammatifcl)en .Rtaft, tvie 3. la.; ,,5:lie ebange1ifel)'lut~etifc!)e .Ritcl)e ift feine ~bee,
fie ift cine iltea1itCit. 0te ift nicl)t ftumm, fonbern fie tebet. 0ie tvCite ja uicl)t
~itc!)e, roenn fie nidjt 3eugniS aligelegt ~Citte unb nocl) fottbauetnb 3eu\lniS ab~
legte bon bem, tva!! fie ift, tvall fie getabe aucl) als 1 u t ~ e t if cl)e .Ritcl)e ift.·
(0.4.) ,,5:lie lut~etifcl)e .Ritcl)e ift ~eute in 5:leutfcl)fanb, menfdjlidj gefe~en unb
menfc!)1iel) gmbet, cine ftetlienbe .Ritcl)e." (0.6.) "mlenn bie ebangelifC!)'lut~etifel)e
.Ritc!)e in 5:leutfc!)lanb Ijeimatfos tvitb, tvmn fie im Wiuttetianb bet iltefotmation
augtunbegef)t, bann iit es @ott, bet &'d~tt bet @efcl)ic!)te, bet if)ten \leuc!)ter \Deg~
ftiiflt." (0.19.) "mlit ~altetl \lut~et tvitHidj fUt ben Iiebeutenbften Wienfcl)en,
bet aus bem beutfel)en mon ~etbotge\langen ift. mlit fteuen uns feinet @tiifle.
~lier tvit De~aupten, bafl bie lut~etifc!)e iltefotmation aus bet gtoflen !j}etfiinlic!)feit
bes mefotmatots niel)t aligeleitet tvetben fann in bem 0inn ettva, tvie bas \leDens~
tvetf @oet~esaus f einet !j}etfiinficl)feit abgeldtet tvetben lonnte." (13. 23.) II 5:lie
.Ritclje C£~tifti, Die e i n e ljeHige, fatljolifdje unb apofMifdje .Ritc~e, ift cine ml1rf~
Hcl)feit in bet mldt. ~rs .Ritdje @ottes, afS \leili C£~tifti, tft fie aroat unfetn ~u\len
tetbotgen, fo bafl tvi. i~ten laeftanb niemafS Ciufletlic!) feftfteUen fonnen. ~bet
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tuit Dutfen glauben, ball fie bott tuidHd) bot~anben fei, tuo hie ,Remt3eid)en bet
gitc~e, Me l)5rebigt bes [bangeTiums unb bie Gaftamente unfers ~[ttn ~(2;fu
(H)rifti bor~anben finb." (G. 50.) - (B tuate 3U hlunfcl)en, ban bie Gd)rift in aUen
gteifen bet lutr)etifd)en mrcIJc I(lmcrifas fleinig ftubiert tvutbe. ~ebet l)5aftor, be,
bie beutfclJe 6.ptad)e nod) einigctma\len be~etrfd)t, hlitb bon fold)em 6tubill111 ben
reid)ften @etuinn ~a!Jen. l)5. ~. ~ ret 111 ann.
Missionary Forward Endeavor in the Light of the Book of Acts.
By P1·of. Theodore Hoyer. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo.
44 pages. Price, 15 cts.
In this brochure Professor Hoyer discusses, on the basis of the Book
of Acts, a number of vital missionary topics, such as the divine Author,
the object, the agents, the motives, the means, the methods, the matcrial,
and the rcsults of mission-work. Originally the essay was read befOl'e the
Southern Illinois District Convention, but its great practical value prompted
Concordia Publishing House to put it on the general market for wider use
a,nd distribution. Here are eight important lectures on missionary work,
which ought to be brought to the knowledge of our people, both young and
old, interested and apathetic, for the more zealous prosecution by our
Church of that paramount work which our ascending Lord by His last
command made obligatory on us. The essay is the mature fruit of thorough,
painstaking research and deserves careful perusal by pastors and laymcn.
J. T. Mm;LLER.
The Borderland of Right and Wrong. An Essay on the Adiaphora,
based on Article X of the Formula of Concord and delivered at the
Texas District Convention of 1934. By P1·of. Theodore Graebner, D. D.
Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. 27 pages. Price, 10 cts.
This little brochure contains an essay so timely and practical that we
should like to see it in the hands of all our pastors, teachers, and illtcllig(~nt
laymen for thorough study and discussion - a treatise on Article X of the
Formula of Concord from the viewpoint of present-day problems and ques-
tions. We quote the chapter titles to indicate the rich and varied material
that is here offered: Adlaphora (a general introduction); I. Ceremonies;
II. Making a Sin of Indifferent Things; III. The Problem of the ~Weak
Brother; IV. Adiaphora Imply the Right of Difference of Opinion; V. The
Changing Nature of Acliaphora; VI. Things Indifferent May Lose Their
Indifferent Character; VII. The Wrongful Use of Rightful Things; VIII. No
Longer on the Borderland, bnt Inherently Sinfnl; the last chapter covering
such subjects as the Lodge and the Dance. Clear and deep thinking, sharp,
subtle distinctions, excellent illustrations, numerous quotations from synod-
ical and extrasynodical theological literature, thetical and antithetical ex-
position - all these matters are here ingeniously interwoven in the pro-
duction of a little theological masterpiece, which is as interesting as it is
instructive. We are sure that the treatment of such subjects as fundamen-
tals and non-fundamentals, the relation of adiaphora to church-fellowship,
and such details as the use of grape-juice in the Lord's Supper, liturgical
worship, bridge parties, parochial lines, - to mention only a few items,-
will cause many to restudy the entire field of adiaphora. Here is valuable
source material- or shall we say ErsatzmateriaL? - for conferences that
have exhausted the usual stock of topics. J. T. MUELLER.
1638 Book Review. - mterutur.
:Psychology and Life. By Leslie D. Weatherhead, formerly Lecturer in
Psychology fDr the Workers' EducatiDnal AssDciatiDn. The Abing-
don Press, 1935. 280 pages, 5X71;2. Price, $2.00. Order thrDugh
CDncDrdia Publishing HDuse, St. Louis, MD.
We can well understand the fact that this bDDk has received SDme very