arnurnr~tu IDl1rulngtrul ituut111y Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VI November, 1935 No. 11 CONTENTS Page The Evangelical Lutheran Church the True Visible Church on Earth. w. Arndt ••••••••••••••.. '.' •••••••••••••• 801 Der Pietismus. Theo. Hoyer ••.•.•..••.•....••••.•..••• , 816 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria. P. E. Kretzmann . . • • • • • • • •• 822 Die Vereinigte Lutherische Ki-rche und die Verbalinspira.- tion. J. T. Mueller •• . • • • . . • • • • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• 825 Bekenntnissynoden. w. Oesch. • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • •• 835 Dispositionen ueber die altkirchliche Evangelienreihe.... 848 Miscellanea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 858 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . .. 865 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 873 Ein Pretiiger muss ni~ltt nllein weiden, al~o dass er die Schafe unterwei. e, wic sie rechte Cbrlbten sollen ""in, :oltMrn auch daneben den Woelfen wehr n, el. sie die Schafe nieht angreiten und mit. fRlschar u,hre verfuehren und Irrtum aill fueh"n. - Luther. F i,t kein Ding. d,," die Leute meltr bd der K irch~ behaeJt denn die gute Preuigt. - Apologir. ir'. 9~. Jf the t rumpet gh'e an un. artaln llOund, who mall T'repare him 01 1 to the battle? 1 Oor . .q, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri. Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. I J Book Review. - £iterutur. 873 Book Review. - £itcratur. The Bible Book by Book. By J. B. Tidwell, A. ]}I., D. D., LL. D. Fifth edition, revised. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 233 pages, 5% X 8. Price, $1.50. Order through Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. The fact that this book is now appearing in the fifth edition is a cause for rejoicing, since it shows that a fairly large number of people are still clinging to the truth of the Bible. The author, Professor of Biblical Lit- erature at Baylor University, Waco, Tex., is evidently a believer in the truth of the Scriptures and its inspiration. Every book of the Bible is treated under approximately the same divisions: Name; Personal Element; Characteristics and Purpose; Analysis; For Study and Discussion. One cannot agree with the author in every detail, but his presentation is help- ful and stimulating throughout. If a pastor has used Drewes, Schaller, and Norlie (The Outlined Bible), he might find it worth while to use this book with his Sunday-school teachers or in a Bible class. The paragraphs on "Study and Discussion" are particularly valuable and will form ex- cellent topics for discussions in classes. P. E. KRETZMANN. Septuagint a, id est, Vetns Testamentum Graece, iuxta LXX Interpretes edidit Alfred Rahlfs. Eituttgart. ~tibUegierte llliiirttemoergifd)e !Bioef~ unftuIt. ,{linciliiinbige Eitubentenuusguoe. !Bunb I: Leges et Historiae. (®ene~s his 4 9J1arraoaer.) 1184 unb 48 Eieiten. !Bunb II: Libri Poetioi et Prophetici. (~jafmen oiS !Bci unb ilrud).e su !BubeL) 941 Eiciten 614 X 9%, !BioeIbtucr.)Ja.)Jiet, mof)Ieineneinbanb, lRiiden~ unb Eieitengofb~ titef, ®riinfcl)nitt. \'preis 5ujummen: RM.12. 0:inoanbige £ubusuusgahe: m:uf oejDllbers 3uhctcitetem, feillftem ©abet:n~iliinnbtud.)Ju.)Jier. '\daIo~ frunshunb, lRiidengolbWeI, gegliitteter i}arbfd)nitt: RM. 17. Sffiit tiefer !Belllegung guoe id) biefes lllietf, bas mit bet £eiter ber ~ribi~ iegietten llliiirttemoergijd)en !BilielanftuU, iliteftor m:. iliel)I, in fteunbIicf)et lllidfe liut sugegen Iuffen, aur ©unb genommen unb nager ge.)Jriift. ilet ©erau~geliet, \.prof. D. Dr. m:lfteb mugIf~, beffen ®eIegrtenIaufbugn id) feU :;5agrsegnten mit bier :;5nteteffe berfolgt gulie, ber lungjagtige £eiter bes groilen Eie.)Jtuagintaunter~ negmens ber ®iittinger ®efeUfd)uft ber llliiffenfd)uften, Illogl ber erfte Eie.)Jtuuginta~ ge!egtte bet ®egenlllurt, gatte gerube biefes lllied boUenbet, jein motlllor± ift am 1. m:.)JtH 1935 batiert, nud) Illenigen ~ugen fonnte ifJm nod) ba~ erfte fcrtige 0:bem~ .\JIur bes llliedes in bie ,\;:lanb geIegt inetben, unb fura bor ber moUenbung jeines ~eliaigften £eliensjalJtes ift et am 8. lll.)JtU in bie 0:llligfeit uogerufen Illotben. ~s Illiitbe gier SU incit fiifJren, bie ganse !Bebeutung biefes ®elegrten, bet tatfiid)Iicf) fein gun3es £eocn in ben ilienf± bet Eie.)Jtuagintafotfd)ung gefteUt gat, Su fdJiIbetn. 0:s geniige au fagen, bafl biefe ©unbausguoe bet Eieptuagintu liei Illeitemalles iilierttifft, Illas bisf)er auf bief em ®coiete geIeiftet Illorben ift. Unb baliei Illitb fie in muftergiiltiger ~Tusftattung SU cinem fo liilligen \.preis angelioten, bail man fid) nur berivunbetn unb bem merIagsf)aufe unb bet genannten ®efellfd)aft bet llliiffenfd)aften nut banfhat fein fann. ilie m:usgaoe tulit aUf ben brei lietiilimten lllettIJollften, urjpriingHd) bus game m:Ue unb 91eue ~eftument entguUenben !Biliel~ gunbfd)tiften B SA, bem Codex Vaticanus in ffiom, bem Codex Sinaiticus, ftiifJet in £eningrab, jett alier im !Britifcf)en Sffiufeum in £onbon, unb bem Codex 874 Book Review. - .l3itetatut. Alexandrinus, ebenfaUs in Bonbon. §)et ;rebt ift in fdliinen, Haren griedjifdjen 53ettern gebtudt. Untet bem ::rebt flnbet fid) bet triti[d)e mjlparat, mie il)n eben nur ein 0efeljtiet bon bet \Bebeutung \Raf)!fs' bieten tonnte. §)em etften \Banbe 1ft aUf adjtunbbieqig l6eitm aufler bem motll)ott dne 0efdjidjte bes l6ejltuaginta~ tebtes unb dne ~tWirung bet 8eid}en, unb 3mar nad) bem uniberf a!en ~{)arafter bet \Bioefmiffenfdjaft in Batein, ber aUgemeinen 0eIe!)rtenfptadje, in §)eutfdj, oI)ne bej[cn ~enntniS ein gtUnbliel)es t]jeofogifdjes 5tubium gerabe audj noel) in bet 0egenmatt nidjt miigfidj ift, unb in ~niJlifdj, ber berbreitetften 5pradje bet ®e!t. moa marum mad)en mit fo biele ®otte Ubet ein ®etf, bas nur eine aUe gricefJifdje lBi6eIiiberfc\jung l1ictet7 mudj ljicr fJiitten roit bieI 3U fagen, mUff en nns alier futa fallen. stlie .ITirdje ]jat immet ben stlienft gefd)ii\jt, ben bie l6ejl~ tUaginta bem j'forfdjer bes mUen ::reftaments feiftet. mUein burdj Die l6eptuaginta )oilien roit bie \B,ej)Cutungeiner m113aljf bon ®iittern, bie nUt cinma! im ]jebtiii~ fd)en ::re);t bodommen. :Die l6eptuaginta toat bet erlte unb mefte merfudj, bie SjeHige I6djrift in bas 0efiifl cinet ft.emben, gana anbers geatteten I6jltadje au giellcn, unb biefe 0jlrad)'e roar eo en bie I6jltad)e, bie 00tt nad) fetner ®eisljdt 3ut ®eftjptad)e gemadjt ]jat unb batum gum paff enbften ::rtiiger bes ~I)riften~ tum!!. :!lie l6ejltuaginta, fo fann man rooI)! fagen, mat ber etfte ®eftmifjionat unb ljat bie neuteftamentfid)e I6pracf)c borbeteitet. l6ie mutbe bie DueUe, aus bet mit betfcljminbenben l!Lu5nal)men aUe \Bibefiiberfetungen bet etften c1jtiftlid)en :;Saljtf)unbette geffoffen finb, einfdjfieflHd) ber !ateinifdjen jogencll1nten mufgata. l6ie ift aud) ber beutfd)en lBibefUbctieljung Blltl)ctil oll(lute \1erommeni bcnn roit mijien, ba~ ·lJ.J1efancljtljon immer 11tit ber 5ejltuaginta bemafinet in bie \Bibef~ fltungen tam. Unb eil tit eine aUgemein anedannte ::ratfad)c, bafl bide gtiedjifdje QhtsbtUde bes SJ1wen %eftamentsauf bet l6eptuaginta, ber lBiber, Die bann bie I)eiHgcn ~bangeHften unb m:jlofteI georaud)t unb aHiett l)aoen, tuI)en unb oI)ne I6tubium bet 5ejltuaginta ein erf cljiijlfenbes miff enfc9aftlidjes merftiinbniil mebet bes mlten nodj bes 91cuen stcftaments miigIidj ift. :;Sn ben neucjten ®otterbUdjem 3um IJ1men ::reftament, 11)ie ~remet~~iigef, unb namentfidj in bem umfaffenben ®iirtetoudj bDn 0erljarb ~ittelun\) anbem mitb batUm ber 5l50tgefdjicljte bet neu~ tejtamentfief)en \Begdffe in bet 6ejltuaginta ie1)r fotgfii{tig nad)gegangen. Unb meldje \Bebeutung bie I6cptuaginta oftet!! fUt bas metftiinbn1S unb fUr bie .l3iifung bon 5djroierigleiten bes lJebtiiifdjen ste);tes unb ber iI)m folgenbcn i'tbetfetungen l)at, ift in dnet \Bellmd)ung dnet anbcm I6cptuagintaonsgaoe im botigcn :;sal)te oefonber5 betunt morbcn. (0. T. M., 5, 729.) ~{oer mit mUffen audj nodj e1n ®Ott bet mnedennung bet met1agsbud)ljanb~ lung fagcn, bie nun iaI)taus, ia]jtein bie fd)iinften, beften unb biUigften \Biber, ausgaben aUf ben lJ.J1arrt bringt. ®it ctinnern nut an crbctI)atb lJ1eftles gtiedJi~ fdjes 91eues ::reftament, an \Ruboff ~ittels lJeliriiifdje \Bibef, benen jidj utaljlfs' 5e~tuaginta mUrbig anfdjHe~t. lJJ1tt boUem \Red)t ljat batum bte tf)eologifd)e j'fafuftiit bet Unibetjitiit ::rUliingen gan3 offl3ieU rin ;Dantesmott ,an ben mer~ maltungstat bicfer \Bibefanftalt geridjtet, bas in mUtDiger ®eife bie metbienfte bieier \lletfagsanftalt 3um musbrucf bringt unb bas tub: am Hebften bDUftiinnig 3ummbbtud brtngen modjten. ttntet3eid)net ift biefes .eljrenbe I6c1jteilien, bas butcf) bie beutfdjen ~itd)enbfiittet gegangen ift, bon bem §)efan bet tljeoTogifdjen iJaluftiit qltof. D. '\delm, bet im bergangenen ®intet Inmetifa befud)te unb an betfd)iebenen mnftaften in engIifdjet I6pradje mortriige I)ieft, beren dnen mit ge~ I)5rt uub mobei mir bie \Befanntfcf)aft biefes in bet 0egenmatt bie!genannten stf)co!ogen gemad)t 1)aben. - ®ir fiigen nod) l)in3U, baf) mir gem fo!d)en, bie fid) befonbets bafiit intereffieten, ein 8itfular Ubet Diefe \Bibelmetfe 3ufenben \verben, Book Review. - £iteratUt. 875 bas uns bon ber medagsbud)~anbrung aUt merfiigung gefteUt worben ift. D. ml. meu fagte tiit3lid) in feinct \{lef~ted)ung Mefes Weds: ,,(,I;yft bot ctHd)en'illod)en fd)tieb mit ein He6ct\}'teunb, bet in llnfercr .reitd)e im ~mt ftc~t: ,~d) ~abe in biefem ~aljt bie ganae 5e~tllaginta burd)ge!cfen.' @l gibt arfo aud) in ~ met t f a Seit bafiit. 1I 53. \} ii t b tin get. The Life Portrayed in the Sermon on. the· Mount. By R. H. Miller, D. D., teacher of the Dible, Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind. W. A. Wilde Co., Boston. 256 pages, 5% X7%,. Price, $1.50. In interpreting the sermon on the Mount, the author proceeds from the premise that Jesus in this great discourse teaches the one true way of life, and that His teaching offers the only solution of all human prob- lems, provided men have the courage to follow Him. In order to make this gem of all discourses the more acceptable to modern readers, he restates it in terms of present·day thought, applying its manifold lessons to the many problems that confront the world to·day The book is full of fine illustrations, apt applications, and helpful, practical ideas, and may be studied with much profit by judicious readers. The great mistake which the writer makes is that he forgets that this sermon was addressed to believers, who by faith already possess forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation, and who therefore in the strength of the Holy Spirit, moved by heartfelt gratitu<1e toward Christ, walk the path of holiness which their blessed Lord here j)Oillts out to them as the way in which their living faith must manifest itself. The Sermon on the Mount is indeed the true way of life, but not the way by which eternal life is earned, but by which the inward faith·life shows itself outwardly. The author's treatment of the Sermon on the Mount from the viewpoint of The Life has much merit. The various passages that constitute separate units, then, can be studied uuder such subtitles as the following: The Receptive Life; the Abundant Life; the Giving Life; the Growing Life; the For- giving Life; the Pure Life; the Truthful Life; the Loving Life; the Sincere Life; the Discriminating Life. J. T. MUELLER. What Did Jesus Think? Studies in the Mind of Christ. By Stanley n'/,own-Serman, M. A., B. D., Professor of New Testament Language and Literature in the Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Harold Adye Prichard, M. A., D. D., Rector of St. Mark's Church, Mount Kisco, N. Y., and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. Macmillan Company, New York. 1935. 287 pages, 5% X 8. Price, $2.50. How does the modern sophisticated person who accepts nearly every- thing that the higher critics say about the origin of the Bible and who wishes to be regarded as fully abreast of modern scientific thought, but who nevertheless has the desire to believe in Christ in a higher way than Emerson, for instance, did, justify his faith? In this book you are given the answer. What is supernatural in the person and teaching of our Savior is reduced to a minimum, and what admits of a natural explanation is given a maximum of prominence; and thus the offense of the Cross is veiled or, for the unwary reader, imperceptibly removed. The book does not proclaim the deity of Christ, but it calls Him divine; it does not teach the vicarious atonement, but it states that the death of Christ took place 876 Book Review. - \literatur. for us. It may be that many a conservative reader will find in this work, which was distinguished by the Religious Book Club as one of its monthly selections, the conccption of Christ which he learned at his mother's knees. St. Paul, we are sure, would have demanded a different sort of testimony from anyone laying claim to the high title of disciple of Jesus Christ. We do not wish to deny that the book may render a service here or there by its rejection and combating of all the bald, rationalistic views concerning Jesus disseminated by H. G. Wells and similar writers. But in spite of ap- pealing passages the Christian who takes his stand on the inspired New Testamcnt will declare the book unsatisfying because it robs the Scrip- tures of their divine character and does not place on the brow of Christ the crown of Deity and Saviorhood which is His. W. ARNDT. Q;infllfjrnng in Me nenteftnmentlidje Sdtgefdjidjte. 5JJ1it iSiThem. mon Dr. ~ a r 1 @3 ef) n e i be r, \)ei\l3ig. Ill. stleief)ertfef)e met1ag5buef)~anblun\l, \)eiIl3ig. 1934. 207 @3dten 6 X 9Y2' ~reis: gel)eftet, M. 4.80; gebunben, M.5.80. Multum in parvo, biefer oftgebrauef)te IllusDrucf fann mit bolIem ffieef)t aUf Dies 2Buef) angetuanbt \uerilen. 5JJ1H gtOner ®e!cf]tfamtdt unb unge~eurem ir1ein 1)at ber merfaffer ~ier 3ufammengebraef)t, tuas befonbers in ben letten ~a~r. 3ef)nten burcg irorfc!jungen unb (\;ntbectungen fUr bie ~enntniS ber Umlueft bes 9leuen steftaments outage grfiirbrrt tuorben ift. Wir tennen tein tleineres ®err, bas luie blcfem 2Bud) aHi cUeJluitdig an bie @3eite ftelIen mocgten. stier 2Berfajjer 9at bie gfitcfiief)e ®abe, fuq unb fnallll unb boef) nief)t unintereffunt statfaef)en mit3uteilen unb babd fein 9)cateriul tuv~l oU orbnen. S))Ht ber tJolitifclJen ®e' fef)ief)te bes erften :Jnf)rl)unberts befant er fief) etfliirlief)ertueife nicgt biel; barilbcr gibt es gcnug anbm 2Biief)cr. QI\as er uns fcgHbert, 3eigt dn 2Bncf aUf bie ~apiter. ilbetfef)riften, unter anbern: 3:lie eotimmung bet ,sdt; lffieltfdeben unb ®e1b betfe1)r; ~nbibibu1tm unb ®cmeinfd)aft; @3taatsgefil~f unb ~osmotJof\ti5mus; stlie fV3ialc l.iage unb bas ~tiouUeben; stlie irtauen, ~inDer, @3t1aben; Illrbeit unb 2BergnUgungen; stlas ffieben unb eod)reiben in tener ,seH; stlie @3telIung aur .!tunft; stlus 9latutgefU~f; Wiffenfd)aft unb ~f)ifofolll)ie; stlie S))C~fterienreltgio. nen; '!).er .!tuifertult; IllSflellios; stlie lBvlf5religiotl mit il)ten bielen mer3tuet. gungen. ~uf ettua oiet3ig eoeiten tuirb Dann bom ~ubentum unter berfcgiebenen ®eficgtsllunften ge~anbelt. 2Befonbers tuertboU ift bet ftberblicf ilber hie \)1teratur fotuof)l in fdinfid)t aUf bie alten OueUen al§ auef) aUf bie ®ede ber 9leuoeit, bie 1Jiefem ®egenj'tanb getuibmet finb. ®enn bet 2Betfaffer (@3. 175) bon bem "mif~ foutifef).vtt~oboben" ~ubentum ,,1l1)atifaifcgct ffiabDinet" rebet, berrat er alIetbings ein ~tiiiubi5, bas i~m bei tteuen \)utljeranem nicgt sur (\;ljre gereid)t. W. ~l r n b t. A System of General Ethics. By Leander S. Keyser. The Lutheran Literary Board. 240 pages, 5 X 7%. Price, $2.25. This is the fourth edition of Dr. Keyser's text-book on natural ethics, the principles of general morals as derived from reason and conscience and as distinguished from Christian ethics. Naturally a Christian teacher of ethics cannot disassociate himself from the moral principles of revealed religion, and Dr. Keyser's book is no exception. It is simply not possible to develop a natural ethics (eliminating all contributions of Christianity) that would satisfy as the standard of life in Christianized countries. Some- times the principles of Christian conduct are here represented as derived Book Review. - S3iterntur. 877 from reason. Sometimes reference is made to Scripture-texts as being in accord with rational ethics. And sometimes - as in his discussion of the cure of sin - the author breaks through the scheme of his book and ap- peals to revelation and the Scriptures, "whatever the worldly mind may think about the venture" (p. 136). He opposes evolutionism as a false guide to the source of morality. As an elementary text in general ethics the book will serve its purpose. But in a future edition the Aristotelian titles should be spelled correctly - not Nichomachean, but Nicomachean, and not Magna Moralis, but Moralia (pp. 54. 233). TH. GRAEBNER. Vital Control. By Lynn Harold Hough, Professor of Homiletics and Com- prehensive Scholarship, Drew University. The Abingdon Press. 1934. 260 pages, 5'!4X7V2' Price, $2.00. We have found this to be an interesting book. While the author's en- deavor to find "a Christian synthesis where philosophy and sciences, the- ology and literature, Clin be brought together" is a priori doomed to failure because of the insurmountable chasm existing between revelation and philosophy, yet one may spend profitable half hours in reading these essays. Professor Hough deals especially with the exponents of Humanism, ancient and modern. Of the modern abuse of the term Humanism we read on page 74 f.: "To be sure, it is within the reach of the interpreter's activities to try to explain the life of man entirely in the terms of the lower activities out of which he has come. [?] It is possible to try to explain all a, man's experience in the terms of movement and appetite. It is possible to attempt to reduce the higher to the terms of the lower and to explain the human in the terms of the subhuman. If a man does this and calls the result Humanism, it is a misuse of the name, involving a contradiction of its essential meaning. But one's analysis may be a bit evasive, formally in- terpreting the human in subhuman terms, but deftly slipping in the genuinely human values, without recoguizing the implication of their presence, but merely using them to cover an awkward moment. Such a process of explanation may lay claim to the name Humanism. But to the name it has no real right. It has not really faced the problem involved in genuine explanation, and it has played fast and loose with its own as- sumptions and assertions." On page 140 f. we find this gem: "Rather oddly, just at the moment when scientific thought is so brilliantly clari- fying its own processes, certain groups of belated theologians are holding peace conferences to reconcile religion with a type of science which has ceased to be significant. They are ready to relinquish the conception of personality in God and the belief of man's capacity to transcend the mechanical in order to be at home in a universe which the most sophis- ticated scientific thinkers have repudiated. These estimable gentlemen have managed to find their way into the most dreary cul-de-sac of contemporary thought. The historian of Christian thought in the future will hesitate between laughter and tears as he writes of them." Reading the book, one realizes how hopelessly man is at sea if he has nothing to guide him but his reason and its products, and if it be Human- ism at its noblest and best, which the author rates far too highly. "Jesus, Savi01', pilot me!" "Thanks be to God for His unspeakable Gift!" THEO. LAE'l'SCH. 878 Book Review. - .I3iteratut. The Story of C. F. W. Walther. By W. G. Polack. Concordia Publish- ing House, St. Louis, Mo. 138 pages. Price, 75 cts. This book is a companion to the author's Story of Luther, and what was said in a. review on that volume (CoNe. THEOL. MONTHLY, II, 879) may well be repeated here. It is written for young people, dedicated "to the young people of our Church, particularly to the Walther League," and young people chiefly should buy it and study it. Everyone of our schools, Sunday-schools, and young people's societies should acquire it for the library and urge its study. And since that is often neglected, I repeat: It would be well if in each of these institutions some time were set apart for group study of the life of Walther. I do not agree with that statement of "some one" (wasn't it Carlyle 1), cited in the publisher'S blurb, that history is but the account of the lives of outstanding men. But the fact is that in every period of crisis God awakens leaders who take charge and with His help lead His people onward; and the biographies of such men, if rightly conceived and written, not as mere eulogies, but as sketches of the movement which gave them prominence, with its causes and results, will teach a great deal of the history of that period. Another fact is that we do not know enough of the history of our Church, particularly of our Synod; the result is that we do not value sufficiently the blessings that have come to us in these institutions. Now, the practical value of the study of history is this, that it leads us to understand and appreciate the present. Let us so study the history of our own body and for that pur- pose make use of books like this one in our work. - The book is richly embellished with pictures, and the author has given rather free rein to his love of poetry. THEO. HOYER. ~d $roli{em bcr !llnfnlivfung flir baB m30tT @jotteB in bcr beutfdjen evan· geHfd)en WHffhmBfitcratur bcr Wad)friegB;JCit. mon 15 i e g f r i e b ~ a cob. ~ef)t3ef)ntes &jeft ber ,,~Ugemeineu ~ifjionsftubien". ~m ~uf' trag ber 'tIeutfef)en @e[eUfd)aft fUr ~iffion§hJiffenfd)aft f)erausgegeben bon l.j:lrof. D. ~ u 1 ius lit i el) t e r, lSedin unb l.j:lrof. D. ~ a t tin 15 ef) 1 un f' ;tUbingen. medag bon ~. lSetteliJmann, @Ut-erslof). 109 l5eiten mit 53tteratutberaeicf)ntiJ. l.j:lreis: M. 3.50. ~an fann biefen neuen, fiir3eten, abet bod) f)oef)ft le9tteief)en, gebiegenen lSeitrag 3ut mobetnen [lhfjionsliteratm nief)t ogne ticfes innetes ,1J]HtemHinben unb fomit aUd) nief)t ogne Hefm geifttge lSeftud)tung lefen. ~r reifJt jief) ItlUrbig an feine ficflaef)n morgiingct (um nut einige 3U nennen: ,,'tIas @eiftesleflen in ;tibet", \}tanfej ,,'tIas &jeibentum als [ltiHions1Jtofllem", ~uliUSj "SDie ,gro!le lIteue' aUf IJHas il, ~UUet j ,,'tier geutige I5tanb ber ~ubenmifjionil, l5d)iiffet j ,,'tIas lItiugen um bie l5eele t,l;fJinas il, 'l:llietetj ,,'tIie moslemifdJe \}tauenltleHiI, ,sltlemerj ,,~n bet ~rijis ber WeHmiHion il, lItief)ter, ufltl.) unb beleuef)tet in grUnblief)er ~r' otterung bas fogenl1uute ~nfnU~fungs~roblem, bas fJei!lt, bas ·~uffinben bOll ~nfnUj)fungilj)unften fUt bas Wod @ottes, bie lid) in bet men[el)ltef)en Gl:rfafJtUllg, flefonbersaudj in bet nidjtdjriftHef)en feelifd)en Gl:tfafJtUng, erfJalten fJaflen. ~n ber l.j:lrebigt nnb in ber 9TIifjion tritt @ottes Wort an ben ~enfef)en fJeran, aber alS etltlas ~itteilbares, ag ctltlas bom ·~enjdj,en felbft ~ufnefJmDates, iunerlief) geiflfid) aUetbiugs nut butd) ben @lauflen, ben bas smOtt lelbft Itlh:ft, iiu!letlief) geifttg aflet in feinet @efeteserfel)einung, fel)on besfJalb, Itlei! jief) bcrs giittlidje @efet im ~enfef)enfJeqen gefef)tieflen borf\nbet, in unHaten, abet bod) Itlittungs, Book Review. - Xlitetatut. 879 ft1iftigen Umriffenaud) bei l>en niebtigften &)eibenbiiUem. ::Die tf)eotetifd)en ~t" iittetungen, Die tuof)l 3umeift nut aUt f)iftorifdHf)eologifd)en Dtientietung beh gegeben finb, f)aben un~ tueniger intereffiett, unb f)ier miid)te man aUerTei ~tageaeid)en an bcn ffianb feten. Illbcr in bet eigentHd)en illef)anblung l>es :t1)e~ mas finbet man bides, tuas man banlbar a1S tuitUid) neu unb anregenb an.etfen~ nen mun; unb l)ier milcf)te man am liebften game ~affagen 3itieren, um bem Xlefer dnen ~inbHct 3U getlliif)ren in bas, lllOS bos illud) if)m Metet. Wit be[d)tlinlen uns batauf, tuas bet lBetfaffer Ubet bie i'tbetfetung bes Wottes ,,@oti" fagt. ~r fdjteibt (im lllus3ug): ,,~s gel)t bod) nid)t an, ban man [0 of)ne tueitms ben in bem betreffenben lBoll gcbriiud)lid)cn \)(amen fUt @oti iibemimmt. ::Denn lllie tann man ben \)1 am en fUr irgenbein giittlid)es We[en, cine e;onbetgottf)eit ober cinen lB.omgott filr bie 55c3eid)nung bcs @oties bertuenben, ber aUein e;cljii1>fer unb ~tf)a1tet bet gan3en Wert ift, bet Die ~biftena iebes anbem @oties aus" fd)Hent? Illnbetetfeits barf man fid) bod) nidJt mit itgenbeinem ~tembtuort 3U" ftieben gcben, um bie[es aenttale Wot! ebangcH[d)ct lBetlUnbigung aus3ul>tiiden. @an, abtuegig ift .es, nun gat bogmatifd)e :termini 3Ut lBerbcutfid)ung bes @oites" namens 3U benuten. ~benf 0 tuie e;d)ometus bies fUr bie dJriftHd)e lBerfUnbigung in ~nbien abIef)n!, i[t es aud) in anbem lJ.Jliffionsllinbem ettuas Illbtuegiges. ::Det lJJ1iffionor mun bei bet ftber[etung einen IllntnU1>fungs1>untt in bet illegriffstuelt bes betteffenben lBvUstums fud)en; abet et f)ot borauf au od)ten, ban in bem botgefunbcnen lIDot! aud) Die Illnbetsartigteit unb illef onberf)eit bes @ottes ~~[u 0:lJti[ti Bum Illusbrucr lommt." (15.82 f.) ::Die ·lllblJonblung erforbert benlcnbc, mifjionsintmfficrtc Xlcfcr, bic [dbft ge~iltig jJtiifcn fiinnen; fUt fold)e abet l)ot fie bIeibenben Wert. ~. :to IJ.Jl ii ncr. Teaching the Bible-Story. By rHfred Schmieding. Ooncordia Publish- ing House, St. Louis, Mo. 143 pages, 5%X7%,. Price', 75 cts. Here is a book that ought to be in every pastor's and teacher's library. The language is simple and clear. One receives the impression that the author knows what he is speaking of and is not obliged to hide the vague- ness of his ideas behind a mass of unintelligible sentences. We are sure that the hope expressed by the author will be realized, "that the study arrangement suggested will give the book an appeal to the trained and experienced educator as well as to the untrained beginner." The book is divided into two parts, Part I treating of "Necessary Basic Understand- ings" in four chapters: "The Opportunity," "Sympathetic Understanding of the Ohildren We Teach," "Basic Methods for the Teaching of the Bible- story," "Supplementary Methods for Teaching the Story." Part II treats the general subject "The Bible-story as a Lesson Unit" in five chapters: "Finding the Message," "Presenting the Story," "Supplementary Problems of Instruction," "Effective Use of the Unit in Teaching the Story," "Illus- trations and Standards of Evaluation." THEO. LAETSCH. Collects and Prayers for Use in Church. Authorized by the United Lutheran Ohurch in America. Prepared by the Oommon Service Book Oommittee. Philadalphia. The Board of Publication of the United Lutheran Ohurch in America. 265 pages, 4%, X7. Price, $1.00. Here we have a collection of prayers and collects many of which are valuable not only for use in the regular church services, but also upon other occasions, for the opening of meetings under the auspices of the con- 880 Book Review. - Slitetatut. gregations, conventions, summer conferences, etc. The wide variety of material is evident from the divisions of the book: The Church; The Parish; Divine Worship; The Church Building; Missions; Education; Home and Friends; Gifts and Graces; Our Daily Life; Special Neces- sities; All Sorts and Conditions of Men; Hospitals, Medical Men, and Nurses; The City, the Nation, the World; Times and Seasons; The Church Year; General Prayers. There are 399 collects, beside 40 pages of General Prayers. The merit of the various prayers is determined, to some extent, by the sources; that is, they are not all of the same value. But the great amount of material offered will enable every pastor to adapt prayers to the needs of any particular occasion. It is unfortunate that Collects Nos. 8,9. 317, and 318 were included, "In Commemoration for the Faithful Departed," since their contents make them similar to the Roman prayers for the souls of the departed. P. E. KRETZMANN. Walther League Manual. A Basic Guide to the Work of the Local Society. The Walther League, Chicago, Ill. 290 pages, 6X9¥4. Price, $1.50 per copy; four copies for $5.00. Here we have an authoritative and exhaustive manual on the Walther League, compiled under the editorship of, and largely written by, the Ex- ecutive Secretary of the League, Prof. O. P. Kretzmann. The Manual is truly exhaustive, since it discusses the principles of the League, - its rela- tion to the Chnrch (every society being under the supervision of the con- gregation in whose midst it functions), its history, its constitution, its organization, its publications, its conventions, its entire program of ad- ministration, - of the Department of Christian Knowledge, and of the De- partment of Christian Service. Nowhere does the book offer abstract dis- cussions of untried plans, but every page gives vital and practical informa- tion, with workable plans, which have stood the test of time. vVhether he has a Walther League (or a young people's) society in his congregation or not, every pastor ought to make it a point to obtain a copy of this Manual and to study it most carefully. It will prove to be time well in- vested. P. E. KRETZMANN. NOTICE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. In order to render satisfactory service, we must have our current mailing-list correct. 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