QTnurnr~iu m4rnlngiral ilnutqly Continuing LEHRE UND VVEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VII January, 1936 No.1 CONTENTS Page Testifying the Gospel of the Grace of God. Th. Engelder. • • • 1 Der Pietismus. Theo. Hoyer . • . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . • . • • • • • 6 Present-Day Problems of Lutheranism. F. Kreiss. . • • • . • • • • 14 Luther on the Study and Use of the Ancient Languages. F. v. N. Painter . . . . . . • . .• 23 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von del' satisfactio vicaria. P. E. Kretzrnann . . • • . • . • •• 27 Sermon Study on 2 Cor. 4. 3-6. Theo. Laetsch ......•..• , 30 Dispositionen ueber die erste von del' Synodalkonferenz angenommene Evangelienreihe .................... 39 Miscellanea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches. . . . . 55 Book Review. - Literatur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 73 Ein Prediger 1I1U88 n1eht aIleln ID.~, also dUs er die Schafe unterwelae, wi. ole rechte Christen lO11en seln. sondem ouch daneben den Woe1fen weMen, da.se iie die Schafe nicht ancrelfen und mit falacher Lehre Tertuehren und Irrtum ein· fuehren. -'- Luther. E. at keln Ding, daa die Leute mehr bel der Kirch. behaelt denn die gute Predigt. - ~polollia. ~rt . t .. It the trumpet giTe an uncertain lOund, wbo oball prepare himself to the battle? 1 COf'. ~. 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of JIlissouri, Ohio, and Other States COB'COBl):u. PtrBLISHDfG HOtrSE, St. Louis, Mo. CHIVE Book Review. - .\3itmttur. 73 Book Review. - 2iteratur. ~crbcutfdJltng ller ~tJllngeHC1t uull fvuftigcr ;teUe lle'§ ~enen ;teftamcut'§, \Jou ben erfteu Ilt.nfungen lii'§ £utfjer. &:;lcrausgegeoen in ®emeinfdjaft mit ® e r f) a r D lS r u dj man n, il' r i t ~ U 1 i d) e r unb !ill i 11 t) .\3 U b t t e bon fJ an s m 0 f f m e to &:;lamoutg. 1935. Ilftabemifdje mer~ 1llgsgefeUfdjaft Ilftfjeuaion, ~ogbam. 293 @5eiten 6%X9%. mlit ciner lScigaoe: Ot,riosa BibUca. ~teis: RM. 24 . .au bell in frUfjmn ~af)rgiingcn biefer ,{leitfdJrift bcfjJtodjenen mlonogtajJf)icn biefer @5cde gefeUt fid) biefer lSanD in burdjaus tDiirbiger unb aDtiquatet !illeife; ia, es \11m uns fdjeinen, bat bie gan3e Ilfnfage unD 5i)arfteUung in Diefem lSanDe bie friif)ercn nodj foaft iibetttifft. :Die ~falmeniioetfe~ung ift omits befjanbelt unD Die jJaulinifd)en lSdefe Bum :.teil, unb Det borliegenbe lSanD bietet nun aus~ g~wtifj rte ~etHojJenab f d)nitte aus bem 9Ceuen :.teftament mit ~toben bon ftoer~ fetungen, bon bet mufgata an, burdj Die ~afjrfjunberte fjinburdj og aUf Die !illormfer unb ,{liiticf)er lSioer. SNefe stabeUm fUUen aUein 209 @5eiten, mit ben folgenben ste1;ten: .\3ut. 2, 1-14; :Sofj. 2, 1-11; 9Jlattfj. 2, 1-12; 9, 1-8; :Sofj. 5, 1-9; 'lljJoft. 2, 1-l1; :Sat. 3, 14-18; 1 ~etr. 4, 12-14j IlfjJot. 14, 1-5. S;en ~lnfjang bes lSanbes bUbet ein bon brei lSUbtafe1n oegfeiteter lSeitrag 3ue S~llllftgefcf)icl)te, in bem lliSf)et unbetanntes mlatetial crus bet ~ilUe bet mittel~ aftetlidjen ~ UUftrationen ber ,{lefjn ®ebote otbnenb unb fid)tenb borgelegt wirb. ~eber stfjeolog, bet iid) nodj cinigermaten intenfib mit ber beutfdjen ~ibel befaut, witb biefe @5tubien betUdfidjtigen mUrfen. ~. G\:. ~ te t man n. The' Book of Re,velation. A se'ries of outline studies in the Apocalypse by .Tames H. McOonkey. Silver Publishing Society, Bessemer Build- ing, Pittsburgh, Pa. 96 pages, 4X611z. A short commentary on Revela,tion based upon the theory that this book is simply an unfolding of the 24th cha,pter of Matthew. The writer assumes that the Seventh Trumpet is identical with the Seven Vials and that the Seventh Seal is identical with the Seven Trumpe,ts. He gets into trouble with this scheme when chapters 7, 11, 12" 13" 14, 17, 18 appear detached from the system just outlined and must be trea,ted a,s "insets." The author is a believer in a literal millennium in which (literally) a small child will lead the wild beasts. The entire Apocalypse is made to refer to the events immediately preceding the Second Advent. TH. GRAEBNER. Jesus and the Word. By D. Rudolf BuUmann, University of Marburg. Translated by Louise Pettibone Smith and Erminie Huntress, Welles- ley College, Wellesley, Mass. 1934. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, London. 226 pages, 5X7%. Price, $2.00. When this book appeared in Germany, it bore the title JeS1ts. Since Professor Bultmann's aim is not so much to tell the story of Jesus' life as to give the reader an understanding of the message of our Lord, the American translators, who, as far as we can judge, did their work well, were justified in changing the title. The author is a New Testament scholar and a Barthian. In the former capacity he belongs to the school which sponsors the so-caBed formgeschichtliche Methode of Gospel criti- 74 Book Review. - 53tterntur. cism. His book Die Geschichte de?' synoptischen Tradition, the second edition of which appeared in 1931, is one of the chief works published by the exponents of this type of Gospel'study. Whoever has read the book just mentioned will not be surprised when he finds the author in the present work, though admitting the historicity of Jesus, denying or questioning the genuineness of numerous utterances attributed to Christ by the apostles, utterances on whose authenticity textual criticism does not throw a shadow of doubt. Hence the gospels are to him not only not infallible, but not even reliable human documents, and in his view it is only through carefnl sifting and the application of severe, sharp- cutting, critical canons that one can with some degree of certainty arrive at what Jesus actually said. It is with a sad heart that we report such an outrageous treatment of God's holy ''lord. Strange to say, as a Barthian the author belongs to a school which in its teaching gives much prominence to the concept "Word of God." In the book before us, it is true, this feature is not very evident. What are the chief elements in the message of Jesus according to Professor Bult- mann? The imminence of the Kingdom is proclaimed. A decision for adherence to the Kingdom is demanded, which decision is the same as repentance. The Kingdom can simply be described as eschatological de- liverance. It must be admitted, says Professor Bultmann, that Jesus had wrong notions about the Last Day and the Judgment, sharing the erroneous conceptions of His contemporaries. But He did not accept the futilities contained in the apocalyptic literature of the age, for instance, in 4 Ezra. But Jesus expected the Jewish nation to receive special honors in the new era. Vlhat is important, however, is not the "mythological" coloring of His terminology, but the core of His teaching: the call for a decision in view of the coming of the Kingdom. As for man, he is able to make the right choice when he has to decide whether to belong to the Kingdom or not. - J osus accepted the Old Testament Scriptures, but in preaching the will of God, which has to be obeyed, He differentiates in the Scriptures between what is absolutely binding and what is less man- datory. He therefore does not view the Scriptures as a rule for us in every point. God intends men themselves to see what He requires of them, what in the Scriptures must be followed and what may be dis- regarded. Realizing that he is confronted with the necessity of a decision, a person will be able to determine which way his choice should fall. It is misunderstanding Jesus to think that He insists on our pauperizing our- selves, on celibacy, and fasting. - Like the Old Testament, Jesus insists on love toward the neighbor, not specifying at length what this implies, since everybody knows it. The view of Schweitzer and others that Jesus taught an interim-ethic, an ethic which was to obtain merely for what He erroneously supposed to be a short period, the time between the pro- mulgation of the message and the coming of the Judgment, is rejected by our author. Speaking of the conception of God which Jesus pro- claimed, Professor Bultmann holds that God was to Jesus both distant and close at hand, present and future - a matter quite self-evident to every Bible Christian. He concedes that Jesus accepted miracles and the efficacy of prayer, but he denies that faith meant to Jesus what it meant to Paul and John, a belief in the message of redemption. He af- Hook Review. - 13itcralur. 75 firms that J llsUS by faith signified merely the trust, exhibited in par- ticular moments of neeel, that God is almighty and will help. On the question of sin Jesus taught, according to 1'rofessor Bultmann, that man is entirely helpless, a condemned creature, and has to rely on the pardon of God. That Jesus' sacrifice is the foundation of the forgiveness of God is something that Jesus Himself did not teach, says Professor Bultmann, thus wounding the Christian religion in its very heart. - We, have en- deavored to give the reader some idea of what this Barthian negative critic teaches. Quite sympathetically we may read those sections of the book in which a sickly sentimentalism, the tenets of a self-satisfied, easy- going religious Liberalism, and the false, hUIllanism, which glorifics the creature at the expense of the Creator, are branded as not representing the teachings of Christ. But on the whole its views are by the deepest chasm imaginable separated from Scriptural truth. For those who wish to acquaint themselves a little with the lines of thought and the termi- nology of Barthianism it may prove a welcome aid. W. ARNDT. stJie ~ird)e: Un; ~bnt, i~r ll1cgimcnt. @tunblegenbe @3iite mit btttd)gelJenbet mC3ugnal:)me aUf bie @3~mnolifel)en mUeller bet lutlJetifel)cn ~h:d)e. mon ::t lJ e 0 b 0 f ius S'J a t n a cr, tueilanb S!)ofiot unb otbentIid)em ~tofejfor ber ::tl)eologie in Ci:tfangen. 91UrnberQ, 1862. 'llnaftatifd)cr gead)btuil. 1934. 0:. iBettclSmann, @Utn-siol). 90 @3eiten. ~reis: M.1.50. ~m @e!eittuott out 91eulJetausgaue bief er @3d)tift lJeint es: "illienn hies tlJeo< logifd)e @3c!)tiftd)en nad) fien3ig ~afJten aufs neue etfd)eint, fo mun eil fel)on ben 'llnflJrucf) erfJen Ctt, uns in unfern .!l'iimlJfen unblJJl:Ul)en um bie .!l'itd)c l1lid)tige S!)ienfte oU Ieiften." Unb tuirflid) ~at %'~. S'Jamacr, cinet bet tuenigen, Die au feiner Seit nad)btUcfIic~ aUf 13ut~er lJintuiefen, bet aud) gegen mand)e 'll!itueid)ung bom lutl)erifel)cn mefenntng ftiiftig ,8eugniil aDIegte, in biefem mUd)Icin and) unferer ,8eit manc!)eil au fagen. ~il lJetrfd)t nod) immet UnflatlJeit in bet 13el)re bon bee ~ird)e. IJJlan ~at nod) niilJt aUetfeits ge!ernt, ban bie mtel)C niilJts anbetes ift als hie @emeinbe ber lual)tlJaft @liiu'bigen. illias bie gegentuiirtigen fied)1icl)m ~iimlJfe unb illiirren in SDeutfel)£anb betrifft, fo foUten 'Die SDeutfd)en, moff unb 5'Uf)ter, liel) bon ,I)arnacf fagen laffen, ban I/©ierard)iilmus unb 'lluto, hatiilmus, letterer als 'Det ciifateovalJiftifd)e obet bet bemofratifd)e, biejenigen 5'ormen ber metfaffung jtnb, bie hem lffiefen bet refotmatotifd)en .!l'itd)e tuibet< ftreben", 13.79, bail "cine folc!)e mermifel)ltng bon .!l'itd)e unD illieIt, nei tue1d)er fiel) bel' ~1.liUe bet untetf d)iebslofen lJJeaf[ e ber 9Camend)tiften ... 3ut georm in ber .!l'ied)e aUftuirft", 13. 31, unb "jebe WHtHerfd)aft bet ~ird)e au berl1lerfen ift, liei ber fie, ftatt S!) i e n e r in [lJtifti iU nletuen, fid) 3U feinet autonomen 13 tel 1 ~ b e r t ret e r i n unb 3ur S'J e t tin tillet 'Die (\J!Qu'bigen aUfi1lieft", 13. 25. mor aUen SDingen foUte bas jetige @efilJlec1)t, ~irel)enboft unb Jfitd)enfUlJrer, jtd) aU S'Jeqen nel)men, tuas ©arnacf Unet "bie vtinaipieUe lIlertuittung bes Un ion i il ~ m u s in feinen bcrfel)iebenen @3tufcn" (13.3) BU jagen l)at. S'Jarnacf tuiu nid)tS babon ioiffen, bail aUe .!l'hd)m gleiel)bered)tigt i eien, ban hie betfd)iebenen .!l'on< feffionen fid) gegenieitig ergan3en, ban @olt bie lIlerfilJiebenattigfeit berfelncn getuoUt lJabe, ban fie alfo aIS @3el)tueftern nebeneinanber ftefJen (S!)enominationa~ liSmus )ober in iljrer metfcI)iebenlJeit ftcl) aU e i net .!l'iecT)e 3ujammentun foUen (ausgetuael)fener Unionismus). S'Jarnacr lJtoteftiert gegen [. @3tanges 5at: "iJie lJJCannigfaftigfeit unb (!;igenart bet .!l'onfeifionen lJat ,auel) im Sufammen~ang ber d)riftlid)en .!l'irilJe il)t ffied)t." ('llUgemeine (!;b.~13utlJ. ~ttilJen3eitung, 18. ~u1i 76 Book Review. - \)iterotut. 1930.) @r fagt: "i)ie au be r e @in~eit ilt georod)cn, llJet! bie inn e t e fel)1t. i)ie IS it n b e ~at bie :ttennung in St 0 n f eli ion e n berfdJufbet. . .. i)ie StonfcffiDnen finb getrennt, nic!)t llJet! ;ie rin beticI)iebenes Stirc!)entum ober ie dn anberes donum ~aoen, fonbem loeH fie im lill e fen, im ;nvBvfla, biffericren", IS. 82 f. Unb ben \)utI)cranem fagt er: "i)ie fut~etifd)e Stird)e fann bon i~rem (!J ! a u ben u n b i!) rem lS c t c n n t n i s n i el) t s aUf g c 0 en, ol)ne i!)ren a fl 0 ft 0 (i f d) e n (£TJaraftcr auf3uge!len unb aUf il)ten ii f 1t men i f c9 e n lSe, ruf au bet3ic!)tcn. i)cr Unionismus llJill nid)t bie 3 e n t t a I c ISteUung bes lutfJetifd)en (!J(auoens unb lSefenntnifies 3ugeftcf)en unb leugnet, bab fie bie Stird)e bes fdJriftgemabcn lSefenntnijf e5 ift." (IS. 88.) (!Jeroib, l1.1ir 13utl)erancr rooUen @inljeit unb @inigfeit; roh 11.1ollen Union. Illiie fann fie erreicl)t roerben? "i)ie lutl)etifd)e Stitd)e ljat in fofd)em Stamflfe bie IjeHige ~fficl)t, ... .\lofitib bie ted) t e Union an iljrem :teU ermiigfid)en au ljclfen. lSie flat au bem @nbe nid)t ein iJ1eues 31t fd)affenj ... ;ie f)ot nut bas il)t inroof)nenbe ~rin3ifl unb bie 01101tan3 ifJtes (!Jlauvcns immet treuer, llJafJret unb bollet bUtd)3ufit1:)ten." (IS. 90.) "lSie tragt bas roaljr~aft fat 1:) 0 f i f cl) e @ i n lj e its 00 n b bet Stird)e in ;ic!)." (IS. 84.) SJJliigen fDld)e lSalle in bet Stircf)e i)eutfif)lanb§ ullb SUmerifas bie rod, tefte merl1tdtung ;innen! @s finbd fid) nun avct aud), roie in ber :tf)eologie &jatnacrs itber~auflt, fo aud) in f dnet 13eljte bOll ber Stitd)e unb bem Sttrd)enregiment mand)es medcljrte. :!las ftimmt nid)t mit bem luH)erifd)cn lSefenntniS, bab "bie ~ite!)e jid)tOut, unfid)tbarer iJ1atm ift", bail "mitlJin bct 11.1 e f e 11 t 1 i d) en .Rird)e IS i a) t vat" T cit 3urommt, nid)t bIoll atacfiotifa), fonbem not llJ c n big, nid)t nut fOlge" ludfe, fonbem u r f.\l r it n g 1 i a)" (IS. 16), bali "bie roefentlid)e .\{ird)e, llJie fie 'Ifrtitd VII bet ~ruguftana befd)rdot, nie!)t bIob cine ltnfia)toare ift" (IS. 37) . @t ljat nia)t bas lSelCllutniS fut fia), roenu ct 6.71 ben " \J r 11 n b flit lid) e n ~ n" b e .\l en ben tis m u s - in bet j)'otm ber loubetcrnen (!Jemeinbe ll berroitft. Unb es ift burd)aus unfutljetifd), burd)aus roiner bie lSd)tift, l1.1enn et leuguet, bab bie 'Ifutoritat bes ~ita)C1ltegimCllts "eine oloil menfc!)fid) uegrunbetc, aus bem Illiillen bet (!Jemeinbe ftammenbe ll ift, fonbem bef)aU.\ltct, bab "bie ~ira)e bamil ben lSoben bet Drbnung unb bes bierten (!Jeoog oettitt ll , bab ;ie "als betfafjte cine 3U ffieelj! bef!eljenbe, tit a) f i d) e D D rig t e i t ljat, bet fie um (!Joitcs roillen (!Jeljorfam fd)ulbig ift, foroeit unb fa lange, als bicfefoe nad) bem Illiillen (!Jotte§ tegied", bas f)eibt, nid)ts "contra evangelium" feftf ett. (IS. 80 f.) i)as ift bet afte, nod) ljeute fraftige ~tttum, bab bie Htd)lid)e Do tigre it in SJJlittelbingen au De" fe~len £jaoe, bab, roie bie @1tcm unb bie Dbtigteit, fo aUd) bas ~itc!)Clltegiment gefetgebenbe SUutoritat ljabe. ~n biefcr bon &jamad betiretenen 1{1nfid)t, bali bem ~itd)enregiment in lSad)en, bie (!Jott freigelaffen ljat, 11m bes (!Jeroiffens unb (!Jottes llJillen (!Jeljorfam fd)ulbig fei, Hegen bie Illiurae{n bes bon &jamad in biefCl; lSd)tift fc!)atf berCimpften ffiomaniSmu§. l1nb er betfid)t feinCll lSat, trotbem er felbet erflart: ,,&5 Hegt Uat am :tage, bab unfet lSefenntnHl bem ~itd)enreGiment nut ein ius humanum binbiaied." (IS. 72. 80.) :t lj. @ n gel bet. King of the Jews. By Mary Borden. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. 306 pages,5%XS. With bibliography. Price, $2.50. Mary Borden (Spear), born in Chicago, is the wife of Brigadier Gen- eral E. L. Spear, who is now living in London and is devoting his time to British politics as a Member of Parliament. Mother of four children, she, during the World War, successfully managed a field hospital for the French army, receiving in due time as a just reward a number of distinguished Book Review. - i3itet,atut. 77 French and British service and war medals (Legion of Honor; Croix de Guerre with star and palm; the Gilt Medal of Service de Sante; two other British war medals). Already before the war she had visited Pales- tine, studying zealously, yet critically the holy places where Christ liYed, performed His Messianic ministry, and died. A second visit in the Holy Land, after the war, prompted her to add to her twelve previous, all rather large and well-received volumes, this present one. The purpose of her new project was to picture the Man Jesus so purely human that her readers could visualize Him as a real human being, divested of all supernatural elements, yet at the same time in such a manner that the later Pauline (Petrine-J ohannine) Christo logical doctrine, a gTadual development of course, could reasonably be explained. Setting about her task, Mrs. Spear studied every available source and then, largely on the basis of the four gospels, by a novel selective process, wrote her King of the Jews, vividly and ingeniously (from the viewpoint of imaginative reason), but with the result that her Xing of the Jews is not the divine-human Christ of the New Testament, but a Mary Borden fiction, a homo deus faotus, especially through the efforts of Mary of Magdala, "an illiterate woman," "brought up in a brothel," "used by men as an animal," "a dancing girl." "famed fOT her deyilish beauty," "soliciting men in the bazaars," etc. (We cite this to show what she does with }viary Magdalene; she does the same thing with Jesus to develop Him into a King of the Jews.) The book is skil- fully written, but it is just one more pernicious volume on the pseudo- religious book market that will keep unwary readers from seeing the divine-human Redeemer of the world as God Himself pictures Him in His Word, against which therefore a word of warning is in place. To this end this review has been written. J. T. MUELLER. ~ie mnffifel: ber !JMigiun. .ldcrausgegeben bon ~rof. Lic. theol. @ u ft a b ~ fan n m ti f fer. 3el)ntet unb elftn manb: "i3utl)er in ~orten aus feinen ~etfen.1/ mon m1 a l' lin ffi abc. manbenl)occf & ffiujJred)t, @iit~ tingen. XL ullb 402 l5eiten 6 X 7%. !]Steis: :;Sn ~ajJjJbanb gebunben, M.4. mot" [anger 3eit etfd)ien ein bierbiinbiges ~ert, bas fid) nid)t feHen in ben mibliotl)elcn unferer alteren ~aftoren unb ~tofefforen fanb, unter bem stUel ,,@eift aus i3utljers l5d)tiften", eine lIi3utl)erfonfotban3", roie es aud) bielfac!) ge~ nannt inutbe. mon ffiationaIiften ljerausgegelien, liot es unler I5tic!)roorten in alpf)abetti o)er ffieil)enfofge i3utljerausfjJttid)e tiber bie lietreffenben @egenftcinbe bat. G:s bermittdte oft mdanntfcl}aft mit i3utljers @ebanfen unb ~otten unb rourbe aud) euenfo of! ~lnrafl, roeiter in i3utljers lloUflanbigen l5d)tiftcu nao)3ufefen. :;Sd) ljalie meljr afS eincu unfeter tljeofogtfo) ioeitetarlieitenbcu ~aftoren getrojfen, bie grolie I5tiicfe aUf bief es ~ert ljidten: :;Sof ep!) I5d)mibt, Sj. i3emfe unb anbere. IUn bicjes I.lI\nf bacf)te id), alS icl) bas ouengenanntc, fefJou bot dner ffieilje bnn :;SafJrcu ausgcganQCUc ~erf mil' nal)er anjalj. SDer Sjerausgelier iit ein befanntct liberatet stljeolog bet @egenroart, unb felnet :tljeofogie faun mau in feinet~eife fnlgcllj aile): et l)at bief i3uIl)er ge1ejen, aud) eine i3utl)etliiograjJf)ie \iefcl)tieben, unb cine irtucf)t feines i3utl)ctftubiums ift bas borfiegenbe ~etf, bas bet fur gebHbete i3efer beftimmten mucl)eneilje I/SDie ,refaHHet bel' ffieIigionl/ bon !]SfannmuUCl: eingereiljt ift. ffiabe bemedt in bet morrebe: I/ meaning of the a,utlwr. THEO. LAETSCH. Beauty for Ashes and Other Poems. By W_ G. Polack. 56 pages, 4X7%. Wm. B. Eerclmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Price, 40, eta. Order from Ooncordia Publishing House, 8t. Louis, Mo. This appealing little booklet contains, some genuine lyrical verse, and it is mentioned here because twenty-seven of its forty-seven poems a,re of the religious variety, that is, sacred lyrics. There is much s,implc beauty in these velrses, especially those connected with the festivals nf the Church, and the, lover of poetry will not only enjoy the reading of this booklet, but will most likely receive, nnt a, little edifica,tion from the study nf many of its o'fferings. P. E. KRETZMANN. Report of the Eighteenth Regular Convention of the Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Synod Book Co., Bethany Oollege, Mankato, Minn. 85 pages, 6X9%. Price, 30 cts. This report contains a very comprehensive survey and account of the work being done by our Norwegian brethren in their 65 parishes, with ap- proximlLtcly 8,000 souls, the rel'ol"8 of the Board of Regents of Bethany College and of the Home Mission Board being particularly valuable fnr the proper understanding of the work done. Three papers were read before the convention: Det evige liv (On Eternal Life), by Pastor John Hendricks; "Christian Education" (conclusion), by Superintendent P. T. 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