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I I Continuing LEHRE UNO WEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLy-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VITI August, 1937 No.8 CONTENTS Page The Pastor and Youth. o. P. Kretzmann . _______________ . ___________________ . ___ ______ 569 Modern Psychiatry and the Bible. H. D. MellSing . ___________________________ 576 Jobann Gerhard aIs lutherisc:her Kirchenlehrer. 3. T. MaeDer . _____ 592 Outlines on the Eisenach Epistle Selections _ ____ ____ __ __ _ .______ .. __ _ G05 Miscellanea __ _ __ . _. _________ . ________ . _____ ._ .. _________ . __________ .. _____ ___ . _____ . __ _____ _ 615 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-ZeitgeschichtIiches _________________ . ___ 622 Book Review. - Literatur _. ___ . _____________________________________________ __ _____ ._ 639 Ein Prediger muss nieht alleln toei- den, also dass er die Schafe unter- weise. wle sle reehte Christen soilen sein, sondern auch daneben den Woel- fen weh,.en, dass sie die Schafe nieht angreifen und mit falscher Lehre ver- fuehren und Irrtum elnfuehren. Luthe,. Es 1st kein Ding, das die Leute mehr bel der Kirche behaelt denn die gute Predlgt. - Apologle, Arl. 24. If the trumpet give an uncertain sound who shail prepare himself to the battle? - 1 Cor. 14, 8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States L CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. Book Review - £itetatut 639 Book Review - £itetatUt 'l)ll~ ~eue ~eftllmeut 'l)eutfdj. ~eues ®Bttinger !BibeIroetf. :!ltittes steiI~ Mnbdjen: ,,:!las (;\;bangeIium nad) £utas", tiberfett unb ertHid bon .rearl S'deimidj ffiengsbotf. 1.-3. m:uffage. manben1)oed unb ffiu1Jredjt, ®Bt~ tingen. 272 6eiten 6X9¥2. \j5reis: !Bet 6ubftri1Jtion RM.8; eingefn RM.9.60. mieber ift ein !Banb bes iett fdjon betannien neuen .reommentats, betiteft ,,:!las ~eue steftament :!leutfdj", erfdjienen. :!let botfiegenbe !Banb tibet £ufas ift, roie bie 6eitenga1)f an3eigt, ein umfaffenbes, teidj1)altiges metf, roorin foroo1)I iiberfetung roie (;\;dIiirung bes bibHfdjen stebtes geboten roitb. lIDie in ben anbetn !Biinben, fo ift audj 1)iet bie ftbetfetung eine ttefffidje £eiftung. ma1)tenb ber merfaffet annimmt, bat £ufas bui OueUen ge1)abt 1)at, niimfidj mlatt1)aus, wtar~ fus unb eine befonbere OueUe, aus bet fein ,,6onbergut" ftammt (£ut 10-18), ift et bod) im groten unb gansen fonferbatib. :!lie (;\;ntfte1)ung bes (;\;bangefiums batied et unmitteIliat nad) 70. m:rs metfaffet Iiitt et mit bet gansen Ritd)e £ufas, ben ~{t3t unb !Begfeitet \j5aufi, geHen. m:nbete (;\;inselfJeiten, bie roit an~ etfennenb etroii1)nen mBdjten, finb bie foIgenben: ~n bet (;\;inleitung roirb bas morfJanbenfein bet bermeintIidjen OueUenfdjtift, bie geroB1)nfid) mit Q begeid)net roitb unb bie 9JlattI)aus unb £ufas benutt 1)aben foUen, abgeIefJnt, unb Bluat mit ftid)fJartigen ®rtinben. ~n .rea1JiteI 1, 1 roetben bie lIDorte, bie £utfJet tibetfett lifo untet uns ergangen flnb" roiebergegeben mit: "tibet bie untet uns boUftiin~ bige ®eroitrJeit 1)ettfcfJ±", obroo1)I ber m:usbtud, roie ad) ber metfalfet gugibt, immer nod) bie{ erotted roitb. !Bet .rea1J. 24, 4 Iiitt fidj bet metfaffer nid)t ein~ fd)tidjtem butdj bie mobetne m:uslegung, bie "gern bei bem ,(luge berroeift, bat bie ,(la1)f bet ~nge{ fid) gegenubet 9Jlad. 16, 5; 9JlattfJ. 28, 2 ff. betb01J1JeH 1)at. :!las 6d)roetgeroicf)t bet wtitteiIung ru1)t aber 1)ier ebenforoenig roie bei ftti1)eten (;\;ngeIerfdjeinungen (1,11.26; 2,9; 22',43) aUf biefen afs foldjen ober nodj gar aUf bet ~{ng(1)I bet beteHigten (;\;ngef, fonbem aUf bem, roas bie ~nger gu fagen 1)aben". £ut 24, 12 liiti et gegenuliet neueten S'derausgebern bes ~euen steftaments aIS ed)t geften. :!lie m:uferftefJung bes S'deilanbes roitb aIS grote statfad)e be1)anbeU. lIDir 1)aben es alfo 1)iet mit einem guten tonfetbatiben metf 3U tun, unb es beteitet einem \Jteube, batin 3U refen. :!lat jebodj bie 6teUung bes merfaffets Bur 6d)rift eine gebtod)ene ift, inbem bie wtogfidjteit bon \Je1)Iern barin nid)t abgeroiefen roitb, mut Ieiher ebenfaUs tonftatiett roerben. lID. m: r n b t ~~eorogifdjer ~attbfommeutar 3um ~euett ~eftllmeut. IX: :!l e t !8 r i e f b e s \j5 a u Ius an b i e ® a I ate t. mon D. m:IIitecf)t ,61Jk ~. :!lei~ d)ettfd)e metlagsbud)1)anilrung (D. merner 6d)oU), £ei1J3ig. 134 6eiten 7X10. \j5teis: RM.5.50; geb. RM.7.50. :!lief er neue .reommentat Bum ®afatetbtief fte1)t aUf bet S'dofJe ber ,(leit. (;\;t betiidfid)tigt bie aUff efJenenegenben \j5a1J9rusfunbe bet itingften metgangenfJeit, roenngleid) biefe nur in befdjeibenetem wtate bem ®afaterbrief 3ugute fommen. (;\;r berroetiet bie neueften metiiffentIidjungen tibet biefen !Brief unb fagt itt feiner iiberfld)t tibet bie £itetatur: ,,\Jut bie bialefttfdje st1)eologie fdjien bet ®alatet~ brief in auffaUenbem Untetfd)ieb bon feinem niid)ften ®eiftesberroanbten, bem jJtBmerbtief, 3uniidjft feine befonbere !Bebeutung au etIangen." ((;\;t beaie1)t fid) aUf hie bieI bet1)anbefte m:usfegung bes ffiiimerbtiefs bon .reatI !Batt1).) ,,~nbets 640 Book Review - 53iteratur 11Jurbe bies burd) bie bon .R. Q5ad~ angeregte SUus!egung bon SJ. SUsmuffen." (5. 10.) '!liefe SUus!eguncr ift bann beriidfid)tigt. '!las gan3e Wed ift angelegt ruie fcine lBotgan\Jcr in biefcm ,,:t!)cologifd)en SJanbtommentat 3um ~Ceuen :tefta~ ment". ~tuf cine ~inleitung folgt bie SUuslegung, unb bd bel' SUuslegllng \l)itb auerft bet \Jticdjifef)e :te6t bargellotCllj moen Dem :te6t fte~t dne 11)ortlid)e ftber~ fetung, unter bon :te6t finDen fief) bie te6tftiti[d)en SUnmextungen, unb nann folgt bie 1l11tsIcgung bon lBers 3U lBers. ~ad)bem biefe beenbigt ift, ruerben neun 1I~6htrfcll Dcttgelloten unb fcf)1ief3!icf) fieoen ,,~rgebniffe". '!lie ftoerfctung ift of tel'S reiel)1idj frd, alier hifft ben 5inn, 5. Q5. bie bidoe~anbe!te fd)hJietige 5tef!e S~ap. 3, 20 fantct f)ier: ,,3mu Q5egl'iff Des lJJlitHers aim gef)ort es, bali et nid)t dnen ein5efnen be 3mar bet cin3eIne snmtsttiiget bon bet @emeinbe im ,sufammenmiden mit bem ~lmte, bas ~citt, ben fd)on bot~anbenen snmtsttiigern, lietufen unb abbctufen mitb, bat aliet bet snmtsin~aU (\15rebigt, 6aftaments. betl1JaUung, SUbfoTution) nid)t bon bet @emdnbe, fonbern in bet ffiegel nut bom ~lmte Ubetttagen merben fann.// (6.40.) illlan fie~t, bat 6d)tiften mie WaT. t~ers "Stitd)e unb SUmt// aud) auf>er~aTb SUmetifas betbteitet merben mUff en. :tiie 3meite 6d)tift befatt fief) mit berfeTben 6ad)e. 6ie befd)iiftigt fid) mit bemfdlien @egnet: ,,'!lie beutfd)e @!auuensbemegung ift nut ein SUus!iiufer dner umfaffenben memegung, beten DueUen meit 3UtUcfteid)en ins 19. :;Sa~tfJunbert// (:;SbeaTiSmus - 0:tmecfungsuemegung - cine betmitteTnbe ffiid)tung - o\Jtimifti. fef)et 91euibeaIiSmus, "bet @fauoe an bie fd)ii\Jferifd)e 5j)lacf)t bet lJtatur//; "biefer {rtont ftefJen mit gegeniiTm, biefer fitd)1id)en ffiid)tung, bie cine metmittTung 3mi. fd)en einem natutaliftifd)en 91ationalismus lJtietfd)efd)et {riiroung unb bem ~~ri. ftentum ift", 6. 63. 64). Unb fie bringt aUf dne ffiefotmation ber Stitd)e. //:;Sn dnet fold)en .lJage oefinben mit uns ie~t. :tiie snufgabe ift ein lJteubau bet .reitd)e.// (6.55.) :tia3u gefJiitt dnma! "bie mefteiung ber .reitd)e bom 6taat//. (6. 59. 61.) ~ine tid)tige {rrettird)e mill D . .lJUtgett aber nid)t ~aben. "lffienn man mit ber 6taatsfitd)e aber bie moUllfitd)e aufgibt, fo mitb aus ber {rrei. fird)e dne 6eUe.// (6.60.) :tia3u ge~iirt 3um anbern ber {rortfd)ritt in ber .lJe~te, .bie WafJrung unb WeiterbUbung bes reformatorifd)en mdenntniffes". (6. 52.) nber bie lffiafJrung bet teinen .lJe~te bes ~bange!iums unb bie ffiUcne~r 3U i~r fagt .lJUtgett meniger aTil &jofer, bafUt aber bebeutenb me~r Ubet bie lffieitetbU. bung bet .lJe~te. ,,:tiet ffiUdgang aUf bas tefotmatorifd)e ~bange!ium barf aber aud) nid)t aU ciner Wieber~orung bet ort~oboben sr~eo!ogie wetben." (6. 52.) .lJUtgert fagt uns aud), mit meId)en illlitteTn bie l3efJre, 3. m. bie ~~riftoTogie, meb tetgebiTbet merben mut. ,,:tiie ~fJrifto!o\Jie batf nid)t bom :tiogma ausge~en, fon~ bern bon ber @efdjid)te :;S~fu" (6. 54) obet, mie et es ausbtMt in "meid) @ottes unb lffieItgefd)id)te//: ,,:tiie .lJefjre bon bet \15etfon ~fJrifti mitb arfo gebiTbet bon bet \15~iTofo\JfJie bet @efd)id)te aus. ~r ift bie 5})1itte ber @efef)id)te." :;snfonber~eit 644 Book Review - .l3itetatut ift "Die [ileitetvUbung bet .l3e~te bon bet ~itd)c Die t~eorogifclje mufgabe". (6.58.) 6d)on "feit bet IJJHtte be§ 19. :;saf)tf)unbetts IllUtbe getabe bon fonfefftonellen stf)cofogen bie 'illeitervHbung bet .l3ef)te bon bet stitclje a!§ Me eigenUiclje mufgabe bet nacljtefotmatotifcljen .Beit ve3eicljnet." (6. 10.) mlletbings - unb Ioelclj einen IDHttloan f)aben fie angeticljtet! Unb Ioenn Ioit Mefe .l3eute mit !roa!t~ets lI.reitd)e unb lJ!mt" befcmnt mad)en Iooffcn, fagt un§ .l3iltgctt: lI:iDag Ioiite eine !roieber~ f)ofung bet ottf)oDo!;en stljeologie" - ffielltiftination. Wenn fd)Hefl!id) .l3iltgett ium stljema "IJlculinu bet stitd)e ll jagt: lI:iDie Gl'tlJit bet (;\;lje, bet j'famHie, Die ®ef~ tung bes .l3ieliesgebotes im iUo(fsieben iU betireten, ift cine mufgabe bet ~itd)e, !>ie fie nhf)t betfiiumen batfll (6. 59), fo ftimmt ilJm jebel' ~~rift bei. :iDie ~itd)e, hie has niel)t tnt, bebatf cinet ffieformation. \JIber Ioas foil in Mefer iUetliinbnng bet ~toteft bagcgen, ball man "bie ~itclje aus bem iiffentlid)en .l3eben 3utilil~ briingen unh auf ben stultu§ Iiefel)tiinfen" 10 ill 'I :iDie ~itd)e fann geloaltig auf bas iiffentliclje .I3eben einloiden, o!)ne fiel) in ba§ iiffentliel)e .I3eben ein.ubtiingen. - !roil: teilen aus biefet 6el)tift nod) fofgenbes mit. lI:iDet Untetfcljieb 3loifd)en bet S) e tt t f clj e n ® r a tt V ens b e 10 e gun g unb bet ® ( a tt ben s b e 10 e (Itt n g SD e u t f d) e t (£ f) tift e n beftanb barin, ball fill' hie ~tolll)eten bet :iDeutjel)en ®lauoenslieloegung nut hie ®efel)id)te bes iUones, fill' bie SDcutfd)en ~ljtiften ba~ neb en unb Iiei manel)en batuliet aud) bas WOtt ®ottes 0ffenbatung fei." (6.14.) ,,:;sn bem gegenloiittigen stamllf !)aben Me ffiefotmietten bie j'fit!)tung Iietommen. SDas f)at BUt j'fofge, bafl unter ben j'fiiljtem bet .I3ntf)etattet reformiette stenben5en ungclooI!t unb nnlieabftel)tigt IllhIfam gelootben finb. 1I (6. 62.) "iUiiner, bie cl)riftlicf;} bleilien, ftcrlien nid)t" (stteitfd)fe). (6.100.) st f). ~ n g e f bet Psychology for Religious Workers. By Lindsay Dewar and Cyril E. Hudson. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., New York. 238 pages,5%X8%. Price, $2.00. The table of contents of this book announces the following chapter heads: The Knowledge of God; Knowledge of Self; Clerical Applied .Psychology; Some Clerical Failings; Individual Types; Sin and Moral Disease; Individual Treatment; Preaching; Teaching. Much that is said on some of these subjects is well worthy of consideration. We quote some of the statements: "There is real danger in religious habits unless they proceed from sentiments. Religious practises which are merely habits have not much influence upon character." (P.49.) "A suitable alter- nation of work and rest will enable activity to be sustained over a long period. Contrariwise, long periods of unbroken work are not economical of energy." (P.73.) "To have a good memory is to have a well-organized mind .... The more a memory holds, the more it is able to hold." (P.84.) "Of what kind, then, ought the preaching of repentance to be? It is admitted, of course, that it must ultimately be the work of the Holy Spirit, but the question the pastor has to face is whether he can best prepare for his working if his appeal is addressed chiefly to the emotions or to the intellect. The popularly received idea seems to be that it ought to be primarily emotional. But we have had occasion to notice the dangers connected with the stirring of emotion; and there is a deeper psychological objection. Attempts to awaken a strongly emotional sense of guilt are an appeal to the more primitive and infantile elements in our nature and may often weaken rather than strengthen the soul and hinder its progress towards true autonomy." (P.214.) "The aim of our teachitlg Book Review - 53itetatut 645- is knowledge, not mere information. It is possible to have the one with- out the other. To 'know' the date of the Battle of Hastings is to be in possession of a certain piece of information, but not necessarily to have any 'knowledge' of the meaning and significance of that event, - which is the only thing about it that matters. Information can be attained by the mere process of swallowing; not so knowledge. For that - the 'knowledge that interprets what it draws' - mental digestion and assimi- lation are required. And if we were to name the aim and purpose which, more than any others, underlie the best educational practise of our time, it would be this: to insure that what the pupil is getting from his teachers is knowledge, as distinct from information, and the desire and the capacity to grow in knowledge when the ties which bind him to his teachers are relaxed." (P.220.) "It is clear that a child can take no intelligent interest in memorizing a hyron or a passage of Scripture or a portion of the church catechism of the meaning of which he is igno- rant." (P.223.) "The right principle surely is that understanding should precede memorization; that a child should learn nothing by heart which has not first been explained to him." (P.224.) However, when the authors of this book speak of the more serious things, as sin and the divine forgiveness and the treatment of the sinner, they speak a somewhat strange language and do not give us that simple and correct interpretation given us by the Word of God. We can indeed speak of these things from the viewpoint of psychology, but it must be the psychology of the Scriptures, than which, after all, there is none better. How to view sin and how to deal with the sinner the pastor or anyone else can learn only from the Bible itself, by which statement we do not say that another book written on the subject may not in some ways be helpful. J. H. C. FRITZ The Psychology of the Audience. By H. L. Hollingworth, Professor of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University. American Book Company, Chicago. 232 pages, 5lhx8. Price, $2.50. May be or- dered through Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Professor Hollingworth's Psychology of the Audience occupies a unique place among books that are written for the benefit of public speakers and their hearers; for while it does not expatiate on the mechanics of speech, the canons of expression, form, inflection, and ges- ture, all of which he leaves to the voice specialist, it endeavors to estab- lish the psychological principles which underlie successful public speak- ing. The manual has grown out of the writer's practical experiences, and the book is one of the well-known AmeTican Psychology Series, prized highly because of its scholarliness and practicality. It is not a new book but has been on the market for over a year, during which timlil it has won for itself many devoted friends. The author discusses in a scientific, yet readily intelligible way such topics as: "Types of Audi- ences"; "Securing an Audience"; "Holding the Audience"; "hnpressing the Audience"; "The Psychology of Persuasion"; "The Auditorium"; "The . Psychology of Stage Fright." Briefly, the book sets forth in a most ~teresting manner what every speaker who seeks success in his calling, 646 Book Review -l3itetatur must know about himself and his audience. It is adapted especially for classes in social psychology and public speaking, but will prove of value to everyone who must face audiences. We heartily recommend this fine book to our pastors, teachers, and professors for careful study, either privately or in the classroom. Its make-up and mechanical equipment are excellent, a happy blending of the practical with the ornamental. J. T. MUELLER The Unified Sunday Morning Church Service. By R. G. Anderson. The Abingdon Press, New York. 55 pages, 5%xHIt. Paper cover. Price, 25 cts. The churches included in this study: Northern Convention Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian in the U. S. A., United Brethren of Christ, and Non-denominational Community within the States of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois have found difficulty in relating prop- erly the organization and program of the church-school with the Sun- day morning worship of the church. We are told: "The Protestant worship-and-preaching service on Sunday mornings ministered to the worship needs of entire families for centuries before the coming of the Sunday-school movement. During the last century the attendance of the masses has shifted from the church-worship service to the church- school. In the last few years, as will be shown later in this report, the continued loss in attendance has begun to affect more seriously not only the church-worship hour, but also the Sunday-school period." (Pp.12.13.) As a remedy the author, after careful study of the situa- tion, advocates the Unified Sunday Morning Church Service, offers rea- sons for this change, various methods of arranging these services, and figures on the change in attendance and interest after the introduction of this plan. Let the experience of these churches serve as a warning to us. Let us make unceasing efforts to have not only all adult members, but all children attending our Sunday-schools as well, take part in the Sunday morning service. God has instituted the office of the holy ministry for the purpose of taking heed unto all the flock, Acts 20, 28, of serving not only a few adults, but both sheep and lambs of the Lord', John 21,15-17. Like a faithful steward, the pastor also in his Sunday sermon will strive to give to every member of the Lord's household entrusted to him, young and old, his proper portion of meat in due season, Luke 12, 42. That is quite possible; that is required of every faithful pastor. Let us not neglect this important phase of our duty. Principiis obsta! TH. LAETSCH Victorious Living. By E. Stanley Jones. The Abingdon Press, New York. 380 pages, 5%X7%. Price, $2,00. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, born in Baltimore, Md., in 1884, has served as a Methodist missionary to the high castes in India since 1907. In 1928 he was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Ch ... u·ch but resigned to continue his missionary pursuits. His evangelistic journeys have taken him practically to every country in the world, and he is tremendously popular as both a lecturer and a vvriter. His Christ of the Indian Road Book Review - £iteratur 647 has been translated into twelve foreign languages, and over sixty thousand copies have been sold. Other books by his facile pen have been equally popular, and he contributes regularly to several church periodicals. His most recent work, Victorious Living, is a book of daily devotional studies. It furnishes a "devotion" for each day of the year with a brief prayer at the end, and several Scripture-passages are suggested for study in connection with the assigned lesson. Unfortunately Dr. Jones does not offer to the inquiring Christian reader for daily soul food the pure and saving Word of God. The great teachings of sin and grace, justification and sanctification, repentance and its fruits, are not set forth in this book, though, more or less, the traditional theological terminology is retained. The reader therefore cannot from this volume learn the true path to salvation nor the true way to sanctification through faith in Christ. Orthodox Christian theology is nowhere in evidence in these "devotions" but instead a hazy, indistinct, often meaningless and puzzling terminology, at times exquisite in form but utterly devoid of true guidance for the soul to Christ and Christian living. Sentences such as these: "Chris- tianity is 'cosmic optimism,''' and: "Christianity is cosmic optimism only if it is Christ-optimism," certainly do not mean a constructive thing to the average reader, nor can he understand what purpose prayers such as the following serve: "0 Christ, we thank Thee that we are bursting into freedom - freedom from fear of failure and from the fear of future contingencies. For Thou art getting into our blood and into our nerve tissue. Amen." That is more than mere Modernism; it is nothing less than rationalistic enthusiasm running wild. Dr. Jones rejects the Biblical doctrine that the Bible is the sole authority in religion and maintains that not only the Scriptures but also human experience and the collective witness of the Church contribute to the believer's final certainty. "The coming together of the historical, the experimental, and the collective witness, all saying the same thing, gives certainty far beyond the cer- tainty coming out of one taken alone." (P.373.) Certainly this is not that true Christian theology which alone leads to real victorious living. J. T. MUELLER The Passing of .John Broadbanks. By F. W. Boreham. The Abingdon Press, New York, N. Y. 276 pages. Price, $1.75. May be ordered through Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. This is the latest volume of essays by the well-known author of a Bunch of Everlastings, The Fiery Crags, Faces in the Fire, and several dozen others that have issued from the presses during the last quarter century and have made this Australian pastor and writer known in religious circles the world over. The eminent author's style has become richly mellowed with the years, but he has retained his outstanding gifts of pungent phrase and striking metaphor. The essays "My Scallop-shell of Quiet," "On Counting Chickens," "The Ordinand," and the last in the volume, from which it has its title, have appealed especially to this re- viewer. The essay "On Counting Chickens" alone is worth the price of the whole volume. W. G. POLACK 648 Book Review - 5.3Uctatut How to Win Fl'iends and Influence People. By Dale Carnegie. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1937. 340 pages, 5X8. Price, $1.96. May be ordered through Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jef- ferson Ave., St. Louis, Mo. As one might expect, this book is not written from the Christian viewpoint, and one deplores from the outset that some of the blasphemous exclamations were not deleted in later editions. But as for the substance itself, there is so much good common sense in the bulk of the discussion, also for the Lutheran pastor, that the careful perusal and study of the book ought to prove valuable to the discriminating reader. It is self- evident that the Lutheran pastor will add the Christian element to the discussion of the book in order to get away from mere se1.-'1sh motives. We intend to read the book, like a few others of the same type, from time to time in order to maintain a good balance in personality. P. E. KRETZlVIANN BOOKS RECEIVED From the Zonde1'van Publishing House, Gmnd Rapids, Mich: Satan, the Antichrist. By Herbert Lockyer. 74 pages. 35 cts. The Double Name. By Herbert Lockyer. 28 pages. 25 cts. One Plus Gad. By Robert G. Lee. 26 pages. 25 cts. The Treasures of the Snow. By Robert G. Lee. 24 pages. 25 cts. Christian Certainty: Can I De Sure I Am a Christian? By Frederick P. Wood. 40 pages, 51f2X7%. Price, 25 cts. The Beauty of the Cross: Choice Thoughts for Daily IV editation. Compiled by Zelma Argue. 31 pages, 51hx7%. Price, 25 cts. Temptation: How to Win Through. By Frederick P. Wood. 66 pages, 5%X7%. Price, 25 cts. Questionable Amusements. By Frederick P. Wood. 46 pages, 5% X7%. Price, 25 cts. From Hermann Pueschel, Dresden, Germany: P(lsitive Christianity in the Third Reich. By Professor D. Cajus Fabricius. 72 pages, 5X7%. , SUI tIEE1S In order to render satisfactory service. we must have our current mailing-list correct. The expense of maintaining this list has been materially increased. Under present regulations we are subject to a "fine" on all parcels mailed to an incorrect address. inasmuch as we must pay 2 cents for every notification sent by the postmaster on a parcel or periodical which is undeliverable because no forwarding address is available or because there has been a change of address. This may seem insignificant, but in view of the fact that we have subscribers getting three or more of our periodicals and considering our large aggregate subscription list. it may readily be seen that it amounts to quite a sum during a year; for the postmaster will address a notification to each individual periodical. 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