Q!nurnr~iu ml1rnlngiral mnut41y Continuing LEHRE UND ~EHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. VII March, 1936 No.3 CONTENTS Page The Principles and Teachings of the Dialectical Theology. Th. Engelder, • • • • • • • • •• 161 Non est vis magica. Walter Albrecht. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 175 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria. P. E. Kretzmann •••••••• 190 Sermon Study on 2 Cor. 7,4-10. Theo. Laetsch •••••••••• 194 Dispositionen ueber die erste von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Evangelienreihe .................... 203 Miscellanea ........................................ 215 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich.Zeitgeschichtliches .... 221 Book Review. - Literatur ........................... 233 Ein Prediger muss nlcht alleln weide .. , also dass er die Schate unterwelse, wie ole rechte Christen sollen sein, aondern auch danehen den Woelfen wehr ... , dasa sie die Scha1e nlcht angreUen und mit talscher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum ein· ruehren. - Lulher. Es ist keln Ding, das die Leute mebr bei der Kirche hehaelt denn die gute Predigt. - .tpol.ogi8, Are.!j. If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, '1'1 ho shall prepare himself to the battle 1 1 Oor. ~,8. Published for the Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States CONCORDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. Book Review. ~ 2tteratut. 233 Book Review. - £iteflltuf. New Biographical, Chronological, and Geographical Pictorial Chart of the Life and Journeys of Jesus Christ. 22X36 inches, litho- graphed in six colors on heavy stock. Marquette Lithograph Co., Chicago, Ill. Price, $1.50. It is axiomatic that every parish·school and every Sunday-school room ought to have at least one good map of the Holy Land, since it is quite impossible to teach the Bible-stories in a satisfactory way without such a map. The map to which the attention of our readers is herewith called is a most interesting and valuable piece of work. It is a map of the Holy Land, with special reference to the days of Jesus, giving the names of all parts of Palestine and of all the cities and towns that are associated with the life of our Savior. On the margin of the map are twenty-three colored pictures of the life of Jesus, from His birth to His ascension. Below the map is a complete harmony of the Savior's life according to the four gos- pels. A special feature is the connection of this list with the map; for the numbers placed next to the names of the towns on the map correspond to those in the list, so that every pupil in Sunday-schools, Bible classes, etc., will be able to obtain a good mental picture of the historical geography of Christ's life. The roads traveled by Jesus are also plainly shown, and there are other color embellishments on the chart which will appeal to young and old alike. - The company has also printed a smaller reproduc- tion of the map, 9 X 14 inches in size, which is suitable for framing and can be used by the individual student. The smaller size sells at $1.20 per dozen. Our readers are urged to examine the excellencies of this map for the purpose of introducing it in all their religious classes. P. E. KRETzMANN. Epochs in the Life of the Apos,ue John. By A. T. Robertson, A. M., D. D., LL. D., Litt. D., la;te Professor of New Te'stament Interpreta,- tion, Southern Ba,ptist Theologica.1 Seminary,. Louis~il1e', Ky. Flem- ing H. ReveU Company,. New Yo'rk,. London, and Edinburgh. 253 pages.,. 51/2X8lh. Price, $2,.0'0'. Orde,r through Concordia, Publishing House" St. Louis, Mo. rt is with a, melancholy feeling tha,t one takes, up this book, remem- bering that its author no longer is among the' living. All conservative scholars will be grateful tha,t Dr. Robertson wa,s. abJe, to finish this work befo.re' dea,th termina,ted his a,g,tounding literary activities. As, he says in the preface: "This volume, completes the Epoahs serie's ( Jesus, Paul, Pete1', John), though the volumes on the Baptist (John the Loyal) and Luke the Histo1-ian could well be included." The' book iE! a, nohlll production and deserves to rank with the, other important works of the author just mentioned. We ha,vc- here a, s,trong defense of the o,ld view o,f the Church tha,t the "beloved disciple" and the Apostle John are, identical and that this pe'rson is the author of the fourth gospeL The author thoroughly disposes of the theory which would make the' so-called Presbyter John of Papia.s a different person from ,Tohn, the son of Zebedee, and fa,s.ten author- ship of the fourth gospei on him. The authorship of the' Apocalypse and 234 Book Review. - ~itetatut. of the three epistles bearing the name John is likewise vindicated for .Tohn, the son of Zebedee'. As, in his volume on Peter, Dr. Robertson not only discusses the· historical fa.cts pertaining to the Apostle J olm, facts gleaned from the gospel narra,tive and the· Book of Acts and the epistles, but he like,wise discusses the doctrinal contents of the workg, which John wrote. Thus 1 Jo·hn is trea,ted in a, chapter which has the heading "John Fighting Gnosticism" and the subheading "The First Epistle" and which comprises thirty pages (110-140). Necessa,rily detailed exegesis can seldom be attempted. The' cha,pte,r on Revela,tion has, the heading "Seeing Visions in the IE'lle, of Patmos!' and covers pages 199-237. TO' give. an idea of the authm's style and manner of trea,tment of his material, we quote a, pa.ragra,ph discussing the first verses of Rev. 20: "The tempora,ry binding of Satan and the' martyrs' reign (200, 1-6) a,re the occasion of endless controversy to-day. Those' whO' take the thousand yeMs literally overlook the fact that the Apocalypse is a book of similes and that it is IJeri10us to insist on that point, eitheT in favoT O'f the post- m the pTemillennial view. Pe,te'T's' comment (2, Pet. 3, 8) is pedinent. It is a,lso unce'l'tain how the first and the second resurrection aTe' to be, understood. CeTta.inly the second dea,th (200,6-14; 21,8) is the' lake of fire and brimstone (hell), spiritual death. The first resurrection can be spiritual, not of the body. But in any case it seems confined to' the ma.rtyrs in v.4 and has nothing in common with Paul's language in 1 Thess. 4, 16 or 1 GOT. 15,23. Special honor is to be given to the ma,rtYTs. The general Tesurrection for all the Tes,t comes later,. 20,5.12,. 'TO' infer from this sta,tement, a.s many expositors have done', that the ezesan of v. 4 must be undeTstood of bodily resurrection is to inteTpret apocaIyptic prophecy by methods, of exegesis which axe proper to ordinary na.native' (8wete.)" (p. 234). Altoge.ther we have. here a work which it will pay every ministe.r to own and s,tudy. W. ARNDT. The Early Sermons of Luther and Their Relation to the Pre-Refor- mation Sermon. By Elmer Oarl Kiessling. Zondervan Publish- ing House, Gmnd Rapids, Mich. 157 pages, 5l4X7%,. PTice, $1.50. Order thTough Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. E. C. Kiessling is a member of the Wisconsin Synod and pTofessor of English and History at NOTthwestern College, Watertown, Wis. His book is the dissertation he submitted to the faculty of the Divinity School, University of Chicago, in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It is an able presentation of an important and interesting phase of the development that took place in the formative years of the great Reformer's life from 1512 to 1522. The material is divided under the fOllowing gen- eml heads: I. The Pre-Reformation SeTmon. II. The Formal Side of Luther's Early Preaching. III. The Theological Content of the Sermons. IV. The Content of Sermons as It Reveals the Character of the Age and of the Preacher. In his historical survey of preaching in GeTmany during the Middle Ages the author shows that preaching, though not the work of the average parish pTiest, but of men especially called fOT this work because of their pTeaching .ability, was quite common in the period before Luther and that sermons, when delivered before congregations, were usually in the ver- nacular. FOT example, in Westphalia, between the years 1378 and 1517, Book Review. - 2iteratur. 235 there are "sermon collections of 70 preachers whose names are known; an equal number of anonymous collections; at least 100 manuscript vol- umes of sermons, 10,000 different sermons printed in incunabula, to say nothing of the manuscripts which had come down from the previous cen- turies and collections from the neighboring provinces." While the preach- ing was mostly done by Franciscan, Dominican, and Augustinian friars, the end of the period saw the rise also of the professional preacher. At- tempts were made to lay down definite standards for preachers. "Every member of the clergy licensed to preach ]1ad at least been exposed to a theological education, which was sometimes given only by the parish priest, in his parsonage, but more often probably by trained teachers in a cathedral or cloister school or later in a university." The traditional length of the fifteenth-century sermon was one hour, and sermons were delivered mostly in the chief Mass, at nine or ten in the morning. The regular Sunday sermons were usually based on Gospel- and Epistlc-lections. Sermon series during Lent or on the Catechism (Ten Commandments, Creed, Lord's Prayer, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Sacraments) were not un- common. "The New Year's sermon underwent an interesting development. Its contents gradually shifted from the circumcision and the naming of Christ to thoughts connected with the beginning of the new year." There were various types of sermons, but the thematic was most common. "Con- trary to the opinion formerly held within the Protestant churches, the late medieval preacher was well versed in Scriptures"; but "broadly speaking, the content of the medieval sermon was ethical rather than doctrinal or polemical." In presenting his study of Luther's early preaching, the author covers about 290 sermons which Luther preached in this period. He shows that, though Luther was a slow speaker, he was popular even before 1517 and that he preached ordinarily on the pericopes for Sundays and festivals. As to his preparation and delivery, it cannot be determined whether or not his early sermons were written out before delivery. In his later career he worked out only a Konz:ept, "which often vanished into thin air when he came upon the pulpit and involuntarily became the mouthpiece of a mes- sage he had not originally planned to utter." "Often he was vexed in his sleep by dreaming that he had to preach and had no Konzept." "For studied rheto'l'ica.l effeds, either in diction or gesture, he, l1ad an abso~ute aversion." Luther denounced long-windedness in the pulpit and once left the church "during one of the interminable sermons of Bugenhagen" (who preached two hours and more), "but was aware that he himself was not always so concise in sermonizing as he might have been." As to the homiletic character of his sermons, John Gerhard described it well when he spoke of its "heroic disorder." "Luther's style of preaching was a com- bination of expository and topical methoels. Rarely is there a really ex- lmustive textual expositioll even in his homilies." Sometimes the text is peripheral in his treatment. At the end of a long sermon for Epiphany he says: "You will see from my Geschwaetz how immeasurably greater God's 'Word is than man's word." His introduction and conclusion are abrupt ancl matter-of-fact: "What the spittle means, we shall save for another occasion." "But of this I have a sermon in print. Therefore I will omit it now. Read it there." His sermons are unusually full of illustra- 236 Book Review. - ~itetatut. tions, and their language is popular, racy, and colorful. As to his illus- trations, "some of them are exaggerated, some not in good taste, but all vibrate with life." His sermons are full of enough "winged words" for a small anthology. In Luther's sermons up to 1516 Dr. Kiessling finds evidence of his scholastic heritage; in those of 1517, the influence of mysticism; and from 1516 to 1522 the signs of the "new theology" (justification by faith) are more and more apparent. "He began to proclaim from his pulpit a new way of salva,tion, grounded in the Scriptures, illuminated by his own in- sight, and adapted to the needs of the hour and the hearts of his hearers." "The sermons he thus evolved were as different from those of the later medieval preachers as the plays of Shakespeare are different from those of his predecessors." "What, then, did Luther contribute to the sermon and to the genera- tion of sermonizers after him? . . . "First, he enhanced the position of Christ within the sermon .... Secondly, he made the sermon Scriptural in a sense it had never been be- fore. . .. Thirdly, he revalued and deepened the ethical teaching of his time. . .. His last contribution was to enhance its position in the service and in the life of the Church in general." We have purposely quoted at length from the book in order to give our readers a taste of its contents. 'Ve recommend the work whole- heartedly to our pastors. ~We personally enjoyed reading it from cover to cover and feel certain that others will appreciate it as well. W. G. POLACK. Luther's Large Catechism. Translated by Dr. Lenker. ~With a, fine picture of Luther and "Rc'adings in Luther and the Bible." Augs- burg Publishing House, Minnea,polis, Minn. ISS. pages, 51/ 2 X 8. Price, $1.00. Order from Concordia, Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Luther's La,rge Catechism requires no' introduction in L,utheran circles, at least not in theory; for evm"y Lutheran knows tha,t the great Reformer published not only the Enchiridion, but also a, commentary on the Enchiridion, to show pastors and parents how properly to teach the Enchiridion. To this day this commenta,ry, or Large Catechism, as it was caned in the course, of time (Luther simply called it the "Ge'rman Cat- echism"), is a, rich sto'rehouse of valuable infm-mation on the important Ca,techism truths, and it is a downright shame that we Lutherans do not regard it more highly and use it morC' extensively. The Augsburg Pub- lishing House' is, therefore' to be congra,tula,ted on the reprinting of this great, good book in so handy a, form. The tTansla,tion is that of Dr. Lenker, which is as simple as it is exceUent. Since' the Augsburg PUblislling House used tIle pla,tes of the Luther Press and omitted the Small Ca,tecbism, the reprint begins with page 35. The" value of Luther's Gatechism has been ,enhanced by "Readings in Luther and the Bible.," prepared by Dr. Lenker, which richly supplement the information given in the La,rge Catechism. We ho'pe tha,t many Lutherans and other Christians in our country will study this precious book and thus deepen and increase their knowledge of the frye Chief Parts of our Christian faith treoa,ted in the' Large Catechism. J. T. MUELLER. Book Review. - ~Herntur. 237 SlJnJ)lItifdJe~ ~n~nrt~l1er5eidJnt~ ber geliriiudJrtdJrften ~ut~ernu~gnliett bon !It u b 0 {f !lI 0 f e t unb !llieglUeifer in ~1tdJlUnrM £ut~er=SfnrC1tbllri1tnt bon lS ern ~ arb lID ii r n e r. ~. &;leinfius SJ1ncf»foIger, ~eiNig. 1935. 103 6eiten 5% X 8%. qlreiS: M. 3.60. SDic§ ift ein Heines, aber fel)! ttJertboUes lSue!) fUr jeben, ber ~ut~er licft unb mit ~ut~er aroeHet. ~s ttJirb mit jJetfiinHdJ mand)en @nng IJ·on meiner @5tubier= j'tulie unb Illmtsftulie in bie 6eminarbilifiot~el fjJaren. :;Seber, ber mit ~ut~er arlieHe! vber aUf ~ut~et3itate in f einer ~eHiire ftiljit, mae!)t bie ~rfaljrung, bnli ~utljeraitate nae!) berfe!)iebenen Illusgalien gegelien ttJerben. :;Sn SDeutfd){nnb ttJirb jet! mdftens nad)' ber groflen, teuren ®eimarer ~lu§gaoe 5itied, ~ier in Illmcrifa bie!facl) nad) ber aUen'lIlalcl)fcl)en ober ber neuen 61. Bouifer ober bet bcutfcl)= Hinbifd)en ~t1anger Illusgabe. SDann entfte~t oft bie tyrage: :;Sn ttJe!e!)er 6cl)rift Butf)ers fte~t bas oetreffenbe ButljetttJott, unb tno fann ie!) es in me i net Illusgnbe finben? 'iDn Leiftet biefes Heine lIDetfnusge5eid)nete SDienfte, inbem ell in nelieneinanbetfte~enben .!Mumnen bie ~utljetf.e!)'riften in 3eitlie!)er !lteiljenfo{ge nne!) bet lIDeimater Illullgnlie, bie biefe !lteiljenfo{ge barliietet, nennt unb angilit, aUf ttJeIe!)er 6eUe unb in ttJdd)em lSanbe ber lIDeimaret, ber ~t!anger unb bet beiben Ueineren lSonncr unb \)3raunfe!)ttJeiger Illusganen biefe 6e!)tiften fid) finben. SDiefe Illngaben, bie fonft in bie1en lSanben 3erftteut finb, finb ~iet 3ufammC1l= gettagcn aUf 73 6eiten. SDann folgen ttJeitere tnertboUe But1)erregifter aUf @nmb bes in biefer 3eitfe!)rif! 0, 237) befjJrod)enen Butljedh'IIenbariums. Butljers inl)nltreid)e lSriefe finb ljier geotbnet nad) ben Drtfe!)nften, in bie fie gefanbt ttJurben, unb nad) ben !lIerfvnen, an bie fie getie!)tet finb. ~s ttJirb ein !lteife= regifter ~ut1)erS angegelien, nad) ttJefcljem man fd)neU fjn'ben fann, ttJo1)in ~ut~er gereift ift uub ttJo er fid) nUfge1)nIten 1)at. ~s tuirb ferner ein !ltegiftet bet !lIet= fouen gegeoen, bie But~et nefucljten ober oei iI)nt berfe1)rten. SDann folgt ein ~rebigtregifter, ttJotin aUe 6tenen bes IllUeu unb 91cuen ;teftaments, illiet bie Butl)er qlrebigten ge~a1ten 1)at, angegelien ttJerben un'll 3u91eie!) ber But1)erliaub, tuo bief e !lItebigten fid) finben, unb fe!)HeflIid) auc() ein !ltegifter 3U ben SDiS1J1lta= Honen unb mot!efungen, bie But~er ge1)aUen 1)nt. ;;SU metbinbung mit lSue!)ttJalbll ~ut~er=.Ralenbarium tommt biefell lSuclj bem jJtaUifdjen lSebUtfniS aUer ~ut1)et= Iefer entgegen unb ttJirb ein unentlie1)tIie!)es &;lnnbttJetfs3eug. mlenn bod) nut nue!) no,d)' me1)t aUf Illmeritn lSe3ug genommen unb unfete 6t. Bouifer But~ernusgCloe mit ~erehtge30gen ttJorDen ttJiire! 53, ty ii rot i nile t. The Cross. By Edw·in C. Munson. .Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Ill. 172 pages, 5X7%, Price, $1.00'. These a,re Lenten addresses which not only employ the speech of present"day .America" but make pointed a,pplications throughout to the moral and economic conditions of our day. The Christian doctrines o,f the atonement and of justification by faith form the background for these meditations on Christ's sufferings and death. Emphasis is on sanctifiea.- tion. The doctrinal discussions sometimes lack depth, as when a, pantllel is dmwn between the vicarious suffering of Christ and that O'f parents, soldiers, etc. The authO'r's, reference to "vested interests," to' the principle of a "fair return" for lahor, and to' war as "wholesale murder," aTel not ina.ppropriate in a modern sermon, but will be helpful only if it is made clea.r that the implications are social and not socialistic. The cmss of Christ as the controlling power in the fa,ith and life of the Christian is the· theme ca.rried through the book. TH. GRAEBNER. 238 BO'O'k Review. - .\)itetCltut. Thel Netherlands Indies. WO'dd DominiO'n Survey Series. By Joh. Rauws, H. Kraeme1-, F. J. F. Van Hasselt, N. A. O. Slotemalve1' de B1-uine. WO'rld DO'miniO'n Press, 156 Fifth Avenue', New York. 186 pages. Price, 58. This is a, very fine, cO'ntributiO'n to' missiO'nary literature and intrO'duces as nO' O'ther English bO'(lk knO'wn to' me to the la,rge missiO'nary wO'rk dO'ne in The Netherlands Indies. The authO"rs did much original reseaJ:'ch wO'rk in O'rder to' produce this infO'rma,tive vO'lume. The maps and exhaustive sta,tistical a,ppendices a,re note.worthy and serve their purpose well. Thirty- seven societies and churches are enumerated as doing Protestant and eleven mganiza,tiO'ns as, dQing Roman CathO'lic missiQnary work. In reading' this volume, I was, aga.in impressed with the magnitude Qf thH ta.sk to' Hvangelize the world that stilI cO'nfronts· the Glmrch of GO'd. Much tha,t is procla,imed in missionary lands under the titlH of the, WO'rd Qf GQd is anything but tha,t and cannot serve to' lead to God and life eterna,l thrQugh Christ. vVha,t a· grea,t responsibility, then, dO' we ha.ve to' whQm has been entrusted the undimmed light O'f the WO'rd! FREDERICK BRAND. The GQspel Qf Christ. By Jerome O. Willia,ms, D. D. Fleming H. Revell GQ., LQndon. 160 pages, 5% X 7%. Price, $1.50. These are rHligiO'uSi addresses which stress the deity O'f Christ and thH vicariQus atO'nement and thrQughQut strike the evangelical tone. Of CQurse, we' must always eiXpect that a, preacher Qf the RefO'rmed churches will prea,ch refO'rmed doctrine, as" fQ·r example" when the author O'f this book speaks. O'f "the symbO'l O'f baptism" (p. 18). J. H. C. FRITZ. Christian Art. By O. R. Morey. 120 pages, including 48 half-tQne pla,tes, 6X81j2' Longmans, Green & 0'0'. LQndQn, New YQrk, TorQntQ. Price', $,1.75·. We ha.ve, a sufficient number 0'f bQQks, Qn the' va.ri0'us arts, alsO' the ecclesiastica.I arts, as, fQr example, the fine mQnQgra,ph by Gra.dmann, Ge- schichte de1- christliahen Kunst. But this bQQk is different. It. is nQt a, vO'lume 0'f meTe historical and descriptive inf0'rmatiQn, but Qf a, m0'st sympa,thetic interpretatiQn O'f the principles and factQ'rs which influenced the' a,rt O'f each periQd, frO'm the Byzantine to" the present day. The pub- lishers, state that "this bQ0'k was prepared by PrO'fessor Morey fO'r the Liturgical Arts SO'ciety, an O'rganiza,tiQn O'f which leading church architects., a, la,rge numbe,r O'f Cath0'lic clergy, and many patrQns, 0'f a,rt aTe members." The author is 0'ne Qf the mQst distinguished O'f living American archeO'lQ- gists and art histQdans. Hel has been prQfessor in this field at PrincetQn sincel 19'18 amI is a,t present hea.d 0'f his depa.rtment. In this m0'nQgraph he' lays more stress Qn painting and sculpture than O'n achitecture; but his striking definiti0'ns characterizing the periO'ds and his philoSQphy O'f art Qffe'l' mO'st delightful and inf0'rmative reading. The fad tha,t the v0'lume must be studied with cO'nstant reference to" the' splendid half-tQne illustra,- tiQns enhances the value of the book fO'r the lover O'f Christian a,rt. The purchase. and the study of this bQok will prove eminently worth while .. P. E. KRETZMANN. Book Review. - Sliteratur. 239 The! Road Back to God. A Series of Self-searching Devotional Talks by O. P. K,'etzmann. The Walther League, Chicago,. 19'35. 120 pages, 51;2 X 71;2. Price, $1.00'. This is a. fascina,ting book, for the author, executive secretary of the Interna,tional Walther League, has the gift of ta.lking to the hea,rt of young people. The talks which are here presented W0re delivered at one of the "\Va.Ither League summer-conference· camps, which have brought such rich blessings to numerous young (and old) people in our circles. They are charged with emotion, although they are based throughout on tlie! fad of the atoning power of Christ's blood. The imagery throughout is< beautiful, lofty, chaste, the examples and stories well chosen, the poetry appealing. We should like to' recommend the book to all our pastors, especiaUy to' those whO' find some difficulty in addressing themselves to' the particular needs of young peO'ple. The Introduction, by Prof. E. J. Friedrich of Gon- cordia, Seminary, St. LO'uis, really introduces the author and the book. P. E. KRETZMANN. Training for Church-Membership. By A. Earl KernaJwn, D. D. Flem- ing H. Revell Company, London. 125 pages, 5'UX7%. Price, $1.5G. The purpose of this book is good. In his introdnction Dr. Kernahan says: "A conviction has been steadily growing, during the Yfmrs of my work as, a pastor and a.s the: Na.tional DireetQ1l' O'f The Direeted Survey and Visitation Evangelism Campaigns, tha,t no adequa,te eourse of training has been furnished for those who seek admission into, the' membership of the Ohurch. A little fO'l'lnal prepa,ra,tion, u, short ca techetical course, a, presentation of miscellaneous material, a, meeting or two for memoriza,- tion of questions, and answers, a, series< of prayer-meetings, 0'1' indeed no training at all have' too often been the methods pursued in the sacred work of preparing individuals to' enter the' most practical and at the same time, the holiest community rela,tionship on eadh." We are sorry to sa,y tha.t the author has miserahly fa.iled in presenting a, book to prepan~ in- dividuals, for church-membership. From his viewpoint the author was compelled to fail, for he says in his preface: "It has he en our wish to a;wid any denomina,tional bia,s· and to help aU who use' the te'xt to become Christians first and then to become intelligent members of their respective churches. I have directed as many as eighty-four denominations in one campaign. I knO'w them all, intima,tely. The, emphaSIS given in this, book therefore will be' universal and impera,tive. I wish to' express my sincere gra,titude to the representatives. of the' va,riou8 communions whose sta.tl"- menta a,ppear in the first section. 'fhis boO'k will be used in the pre'pa,ra,- tion of individuals for membership in an of these' churches, and these sta,tements from my friends will be, of interest and heIp to the thousands who· will use' it." Also the Lutheran Church is, given two' pages in this book, and althO'ugh the adicle is written by a, Lutheran pastor, no oue can by reading it tell how the Lutheran Chureh distinguishes, itself from other denominations and wha,t is really required to· become a. member of the Lutheran Ohurch. The whole book bespeaks the' religious indifferent attitude of our day. J. H. G. FRITZ. 240 Book Review. - ~Ueratur. ;t)eT ~egtiff bet 5eelfotge tiet (£InnlJ S)ntmi.l nub 2Hije. ~erauilgegeoen bon mat ~ i a il 5 d) u I 3. f:l:. lBerteIsmann, ®iiterslo~. 83 5eiten 5% X8%. ~tei5: ,ITattoniert, M. 2.40. ~il ift bies ein iiberaus intereiiantes unb Ie~rreid)es lBiid)lein, bas fein ~rebiger aUd] unfem 6t)nobe o~ne SJtuten lefen tuitb. ®o~I tit es 3Uniid)ft fiir beutfd)e iner~iiftnifje gefdjtieben; bod) treten 53ofalbe3ie~ungen 3uriicf, unb bie ®tunbfiite ber 6eelfotge tuetben in bur·djauil obiefttbet ®eife bargelegt. :Iler inerfaffer tuetft nad), bafl fotuo~I &:larms aIS 53o£)e bie lmi ~lemente, bie fiir ieben lBegriff bet 6eeIforge aIs tonftituierenb an3ufe£)en finb, aIS "bas ®.ort ®ottes, bie ~erfon bes 6eelforgers unb bte ®emeinbe/l oeftimmt. ~r bertuirft mit lRedjt, baa man, loie eil in unferer ,(leU fo f)iiufig gefdjie£)t, irgenb etmas au bie 6telle bes ®ottes ®ottes fcten tuill unb baa e5 ~flicf)t bes 6eeIforgets fei, fold)e mittel au finben, bie bem "bcr ~tgiinBung liebUrftigen/i ®ort ®ottes aUt 6eite gefett ober iibergeorbnet loerben mUflten. ftliet bas incr£)iiUnH; ber ~ft)djologie 3nt 6ceIforge fagt ber inerfafier ttefflidj: ,,:Iler 6eelforger mUfl bon biefen :Ilingen etmas mifien; er mUfl biemet~oben unb j}eftfteUungen ber :tiefen1Jft)ef)oIogie fennen. 6eine b i a g n 0 ft i f ef) e n j}ii£)igfeiten bUrften baburd) gana tuef entIiu) gefiitbert tunben. 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" ~mmer beutiidjer etfennen mit ~eute, bafl ber rcligiiis=djrtftlief)en 6eclfotge bie I!{ufgabe 3ufiillt, bie 1Jtofane ~fl)ef)ot£jetaVie - bie :tiefenNt)·ef)ologic eingefcf)loffen - au etgiinaen, au fotrigieren, au bettiefen. :Iliefe tuitb immet bie SJfeigung l)aben, im lRefatiben ftcden3ubleiben, tuenn nidjt gat im traffen 1J1aturaIismus, mie bas ~eute bet ber ~flJdjoanaIlJf e bon j}reub bet j}.aU if±. 6ie tuirb bie lBegtiffe bon 6u)uIb unb 6Unbe nur aU Ieidjt aUfllifen. 5ic tohb immet nut bon Shanfljett \'eben unb in bem 6at enbigen: I!{Ues berfte~en ljeijit aUes beqei£jen. &:lier ljat bie djtiftIidje @5eelforge bie I!{ufgaoc, an ,\"danil bes giittIid)en ®ortes bie I!{bfoIut" £)ett bet SJfotmen BU io a£) ten, tuitUid) bon 5tinbe unb 6d)u!b au tcben, abet bann anef) tuetter an &:lanb besfelben giittHd)en ®ortes ben :troft 1mb bie .reraft bet ~rfiifung f:l:£)rifti aU 5eigen./1 (5. 35.) @s ift in bem j{\Uef)Iein bes inorttefffidjen fo biel, bafl man gelegentnd)e irrigc lBel)auVtungen getne iibetiie£)t, tuenn a. lB. be£jQ1tVtet toitb, bafl bie biaIeftifef)e :t£jeologie fid) mit befonbetem ~rnft um ®ottes ®ort befUmmere, ober menn bon 53ut~ets ecclesiola in ecclesia getebet mhb, mii£)renb boef) bies ~nftitut nief)t aUf ~ut~er, fonbetn aUf ben ~ietismus 3UtUcf= 3ufii£)ren iit, bet .es \'lerabe als eins bet mUter, 'oem ®ort moUes auf3Ul)eIfcu, anfa~, bie bod) bet inctfaffer mit lRed)t bcrmirft. :t 1) e o. 53 ii t f ef). 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