# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Dezember 1904_S565
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»Kirchlich⸗Zeitgeschichtliches. 565

observation and experience lead us to regard this as he better vay. If a
man's Lutheranism is of so much flabbiness as to be unable to maintain its
consistency and integrity when it comes up against the views of other good
people, in our judgment it is too feeble to be identified and classifed as the
real thing.“' Ein christlicher Theologe muß von allem, was er als solcher behauptet,
nachweisen können, daß es Gott in seinem Worte lehrt. Es ist Rationalismus, wenn
man, wie die Lurxeran Worid das thut, theologische Fragen beantwortet nach dem
Gefühl, oder nach eigenen Ansichten, Meinungen, Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen.
Aus dieser Stellung erklärt es sich auch, daß die Lutneran Norld die Weigerung der
Missourier, mit den Ohioern Gebetsgemeinschaft zu pflegen, bezeichnet “as a reproach
to Our denomination, as a bit of hairsplitting legalism worthy of the scribes
and rabbins who overlaid the law with interpretations that were inescusable
and burdensome.“' Die Lutheran World verlästert eine allen Christen von Gott
gebotene Pflicht, weil sie ihr Urtheil richtet nach der fleischlichen Vernunft statt nach
dem klaren Wort Gottes. F. B.

Unionismus mit Juden und Papisten in der Generaljynode. Im Lutheran
Observer vom 9. December berichtet Dr. Rhodes von der Weltausstellung in St. Louis
unter anderm auch Folgendes: „One thing more challenges our reverent atten-
tion. The Exposition management is to be commended for suggesting a union
Thanksgiving Service in Festival Hall on the day appointed by the President.
It was indeed aà memorable meéeeting. The great auditorium was filled to
more than its seating capacity. 4 joyous, grateful service it was, in some
respects singularly unique. After an invocation, the President's proclama-
tion was read by the president of the Exposition, Hon. D. R. Francis. At the
close, the Right Rev. John G. Glennon, Archbishop of the Catholic Church,
took the chair, and presided with grace to the end. The flrst speaker he
introduced was Rabbi Leon Harrison. The writer (Dr. Rhodes) Was the
second speaker on the program, and he only mentions it to say that he was
announced by his grace, the Archbishop, without any hesitation in his speech,
as the pastor of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, this eity.“ The
writer has never participated in a meeting like this, nor is it likely he ever
will again. The fellowship was most pleasing, and whilst every one was true
to his conviction, there was no jar on the feelings of the most exclusive. We
venture to say that there is no other place on earth where such a meeting
could have been held. It was the frank expression of religious liberty in
America, and on this memorable occasion it spoke to the world. We thank
God that when the history of this great world-enterprise is written and read
by the generations to come, this Thanksgiving service will form part of the
record. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition could have had no nobler coro-
nation at its close than this devout recognition of Him who is wonderful in
counsel and excellent in wisdom.““ — In der Generalsynode gibt es nicht wenige,
die kein Gefallen haben an der schmählichen Verleugnung der Wahrheit, der sich
Dr. Rhodes schuldig gemacht. Und doch hat Dr. Rhodes nur das Prineip, welches
alle in der Generalsynode vertreten, consequent durchgeführt! F. B.

Die liberale Theologie unter den Presbyterianern. Tre Gumberland Pres-
dytertan, das Organ der arminianischen Presbyterianer, schreibt vom 28. November:
Say what we please about these views, it is evident to every thinking man
that the spirit of our times protests against conflnement within the narrow
limits of a cut and dried theology. In the realm of theology, as everywhere
else, growth means change. It is still folly to try to Keep new wine in old