THE

REFORMED CHURCH

REVIEW.

MANAGING EDITORS:
GEORGE W. RICHARDS, D.D. JOHN S. STAHR, LL.D.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
FREDERICK A. GAST, D.D. JOHN B. KIEFFER, PH.D.
JOHN C. BOWMAN, D.D.

RICHARD C. SCHIEDT, PH.D.
WILLIAM C. SCHAEFFER, D.D. C. ERNEST WAGNER, A.M.
CHRISTOPHER NOSS, D.D. ANSELM V. HIESTER, A.M.

YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE

FOURTH SERIES. VOLUME XI.

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No. 1.

1.- What is the Church? By the Rev. THEODORE F.

HERMAN. . . . . . . . . . 1

II.-Evolution and Christian Doctrine. By the REV. JOHN B.

RUST, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . 17

III.–Marriage and Divorce. By the REV. J. W. SANTEE, D.D. 43

IV.-The Sacred and the Secular. By the Rev. E. E. EMHOFF. 57

V.-Prohibition and the Christian Church. By the Rev. A.

ZIMMERMAN, S.T.D. . . . . . . . 66

VI.- Diary of Lischy's and Rauch's Journey Among the

Reformed Congregations in Pennsylvania. Translated

and edited by PROF. WILLIAM J. HINKE. . . . 74

VII.-Contemporary Religious and Theological Thought in

Great Britain and America. By the REV. A. S.

WEBER, D.D. . . . . . . . . 91

VIII.-Editorial Department.

Scientific Versus Religious Knowledge. . . . 107

IX.—Notices of New Books. . . . . . . . 119

No. 2.

1.-—The Teaching of Jesus on the Subject of Wealth. By

the Rev. WILLIAM C. SCHAEFFER, D.D. . . . 145

II.- On the Physical Basis of Morals. By PROF. R. C.

SCHIEDT, Ph.D. . . . . . . . . 162

III.-History of the Reformed Church of Hungary. By

FRANCIS BALOGH. . . . . . . . 191

IV.-Prohibitory Food Laws in Israel. By IRWIN Hoch DE

LONG, D.B., Ph.D. . . . . . . 222

V.-The Preacher's Message. By the Rev. C. E. CREITZ,

A.M. . . . . . . . . . . 229

VI.-Contemporary Religious and Theological Thought in

Great Britain and America. By the Rey. A. S.

WEBER, D.D. . . . . . . . 241

VII.--Editorial Department.

Recent Theological Tendencies in Germany. . . 263

VIII.—Notices of New Books. . . . . . . . 273

ARTICLE

No. 3.

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I.-A Wavering Witness. By the REV. WASHINGTON

GLADDEN. ·

· · · · · · 289

II. -The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon. By

IRWIN HOCH DE LONG, D.B., Ph.D. . . . . 307

III.—The Poetry of Longfellow. By PROF. C. ERNEST

WAGNER, A.M. . . . . . .

. 330

IV.-The Society for Psychical Research and Immortality.

By the Rev. John H. PRUGH, D.D. . . . . 348

V.-Ghosts. By the Rev. D. B. LADY, D.D. . . . 364

VI.- Japanese Poetry. By PROF. J. K. MAEDA. . . . 380

VII.—The Church and Men of Wealth. By the Rev. JAMES

R. BROWN, A.M. . . . . . . . . 389

VIII.-Contemporary Religious and Theological Thought in

Great Britain and America. By the Rev. A. S.

WEBER, D.D. . . . . . . . . 398

XI.—Editorial Department.

“The New Theology". . . . . . 414

X.-Notices of New Books. . . . . . . . 427

No. 4.

1.-Psychological Elements in Religious Faith. By the

Rev. H. M. J. KLEIN, PH.D. . . . . . 449

II.-The Religion of Jesus and Christianity. By the REV.

A. S. WEBER, D.D. . . . . . . . 470

III.–Eternal Life: A Study in Johannine Theology. By

PROF. WILLIAM C. SCHAEFFER, D.D. . . . 499

IV.-The Old Testament Conception of God. By the Rev.

SAMUEL Z. BEAM, D.D. . . . . . . 519

V.-Essential Characteristics of Twentieth Century Chris-

tianity. By the Rev. THOMAS W. DICKERT, A.M. . 534

VI.-Editorial Department.

The Bible and the Sunday School. .. . . 554

The Theological Uses of Tadpoles and Urchins. . . 563

VII.—Notices of New Books. . . . . . . . 568