Vol. XVI. No. 1-NOVEMBER, 1905 Editorials . Contributed Articles I Abraham Lincoln - A Study in Ethics, Prof. C. S. Beardslee, Green, Cyclopedic Hand-book to the Bible-Jellie, Ezekiel - Robert- son, Chronological N. T.- Bosanquet and Wenham, Outline of the Synoptic Record-Porter, The Apocalyptic Writers - Fitz- patrick, Life of Christ for Children - Macfarland, Jesus and the Prophets Welford, The Lynching of Jesus-Harnack, Expan- sion of Christianity - Shearer, Modern Mysticism - Kerr, The Blue Flag of the Covenanters - Leonard, History of Carleton Col- lege-Lewis, Opportunities in the Colonies-Dwight, Blue Book of Missions, 1905 - Parsons, Christus Liberator - Whigham, Man- churia and Korea-Matthews, Thirty Years in Madagascar - Lay- man, The Church of Christ-Zwemer, Moslem Doctrine of God- Andrews, Man and the Incarnation - Hall, Doctrine of God- Lancaster, The Creed of Christ-Stimson, The Right Life - Hen- derson, Children of Good Fortune - Raymond, Art in Theory- Fletcher, Gainsborough - Wilkinson, Modern Masters of Pulpit Discourse-Rashdell, Christus in Ecclesia- Torrey, Real Salva- tion-Smith, Forgiveness of Sins - Clarke, A More Excellent Way-Speer, Men Who Overcame - Newton, The Ideal Mother - McKinley, Educational Evangelism - Wood, Junior Topics Out- lined-Talmage, A Message to the Magicians-Job, Wild Wings- 5 35 59 THE SEMINARY AIMS (1) to develop a vigorous spiritual life as the only sound basis for scholarship and service, (2) to train in scientific methods of exegetical and historical research, (3) to discover the truth of God as revealed in the Scriptures and the leading of his Spirit in history, and to apply that truth in the realms of thought and endeavor, so as to meet the present needs of the world and promote the spread of his Kingdom. 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EDITORIAL BOARD: - Professor Arthur Lincoln Gillett, Professor Waldo Selden Pratt, Professor Charles Snow Thayer. Associate Editor: John James Moment. · The appearance of this number of the RECORD, due November first, has been delayed for a month because of the extensive strike of the Typographical Union. Such an incident does not tend to produce that state of philosophic calm in which, theoretically at least, such occurrences should be discussed. The editors accordingly refrain from comment. The RECORD publishes in this issue two articles, both of which are of somewhat unusual length and both of which, it is believed, will prove of unusual interest. For some years now it has been the custom of Hartford Seminary to open the year with an address by one of the professors. The speaker this year was Dr. C. S. Beardslee, professor of Biblical Dogmatics and Ethics. He selected for his theme one of the towering characters of American history and submitted it to an analysis with the purpose of revealing through concrete examination vital and essential ethical principles. The result was a sketch having great interest both as an analysis of the character of the "Saviour of his Country" and as a study of ethical ideals. It suggests a method of treating ethics which if properly developed would be of great pedagogical value. The second article is the thesis for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity presented by a Japanese student, graduating with his class last summer from Hartford Seminary. It has seemed best to print in the precise form in which it was originally written rather than to run the risk of sacrificing something of the charm of individuality in the effort to change it from the thetical to the magazine form. The paper contributes to the student of comparative religions an interesting picture of a pre-Lutheran Luther working out on a Buddhistic basis a Japanese doctrine of Justification by Faith. The topic of Comparative Religion is receiving not a little impulse this season from the lectures of Samuel Satthianadhan, LL.D., Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy in the Presidency College, Madras, India. During the month of November Dr. Satthianadhan delivered in Hosmer Hall five lectures on the "Indian Philosophical Systems as related to Christianity." The point of view of a scholarly and well-trained Indian Christian proved to be illuminating as respects both the likenesses and differences between the oriental and the occidental religious consciousness. The lecturer's clearness of vision and simplicity of exposition, together with his admirable appreciation of perspective, made his addresses of very unusual interest; and his evident freedom from either Hindu or Christian dogmatism lifted his comparison of the two religions, and his elucidation of the superior worth of Christianity, to the plane of calm and deliberated judgments of great positive value. We are glad to be informed that his lectures are, before long, to appear in book form. Such papers as Mr. Tanaka's and such addresses as Dr. Satthianadhan's give a distinctive significance to the modern tendency to submit Christianity to a new analysis. What is the essence of Christianity? This is the persistent question. Many and varied are the answers. It would simplify matters if the question were divided. Perhaps it should be separated into several questions. What was the Christianity of Jesus? What was the Christianity of Peter? Of Paul? Of John? Of the Apologists? Of the Anti-Gnostic Writers? Of Origen? Of Athanasius? Of Augustine? Of the Scholastics? Of the Reformers? Of this or that church or school of modern times? Plainly the answer will depend upon the historical delimitation of the question. But here the greatest diversity of view prevails among us. Ask a Roman Catholic and he will refer you with considerable confidence to Thomas Aquinas. Ask a Presbyterian and he will name John Calvin with a show of doggedness. |