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Horsch to Bender: remarks on The Wandering Soul and on the book by Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference; on whether the “Hofer brothers” story should be in the Hutterite book [World War I, conscientious objection, Joseph Hofer, Michael Hofer, Fort Leavenworth prison—see Gerlof Homan, American Mennonites and the Great War, pp. 147-54].

Mention of “Bro. Brilhart” and of “Earl” [surely Charles A. Brilhart and his son Earl Brilhart, according to a cousin of Earl, Ruth Ann Peachey, and her reading of the letter’s content].

Sending part of Ernst Correll “Preface”; have Edward Yoder read the manuscript?; mention “Bro. Gerber of Sonnenberg” [probably Ohio] and his remarks about bonds that gullible Mennonites had bought to help Mennonite refugees from Russia.

Mention Ernst Correll, and that “Bro. D. K. [probably Daniel Kauffman] is very ill—“evidently the old trouble.”

“Bro. Neff” [probably Christian Neff] had sent “Gemeindekalender”; mention Levi [probably Levi Mumaw] and Ernst Correll’s preface.

Horsch to Bender: mention [Aaron Loucks?], Elias Walter, Kaufman book [see at September 22 above]; D. K. [Daniel Kauffman] ill with a “set-back”; General Conference Mennonite Church missionaries disagreeing, mention of “missionary Boehr” [probably Peter J. Boehr—see GAMEO].

Horsch reply on the books via Walter; that Horsch was being criticized at Mennonite Publishing House for his putting much time into the book and the House receiving no royalty; the historical society should pay the usual 10% royalty.

Horsch to Bender, taking issue with a paragraph of an article by “Bro. Enss” [Gustav H. Enss] in the Goshen College Record—Horsch seeming to find it unsound on the question of Christ’s divinity; mention Hans Denk, and “Prof. Schaff” [Harold H. Schaff???—at the time a writer on Anabaptism].

Bender to Horsch: on getting the Mennonite Quarterly Review issue out so late; mention of Loucks [Aaron Loucks?].

Horsch to Bender: on materials received from Elias Walter; thinking of writing a Gospel Herald article on Dort Confession [Dortrecht Confession?]; more on Kuehler book; mention of author “Bossert” [Gustav Bossert, d. 1925, Lutheran historian who wrote on Anabaptism?], and a review by William Gussmann [Wilhelm Gussmann?] of Stuttgart, sharply criticizing Bossert’s Taeuferakten; attached are several letters in German, one Elias Walter to Horsch, one Robert Friedmann to Walter.

Again about that book by the Dunker named Love, published at Elgin [Church of the Brethren Publishing House, surely]; mention Orie O. Miller.
Date on letter: August 31, 1932

Bender to Horsch: that Bender and Enss [Gustav H. Enns, surely] wanted Horsch to read critically the four articles “Christianity and Religion”, “Christianity and Mysticism,” “Christianity and Philosophy,” and “Christianity and Revelation.”

Bender to Horsch: appreciated the comments on Enss’ articles—Enss had done some rewriting; elaborates; would be sending the Christianity and Philosophy article soon. One-sheet document, typing like Horsch’s but unsigned, penciled “ca. Sept. 1932”, titled “Questions Regarding the article THE TERM ‘RELIGION’ NOT A BIBLICAL CONCEPT”; argues that other words we use, for God or whatever, also have “heathen origin.”

Horsch to Bender: about articles on Swiss Brethren (apparently two manuscripts, by Horsch).

Horsch to Bender: about he and “Aaron” [surely Aaron Loucks] sending proofs; comments on one article.