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261 Ellen G. White: The Early Elmshaven Years: 1900-1905 (vol. 5), p. 148.5 (Arthur Lacey White)
She was one who could weep. It was the message given to her by God on Christmas Day thirty-six years earlier that led to the establishment of this institution in Battle Creek in August, 1866.
262 Ellen G. White: The Early Elmshaven Years: 1900-1905 (vol. 5), p. 309.3 (Arthur Lacey White)
Christmas at Elmshaven was a usual workday. W. C. White reported in a long letter to A. G. Daniells:
263 Ellen G. White: The Early Elmshaven Years: 1900-1905 (vol. 5), p. 309.4 (Arthur Lacey White)
It is a bright, crisp, frosty, sunny morning: an ideal day for midwinter in California. If we had any time to be merry, we could make it a merry Christmas.— Ibid., 58 .
264 Ellen G. White: The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6), p. 75.1 (Arthur Lacey White)
… after Christmas. Haskell was suffering from an acute case of boils; he was immediately put under treatment at the Sanitarium and at Elmshaven. His wife served …
265 Ellen White: Woman of Vision, p. 125.2 (Arthur Lacey White)
Christmas evening as we were humbling ourselves before God, and earnestly pleading for deliverance, the light of heaven seemed to shine upon us, and I was …
266 Ellen White: Woman of Vision, p. 135.3 (Arthur Lacey White)
On Wednesday morning, Christmas Day, a meeting was held and 13 children and young people expressed their determination to be Christians.
267 Ellen White: Woman of Vision, p. 135.4 (Arthur Lacey White)
… present Christmas morning, but in response to the appeals of their young friends they too gave their hearts to the Lord, making 18 whose lives were changed …
268 Ellen White: Woman of Vision, p. 201.10 (Arthur Lacey White)
… be Christmas, Ellen noted in a letter to a friend: “My Christmas will be spent in seeking Jesus to be a welcome guest in my heart. His presence will drive all the …
269 Ellen White: Woman of Vision, p. 277.6 (Arthur Lacey White)
… was Christmas, Mrs. White delivered an appropriate message on “the birth and mission of Christ, illustrating the love of God and showing the propriety of making …
270 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ADVENT.2 (Noah Webster)
… before Christmas, beginning of St. Andrew’s Day, or on the sabbath next before or after it. It is intended as a season of devotion, with reference to the coming …
271 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS.1 (Noah Webster)
CHRISTMAS, n.
272 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Christmas-day.
273 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS-BOX.1 (Noah Webster)
CHRISTMAS-BOX, n. A box in which little presents are deposited at Christmas.
274 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS-DAY.1 (Noah Webster)
CHRISTMAS-DAY, n. The twenty fifth day of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
275 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS-FLOWER.1 (Noah Webster)
CHRISTMAS-FLOWER, n. Hellebore.
276 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHRISTMAS-ROSE.1 (Noah Webster)
CHRISTMAS-ROSE, n. A plant of the genus Helleborus, producing beautiful white flowers about Christmas.
277 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EPIPHANY.1 (Noah Webster)
… after Christmas, in commemoration of the appearance of our Savior to the magians or philosophers of the East, who came to adore him with presents; or as others …
278 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EVEN.6 (Noah Webster)
2. Eve is used also for the fast or the evening before a holiday; as Christmas Eve.
279 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FEAST.9 (Noah Webster)
In the English church, feasts are immovable or movable; immovable, when they occur on the same day of the year, as Christmas day, etc.; and movable, when they are not confined to the same day of the year, as Easter, which regulates many others.
280 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. GUISER.1 (Noah Webster)
GUISER, n. gi’zer. A person in disguise; a mummer who goes about at Christmas.