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341 Ellen G. White and Church Race Relations, p. 57.2 (Ronald D. Graybill)
… at Christmas time, 1898, and the other a few miles down the Yazoo River in May, 1899, we get a different picture. Edson White wrote his mother about both incidents …
342 Ellen G. White and Church Race Relations, p. 82.1 (Ronald D. Graybill)
… at Christmas time in 1898: Ellen G. White, Letter 136, 1898 (to J. E. White and his wife, August 14, 1898). See supra., pp. 53-56
343 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 1 (Ellen Gould White)
Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts
344 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 1 (Ellen Gould White)
Chapter 1—Christmas is Coming
345 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 1.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… is Christmas, that it should demand so much attention? This day has been made much of for centuries. It is accepted by the unbelieving world, and by the Christian …
346 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 1.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… as Christmas has been observed, the glory is turned from Him to mortal man, whose sinful, defective character made it necessary for Him to come to our world …
347 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 2.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… on Christmas to find their own amusement in vanity and pleasure-seeking, in amusements which will be detrimental to their spirituality. Parents can control …
348 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 3 (Ellen Gould White)
Chapter 5—A Christmas Tree
349 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 3.3 (Ellen Gould White)
On Christmas, so soon to come, let not the parents take the position that an evergreen placed in the church for the amusement of the Sabbath school scholars …
350 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 3.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… your Christmas tree. Let the precious emblem “evergreen” suggest the holy work of God and His beneficence to us; and the loving heart-work will be to save other …
351 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 3.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… God Christmas trees in every church, and then let them hang thereon the fruits of beneficence and gratitude—offerings coming from willing hearts and hands …
352 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 4 (Ellen Gould White)
Chapter 6—Christmas Gifts
353 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 4.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Christmas is not observed as its name implies it should be. Man has forsaken God in almost everything, and has turned the attention to self. He has left the pure …
354 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 4.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… on Christmas make special efforts to come before the Lord with gifts and grateful offerings for the gift of Jesus Christ as a Redeemer to the world. Let nothing …
355 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 4.6 (Ellen Gould White)
… coming Christmas one of intense interest, paying your addresses to the God of heaven in willing, grateful offerings. Follow no longer the world’s customs …
356 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 5.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… a Christmas as has never yet been seen, because of the donations which shall be given for the sustaining of the work of God and the upbuilding of His kingdom …
357 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 5.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… coming Christmas and New Year’s festivals, not only make an offering to God of our means, but give ourselves unreservedly to Him, a living sacrifice....
358 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 5.6 (Ellen Gould White)
… making Christmas and New Year’s gifts to our friends. It is right to bestow upon one another tokens of love and remembrance if we do not in this forget God, our …
359 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 6.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… upon Christmas. Christmas is celebrated to commemorate Christ’s birth. If we celebrate it only in seeking to give pleasure to our children and one another …
360 Ellen G. White statements related to the observance of Christmas and holiday gifts, p. 6.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… dishonored. Christmas has been made a day of feasting, of gluttony, of selfish indulgence.