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601 The American Sentinel 7 July 21, 1892, page 218 paragraph 8
… . Before Christmas of that year seventeen ships had come to New England, bringing more than one thousand passengers.” Dudley’s views of toleration and liberty …
602 The American Sentinel 9 February 15, 1894, page 50 paragraph 5
… Constantine, Christmas day, A.D. 496. The pope sent Clovis a letter congratulating him on his conversion. The bishop of Vienne also sent a letter to the new convert …
603 The American Sentinel 10 March 14, 1895, page 83
… and Christmas. It contains no implication of the sacredness of a day of rest and worship, or of the institution of the Sabbath. But in our States generally this …
604 The American Sentinel 10 April 25, 1895, page 131 paragraph 3
… July, Christmas and Thanksgiving Day are legal holidays, but nobody is required to observe them; nobody is punished for working upon them; nobody is forbidden …
605 The American Sentinel 10 September 5, 1895, page 274 paragraph 18
… , on Christmas Eve, he saw one of the convicts flogged so badly that he died that night. This was in one of the private chain-gangs, which are operated in some of …
606 The American Sentinel 11 March 5, 1896, page 75 paragraph 13
… . as Christmas or one’s birthday, may fall on any day of the week. Consequently “the eighth day” from the fifteenth day of any month can have no special connection …
607 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 1
AMS this number of our paper is dated the day before Christmas, it might be expected that we should have something to say about the institution.
608 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 3
We say this universal festival, not because we would be understood to say that Christianity is universal; but because the period now referred to as the “Christmas season” has been celebrated from time immemorial by all nations.
609 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 4
… the Christmas, is the remains of the ancient festival whose celebration covered a longer period of time. This festival season was celebrated in honor of …
610 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 5
… now Christmas-time. Thus this annual festival was an established thing in the State and City of Rome.
611 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 6
… of Christmas.
612 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 7
… “The Christmas Tree“: “A German friend tells me that the true Christmas tree is ‘not a mere show, decorated for the momentary amusement of children. It is a sublime …
613 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 9
Thus it is that Christmas day, the celebration of the day, and the appurtenances thereto, are all heathen and only relics of sun-worship.
614 The American Sentinel 12 January 7, 1897, page 4 paragraph 4
“The American nation is a Christian nation. This is manifest from its constitution, from its legislation, and from its observance of certain holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.”
615 The American Sentinel 12 January 7, 1897, page 9 paragraph 1
… the Christmas day, December 25th, has also been set wrong.... So little have feast days and celebrations to do with religion that it never occurred to one of the …
616 The American Sentinel 12 January 7, 1897, page 9 paragraph 3
… of Christmas, Easter, and other festivals which God never instituted, while totally disregarding the one day which he has solemnly ordained as his everlasting …
617 The American Sentinel 12 January 28, 1897, page 62
“‘Desecration’ of Christmas” American Sentinel 12, 4, p. 62.
618 The American Sentinel 12 January 28, 1897, page 62 paragraph 1
… of Christmas, which is a “holy day” in the calendar of their church. It is certain, too, that Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day stand upon exactly equal footing …
619 The American Sentinel 12 January 28, 1897, page 62 paragraph 2
… ” of Christmas Day and other legal holidays is very bad, is true enough; not, however, because any such day is in any sense holy, but because they are given over by …
620 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75
“Proposed Law for Christmas Observance” American Sentinel 12, 5, p. 75.