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601 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 …
602 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.
603 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.
604 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 …
605 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.
606 The American Sentinel 11 December 24, 1896, page 401 paragraph 6
… of Christmas.
607 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 …
608 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.
609 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.”
610 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 …
611 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 …
612 The American Sentinel 12 January 28, 1897, page 62
“‘Desecration’ of Christmas” American Sentinel 12, 4, p. 62.
613 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 …
614 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 …
615 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75
“Proposed Law for Christmas Observance” American Sentinel 12, 5, p. 75.
616 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75 paragraph 2
… of Christmas as a religious holiday. The alderman thinks that rowdyism and riotous conduct should not be permitted on Christmas and is determined to at …
617 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75 paragraph 3
… characterized Christmas in Atlanta in the past,’ said Alderman Hirsch, this morning. ‘Christmas is a holiday in celebration of the beginning of the Christian …
618 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75 paragraph 5
… of Christmas into a legal “holy day,” with the development of the legal “sabbath.” First appears the fact that the holiday is made an occasion of unusual lawlessness …
619 The American Sentinel 12 February 4, 1897, page 75 paragraph 8
… Sunday, Christmas, or any legal holiday, as on any other day of the year; and there is no reason why they should not be required to conduct themselves as decently …
620 The American Sentinel 12 March 11, 1897, page 145 paragraph 3
… that Christmas or Independence day comes every week, as that this is true of the day of Christ’s resurrection.