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681 American Sentinel, vol. 14 December 21, 1899, page 796
“A Proposed Christmas Truce in South Africa” American Sentinel 14, 50.
682 The “Christian” Demand for War, p. 8.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… . On Christmas night, 1702, he cut to pieces all the Turks he could find in his dominions.”
683 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 292 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
SUNDAY AND CHRISTMAS
684 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 300.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… is Christmas.
685 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 300.4 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of Christmas, “McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia” has the following:— “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of New Testament …
686 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 301.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of Christmas:— “It does not appear, however, that there was any uniformity in the period of observing the nativity among the early churches; some held the festival …
687 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 302.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Christian Christmas festival in December. As the new birth of the sun-god was celebrated at the end of December, so, likewise, in Christ the new sun in the field …
688 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 302.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the Christmas festival rests, proceeds thus:— “By the fifth century, however, whether from the influence of some tradition, or from the desire to supplant heathen …
689 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 303.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… keep Christmas more strictly than they do Sunday, for so did “the church.”
690 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 304.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the Christmas festival the ancient church allied itself with heathen sun-worship. We shall now proceed to show how, in the adoption of the Sunday festival …
691 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 375 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… -281 Christmas, Not of divine appointment 300 Christmas, How introduced into the church 301-303 Christmas, Heathen origin of 301, 302 Christmas, How observed …
692 Fathers of the Catholic Church, p. 389 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… Sunday, Christmas more highly esteemed than 303 Sunday, First law in favor of 319 Sunday, Constantine’s relation to 318-327 Sun-worship, Tertullian authority …
693 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 18 paragraph 1
… . The Christmas offerings for the present year, were $4,050.80, an increase over the amount so raised last year, of $1,495.55.
694 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 18
… , 1890. Christmas offerings, 1889. +Total support of foreign missions,year ending June 30 1890. Christmas offerings 1890. 175 76 236 54 257 58 669 88 700 84 20 30 …
695 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 23 paragraph 10
The Christmas offerings made in the District the past year amounted to $1,665.41, being $958.51 less than the previous year. The first-day offerings to foreign …
696 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 26 paragraph 2
… , $1,890.61; Christmas offerings, $3,627.92; Sabbath-school donations to foreign missions, $4,717.17; Donations of State Conferences, $4,500. This is divided …
697 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 26 paragraph 3
… , $0,63; Christmas offerings, $2,549.63, per capita, $1.13; Sabbath-school donations to foreign missions, $3,554.09, per capita, $1.17; donated by State Conference …
698 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 26 paragraph 4
… , $0.52; Christmas offerings, $822.19, per capita, $1.19; Sabbath-school donations to foreign missions, $809.22, per capita, $1.15; donated by State Conference to General …
699 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 8, 1891, page 26 paragraph 5
… , $0.34; Christmas offerings, $256.10, per capita, $0.57; Sabbath-school donations to foreign missions, $340.36, per capita, $0.76; total per capita for foreign missions …
700 General Conference Daily Bulletin, vol. 4 March 10, 1891, page 51
Third Qr. Fourth Qr. Christmas $23,740 78 First-day offerings $3,384 40 3,672 46 Sabbath-school 4,235 95 3,556 85 Special 1,275 59 2,636 72 Total $8,895 94 $33,606 75