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761 The Present Truth, vol. 12 December 31, 1896, page 848 paragraph 18
… before Christmas as “Peace Sunday,” we read: “As Christmas Day approaches, every Christian should carefully cast out of his heart every form of vindictiveness …
762 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 7, 1897, page 2 paragraph 4
… on Christmas Eve. He said the present condition of the Papacy could not last. He expressed pleasure at the constant devotion to the Holy See of the papal soldiers …
763 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 7, 1897, page 2 paragraph 8
In an article on “Christmas and Memory,“ in the Christian World, are the following well-known facts about Christmas, which seem to be strangely absent from the memories of most professed Christians:—
764 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 7, 1897, page 2 paragraph 9
… into Christmas not only late in history but late in the development of the human spirit. And it shares the fate of the late-comer in finding the ground already …
765 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 7, 1897, page 14 paragraph 5
—London's Christmas mail has been this year much larger than usual. Wednesday evening, before Christmas Day, a million and a-half of letters were sent out from London.
766 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 7, 1897, page 14 paragraph 9
… for Christmas, one liner landing 1,500 sacks, containing about 200,000 letters, exclusive of parcels and newspapers. The Christmas mail from this country …
767 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 21, 1897, page 48 paragraph 7
… . At Christmas time the rivalry is especially pronounced. A newspaper says:—
768 The Present Truth, vol. 13 January 21, 1897, page 48 paragraph 8
… on Christmas Eve (Old Style). The Roman Catholics oppose the entry of the Greeks into the church through a certain door, and the Turkish authorities were obliged …
769 The Present Truth, vol. 13 February 11, 1897, page 94
“The Christmas Sacrifice” The Present Truth, 13, 6.
770 The Present Truth, vol. 13 February 11, 1897, page 94 paragraph 2
… that Christmas feasting is deadly in its effects. In Christmas week, commencing 27th, there were 1,136 deaths; in the three subsequent weeks, there were 722 …
771 The Present Truth, vol. 13 February 11, 1897, page 94 paragraph 3
… our Christmas festivities will scarcely bear favourable comparison, in the matter of the destruction of human life, with the ancient Juggernaut festivals …
772 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 2, 1897, page 759 paragraph 4
… (except Christmas Day) as days of fasting and abstinence, both as regards food and amusements, such as dinner parties, garden parties, theatres, dancing, shooting …
773 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 9, 1897, page 782 paragraph 7
-There are rumours of a great strike of railway workers about Christmas. The companies say they cannot grant the men's demands, and thousands of men have given their names to a strike programme.
774 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 9, 1897, page 784 paragraph 1
Several Roman Catholic societies in America are, it is announced, to give the Pope a Christmas present of “a cross of gold set with ninety diamonds,“ valued at ?9,000. Our readers may make their own comments.
775 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 1
A morning paper, which makes a specialty of its literary page, says in reviewing the Christmas literature for boys:—
776 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 4
As Christmas itself comes not from any connection with the birth of Christ-for He was not born at this time of the year, and Christmas was invented several …
777 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 5
… ordinary Christmas customs when we realise that it owes its origin to the religious ceremonies of pagan ancestor worship, and that the old-fashioned custom …
778 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 6
… after Christmas, the scene being the little fishing village of Burghead. A tar-barrel was burnt on the shore, and as it fell to pieces there was a wild rush on …
779 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 30, 1897, page 830 paragraph 9
-The Christmas-tree is quite a modern innovation, so far as this country is concerned. It has only been introduced during the present century, and was brought over by the Prince Consort.
780 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 30, 1897, page 832 paragraph 12
In its Christmas day greeting the Daily Mail presented the following graphic statement of the outlook throughout the world:—