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801 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 May 5, 1887, page 272 paragraph 7
… , Easter, Christmas, Sundays, etc., are coming to be generally observed. Alas for the exchange of real Old and New Testament religion, for those things which are …
802 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 November 17, 1887, page 704 paragraph 1
… between Christmas and New Year’s. A large committee appointed by the General Conference is working diligently to prepare a programme, which it is designed …
803 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 November 24, 1887, page 710 paragraph 41
… the Christmas offerings may be liberal. In order to accomplish this, we recommend that the address mentioned shall urge that a special meeting of the officers …
804 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 December 15, 1887, page 761 paragraph 2
… , being Christmas, is designated as the time for special offerings to be made to foreign missions. It is expected that during the week of prayer all the churches …
805 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 December 15, 1887, page 761 paragraph 4
The Christmas exercises are expected to be such as shall harmonize with the spirit of the week of prayer. It is hoped that during that week all will have had …
806 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 December 15, 1887, page 761 paragraph 5
… on Christmas, nothing need be said. The plan has been tested abundantly. Some have thought that the children would be disappointed to see a Christmas tree …
807 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 December 15, 1887, page 761 paragraph 6
… . Their Christmas offerings may be sent to either of the Publishing Houses, or to the nearest Tract Society Secretary, and they will all be credited to the Foreign …
808 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 December 29, 1887, page 800 paragraph 8
At the Howard Street M. E. Church, Rev. Dr. Harcourt preached a sermon Christmas-day on the immortality of the soul, which question he settled to his own satisfaction, as follows:-
809 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 February 17, 1888, page 112 paragraph 3
… “grand Christmas number” of the Messenger of Wisdom and Israel’s Guide has been sent to us. Like most papers of the class indicated by its name it hails from …
810 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 150
“Christmas and Sunday” The Signs of the Times, 14, 10.
811 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 150 paragraph 23
Soon after the holidays, the following item entitled “Christmas,” appeared in Messiah’s Advocate, a journal published in Oakland:-
812 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 150 paragraph 24
… that Christmas is purely a Popish festival, and we think the sooner Protestants cease to adopt Papal customs, the wiser and better they will be.”
813 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 1
… that Christmas is purely a Popish festival, and we think that Protestants ought to have nothing to do with Papal customs. Yet we are sorry to know that the greater …
814 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 2
Concerning the origin of Christmas, McClintock and Strong’s Encyclopedia says:-
815 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 3
… of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of New Testament origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the New Testament, or, indeed …
816 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 8
… 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 …
817 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 9
The Encyclopedia Britannica, after mentioning the obscurity in which the origin of the Christmas festival rests, says:-
818 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 11
… Christmas decoration. McClintock and Strong’s Encyclopedia (article Christmas) says that the dressing of houses with mistletoe on Christmas day …
819 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 12
Bingham, in his “Antiquities of the Christian Church” (book 20, chapter 4), gives the following account of the status of Christmas in the ancient church:-
820 The Signs of the Times, vol. 14 March 9, 1888, page 151 paragraph 15
If it be asked how the Christmas festival came to be adopted by the church, we can answer only in the following words of Dr. Killen’s in the preface to his “Ancient Church“:-