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841 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 73.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the Christmas festival arisen in the period of the persecution, its derivation from these pagan festivals would be refuted by the then reigning abhorrence …
842 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 73.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… that Christmas is, for, as Schaff truly says, “The day and month of the birth of Christ are nowhere stated in the gospel history, and cannot be certainly determined …
843 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 75.1 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of Christmas, the church found an excuse for adopting Sunday. The Bible calls Christ the “Sun of Righteousness,” and the people could easily be made to think …
844 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 104.2 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… the Christmas festival, which from the fourth century spread from Rome over the entire church, the holy commemoration of the birth of the Redeemer is associated …
845 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 104.3 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of Christmas and Sunday; the fact that in Europe they are still connected with revelry and amusements simply shows that in a large part of christendom the …
846 A Written Discussion ... Upon the Sabbath, p. 141.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… against Christmas because it is an ‘unauthorized tradition ;’ for, said he, tradition, in the department of religious life, “ought, above every other, to be most …
847 Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy [Himes], vol. 5 April 5, 1843, page 37 paragraph 7
… last Christmas eve, I preached the Son of man near. It was blessed by the Spirit immediately to the deep anxiety of a few, and the work has extended until it has …
848 Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy [Himes], vol. 5 May 17, 1843, page 82 paragraph 1
… , on Christmas eve—a cold and windy night—one of our noble ships (the R----, of N. P.) was bound home from Europe. In course of the evening, from some appearance on the surface …
849 The Present Truth, vol. 1 April 1850, page 70 paragraph 15
… or Christmas. It is no great wonder, that Mr. Ward should quarrel so with the Scripture Sabbath, seeing he is for one that is without Scripture, though he fathers …
850 The Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 4 October 11, 1853, page 109 paragraph 8
… of Christmas Evans, in which is beautifully illustrated the stern requirements of the law of God; and the plan of salvation which has been opened through …
851 The Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 5 February 28, 1854, page 42 paragraph 3
… and Christmas festivity; while others seem to have no real centre of elevation in view, only they hope, by stimulating some of our finer feelings into growth …
852 The Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 5 May 16, 1854, page 132 paragraph 2
… at Christmas and other holidays, can have exhibitions in their meeting-houses that please the children of strangers about as well as the theatre! No wonder …
853 The Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 7 August 21, 1855, page 32 paragraph 6
… , Whitsuntide, Christmas, and the rest; for the same warrant she hath for the one that she hath for the other.
854 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 8 May 15, 1856, page 38 paragraph 26
… as Christmas.” J. B. FRISBIE. Battle Creek, Mich., May, 1856.
855 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 10 June 11, 1857, page 45 paragraph 1
… Easter, Christmas, etc., and Sunday; but Sunday, though considered by the Lutherans as a proper day for religious service, was never regarded by them with that …
856 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 13 March 3, 1859, page 115 paragraph 1
… , or Christmas-day; his Circumcision, or New-Year’s day; the Epiphany, or Twelfth-day, Easter-day, or the day of our Lord’s Resurrection, with the Monday following …
857 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 15 December 15, 1859, page 30
A CHRISTMAS LYRIC
858 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 15 December 15, 1859, page 30 paragraph 26
… ; The Christmas garlands tell of jubilee, And crowds are thronging to the sacred fane Upon this eve of thy nativity! But in my silent chamber, all alone I sit, dear …
859 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 15 December 22, 1859, page 37 paragraph 9
… as Christmas, New Years, Independence, etc.? And if so, how do we know that the Jews always kept the sixth day, and that it was the sixth day that was observed by them …
860 Advent Review, and Sabbath Herald, vol. 16 July 3, 1860, page 55 paragraph 3
… if Christmas did not occur in the summer in the United States, as it came in the winter in Germany (if my memory is correct). This reminds one of the objections …