This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... Pistorg atttr nfnjmfrj of Christmas.--0--Christmas comes, the time of gladness Which our fathers gave to mirth, Then no room had they for sadness--Joyous at the Saviour's birth! Then each homestead, deck'd with holly, Bay and ivy leaves, was seen; Winter's brow of melancholy Cheering with a chaplet ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ... Pistorg atttr nfnjmfrj of Christmas.--0--Christmas comes, the time of gladness Which our fathers gave to mirth, Then no room had they for sadness--Joyous at the Saviour's birth! Then each homestead, deck'd with holly, Bay and ivy leaves, was seen; Winter's brow of melancholy Cheering with a chaplet green. Then kind looks of pleasure beaming, Blazing hearth, and festive fare; Hearts with social feeling teeming, Welcome joy and banish care. While with early salutations Loud the parish bells were rung, And in tones of gratulations Many a village carol sung. HIS great festival may be traced to the times of the Apostles as having been observed on the 25th of December. Previous to the fourth century, a slight difference existed between the Eastern and Western Churches as to the day on which this feast should be kept, the Eastern keeping it on the 6th of January, and the Western on the 25th of December; the matter was referred to the Apostolic See, and it was decided that the feast should be universally kept on the 25th of December. The practice of decorating churches and dwelling-houses with evergreen and flowers is of very early date. At the time that our blessed Saviour made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, He permitted the people to use palm branches as a token of rejoicing; therefore, when His nativity was celebrated, and the promise fulfilled to fallen man, it was only natural that this symbol of joy should be used by the people. After the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity, Easter, Whitsuntide, and Christmas were observed as solemn religious festivals; from the highest to the lowest of the land, the rites of hospitality were carried out to the greatest extent. Among the Saxons there existed a custom of quaffing ale and...
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