The Christmas Tree

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 2, 1879

The Christmas Tree.

According to the recommendation of the General Conference Committee in the Supplement to REVIEW, Vol. 52, No. 25, that all the churches should provide a Christmas tree, and suspend thereon their gifts for the cause, the Battle Creek church entered with alacrity into the work. A beautiful tree was donated by a sister in the church, and appropriate exercises were prepared for the evening of Dec. 25. The tree well loaded down with its gifts made a beautiful appearance. The exercises consisted chiefly in the singing of some choice and select hymns and pieces of music, short addresses by different ones, and a general exercise of repeating the promises of Scripture applicable to the various ages and conditions of life. The gathering of the fruit of the tree showed quite a bountiful yield. With the one hundred dollars each from Bro. and Sr. White, there were gathered seven hundred and thirty dollars and two cents ($730.02) in cash, besides some jewelry and keepsakes which were heartily devoted to the cause. This, with the exception of a little devoted to foreign missions, was all for the Tabernacle. The house was crowded, the occasion was a very pleasant one throughout, and was considered a very successful effort.