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Title: A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas

Author: James H. Snowden

Release Date: January 7, 2005 [EBook #14629]

Language: English

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A Wonderful Night

By JAMES H. SNOWDEN

Decorations by
Maud and Miska Petersham

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Nights differ as much as days. Some nights have witnessed great events
and been charged with ethical significance in the history of the world.
One such night stands forth crowned with supreme distinction, the night
that heard angels sing, and was starred with the Birth of Bethlehem.
This book treats the various events and steps that led to the central
wonder and interprets the story in terms of its significance today and
invests it with poetic light.

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

[Transcriber's note: The above text is taken from the front flap of the
dust jacket.]

A Wonderful Night

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICHAGO . DALLAS
ATLANTA . SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED
LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
TORONTO

[Illustration]

A Wonderful
Night

An Interpretation of
Christmas

By James H. Snowden

Decorations by Maud and
Miska Petersham

[Illustration]

The Macmillan Company
Publishers MCMXIX

Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1919.

Contents

CHAPTER

I. An Age of Wonders

II. Preparation for the Event

III. A Wonderful Fulfillment of Prophecy

IV. An Historical Event

V. Simplicity of the Narrative

VI. The Town of Bethlehem

VII. The Wonderful Night Draws Near

VIII. The Birth

IX. No Room in the Inn

X. Angel Ministry

XI. Angels and Shepherds

XII. The Concert in a Sheep Pasture

XIII. The First Visitors to Bethlehem

XIV. The Star and the Wis