Chapter 16—A New Year’s Tree
- Chapter 1—Christmas is Coming
- Chapter 2—To Glorify God, Not Man
- Chapter 3—The Day Not to Be Ignored With Children
- Chapter 4—Substitute Innocent Pleasures for Sinful Amusements
- Chapter 5—A Christmas Tree
- Chapter 6—Christmas Gifts
- Chapter 7—Turn the Current Heavenward
- Chapter 8—Holiday Gifts
- Chapter 9—Diverted From the True Object
- Chapter 10—The Reward of Self-Denial
- Chapter 11—The Holidays
- Chapter 12—Follow Christ’s Example
- Chapter 13—Gift Suggestions
- Chapter 14—Offerings Consecrated to God
- Chapter 15—A Christmas Tree
- Chapter 16—A New Year’s Tree
- Chapter 17—Interesting Holidays
- Chapter 18—The Attractions of the Christian Life
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Chapter 16—A New Year’s Tree
At the close of my long journey East, I reached my home in time to spend New Year’s eve in Healdsburg. The college hall had been fitted up for a Sabbath school reunion. Cypress wreaths, autumn leaves, evergreens, and flowers were tastefully arranged, and a large bell of evergreens hung from the arched doorway at the entrance to the room. The tree was well loaded with donations, which ere to be used for the benefit of the poor and to help purchase a bell. Except in a few instances, the names of the donors were not given, but appropriate Bible texts and mottos were read as the gifts were taken down from the tree. On this occasion nothing was said or done that need burden the conscience of anyone.EGWSROCHG 10.1
Some have said to me, “Sister White, what do you think of this? Is it in accordance with our faith?” I answer them, “It is with my faith.” In Healdsburg, San Francisco, and Oakland, there are many things to attract our children; large sums are expended every year on Christmas and New Year’s in purchasing gifts for friends. These gifts are not generally satisfactory, for many receive presents that they do not need, when they would be glad to have some other article; some receive the same article from several different persons, and others receive nothing at all.EGWSROCHG 10.2