Spurgeon -
On Christmas
On Christmas
C. H. Spurgeon on Christmas
From a sermon preached by C. H. Spurgeon on Dec. 24, 1871--
We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical
arrangement called Christmas. First, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be
sung in Latin or in English. Secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as
the birthday of the Savior; and consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority.
'Superstition' has fixed most positively the day of our Savior's birth, although there is no possibility of discovering
when it occurred. ... It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the Church celebrated the
nativity of our Lord; and it was not till very long after the Western Church had set the example, that the
Eastern adopted it. ... Probably the fact is that the "holy" days were arranged to fit in with the heathen
festivals. We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was
not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. ... Regarding not the day, let us,
nevertheless, give God thanks for the gift of His dear Son.
From a sermon preached by C. H. Spurgeon on Dec. 24, 1871--
We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical
arrangement called Christmas. First, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be
sung in Latin or in English. Secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as
the birthday of the Savior; and consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority.
'Superstition' has fixed most positively the day of our Savior's birth, although there is no possibility of discovering
when it occurred. ... It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the Church celebrated the
nativity of our Lord; and it was not till very long after the Western Church had set the example, that the
Eastern adopted it. ... Probably the fact is that the "holy" days were arranged to fit in with the heathen
festivals. We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was
not the day on which the Savior was born, it is the 25th of December. ... Regarding not the day, let us,
nevertheless, give God thanks for the gift of His dear Son.
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