A Classic Christmas Collection - Volume One: 6 Christmas Classics by Henry Van Dyke - The Mansion, Story of the Other Wise man and more. - Softcover

Dyke, Henry Van; Librainia; Nebeker, Kiersten

9781936472468: A Classic Christmas Collection - Volume One: 6 Christmas Classics by Henry Van Dyke - The Mansion, Story of the Other Wise man and more.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936472465 ISBN 13: 9781936472468

Publisher: PowerThink Publishing, LLC, 2012

Included in this work are six classics by Henry Van Dyke that have withstood the tests of time and remain among the most read Christmas stories of the past two centuries. They are stories that inspire and encourage us to give of ourselves more freely. Jesus Christ said, "He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it."This book is unique in that it includes 6 titles in one. The average price for each of these titles is about $7. This collection saves you approximately $30.The titles included are guaranteed to warm the heart and inspire the soul. Included in this single volume collection: 1. The Mansion; 2. The Story of the Other Wise Man; 3. The Sad Shepherd; 4. The First Christmas Tree; 5. The Spirit of Christmas; 6. The Lost Word.Six Works in One.

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About the Author:

Henry Jackson van Dyke (November 10, 1852 – April 10, 1933, aged 80) was an American author, educator, and clergyman.

Henry van Dyke was born on November 10 , 1852 in Germantown, Pennsylvania in the United States. He graduated from Princeton University in 1873 and from Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877 and served as a professor of English literature at Princeton between 1899 and 1923. In 1908-09 Dr. van Dyke was an American lecturer at the University of Paris. By appointment of President Wilson he became Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1913. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received many other honors. Van Dyke was an "ardent foe of the annexation of the Philippines, [and] told his congregation in 1898, 'If we enter the course of foreign conquest, the day is not far distant when we must spend in annual preparation for wars more than the $180,000,000 that we now spend every year in the education of our children for peace.'"

He chaired the committee that wrote the first Presbyterian printed liturgy, The Book of Common Worship of 1906. Among his popular writings are the two Christmas stories, The Other Wise Man (1896) and The First Christmas Tree (1897). Various religious themes of his work are also expressed in his poetry, hymns and the essays collected in Little Rivers (1895) and Fisherman’s Luck (1899). He wrote the lyrics to the popular hymn, "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" (1907), sung to the tune of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". He compiled several short stories in The Blue Flower (1902), named after the key symbol of Romanticism introduced first by Novalis. He also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908). Among his poems is "Katrina's Sundial", the inspiration for the song, "Time Is", by the group It's a Beautiful Day on their eponymous 1969 debut album. Furthermore, the lyrics of a song — entitled "Time", sung by Mark Masri — are mostly inspired by the following quote, written by Henry van Dyke: "Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love — time is eternity". A biography of Van Dyke, titled Henry Van Dyke: A Biography, was written by his son Tertius van Dyke and published in 1935.

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