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Title: The First Christmas Tree: Other Stories by Henry Van Dyke, Henry First Christmas Tree Van Dyke, Henry Spirit of Christmas Van Dyke ISBN: 1-55725-315-3 Publisher: Paraclete Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Legend
Comment: Van Dyke does not write story, or myth, but legend. You feel it in every pulse of his words, and every dwelling of his thoughts, that here is something greater than everyday life, which exists within everyday life, but of a time far removed, a lot like our own time. His prose is beauty, and I find myself repeatedly returning to phrases and turns of idea and sentences, catching myself on the profundity of thought which I had not originally realized in the first reading, but now needed to steep myself within the understanding that Van Dyke experienced. I know of few authors that compare to his wonder at the world and the word, causing us as his readers to learn appreciation and know the beautiful.
I read this book at a time of sorrow and disappointment, when the plans I so desired were astray, and my hopes seemingly demolished. I needed encouragement, and to dream again. Here I learned to dream of power encounters and new trees, and the wonder of the power of love that at first only the angels see. The occasional pictures are resplendently simple, encouraging imagination rather than stealing it away. After the stories, a short sermon on the giving of gifts, which did not feel at all sermonizing or patronizing, but rather wonderful words, on how to care. And lastly, needed Christmas prayers, for those at home, and for the lonely- not sentimental, but prayers which stimulate growth just in the very reading.
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Title: Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke ISBN: 0345406958 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas by Plough Publishing House ISBN: 087486917X Publisher: Plough Publishing House Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Mansion by Henry Van Dyke ISBN: 1410103269 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Then Sings My Soul : 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert J. Morgan ISBN: 0785249397 Publisher: Nelson Reference Pub. Date: 05 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Desiderata: Words For Life by Max Ehrmann, Marc Tauss ISBN: 0439372933 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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