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title: 'The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1898-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Fiction'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 2'
- 'Acts 11'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1898-the-lost-word-a-christmas-legend-of-long-ago
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# The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago

A Christmas legend in ancient Antioch: Hermas, a young convert, struggles with poverty and spiritual weariness. He attends the festival and hears John of Antioch preach.

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