To-the-day Sentence Examples
Although the observance of Easter was at a very early period the practice of the Christian church, a serious difference as to the day for its observance soon arose between the Christians of Jewish and those of Gentile descent, which led to a long and bitter controversy.
With the Jewish Christians, whose leading thought was the death of Christ as the Paschal Lamb, the fast ended at the same time as that of the Jews, on the fourteenth day of the moon at evening, and the Easter festival immediately followed, without regard to the day of the week.
In the United Kingdom the drawing of coal is generally confined to the day shift of eight hours, with an output of from 100 to 150 tons per hour, according to the depth, capacity of coal tubs, and facilities for landing and changing tubs.
Throughout the critical period of the war, that is, from the beginning of 1862 up to the day of Chattanooga, three distinct campaigns were always in progress.
The priest merely places the Sacrament on the altar, censes it, elevates and breaks the host, and communicates, the prayers and responses interspersed being peculiar to the day.
The American Anti-Slavery Society, of which Garrison was the president from 1843 to the day of emancipation, was during all this period the nucleus of an intense and powerful moral agitation, which was greatly valued by many of the most faithful workers in the field of politics, who respected Garrison for his fidelity to his convictions.
He reiterated this belief in private letters even to his wife; and there seems to be no doubt that, to the day of his death, he was the most determined sceptic as to his fitness for the positions to which he was successively called.
Between 883 and 900 Hucbald went on several missions of reforming and reconstructing various schools of music, including that of Rheims, but in the latter year he re- turned to St Amand, where he remained to the day of his death on the 25th of June 930, or, according to other chroniclers, on the 20th of June 932.
Edinburgh was still doubtful, and the queen regent held the castle; but a truce between her and the lords for six months to the 1st of January 1560 was arranged on the footing that every man there "may have freedom to use his own conscience to the day foresaid" - a freedom interpreted to let Knox and his brethren preach publicly and incessantly.
Upon the resignation of Lord Aberdeen and the duke of Newcastle, the general sentiment of the House of Commons and the country called Palmerston to the head of affairs, and he entered, on the 5th of February 1855, upon the high office, which he retained, with one short interval, to the day of his death.
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Amidst this extraordinary instability, when everything was at the mercy of a secret thought of the master, the mistress alone held lasting sway; in a reign of all-pervading satiety and tedium, she managed to remain indispensable and bewitching to the day of her death.
Accordingly he not only left Malatesta unmolested, but in 1299 conferred on him fresh honours and estates, so that his power went on increasing to the day of his death in 1312.
People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark.
The incident comes two years to the day when the first case in the foot-and-mouth epidemic was reported in England.
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The seizure was made retroactive to the day of the occupation of the territory by the German troops.
Some chroniclers, who adhere to the day of the Annunciation as the commencement of the year, reckon from the 25th of March following our epoch, as the Florentines in the 10th century.
The Czechs were animated with intense sympathy for the real Russian people, and looked forward to the day when they will be able to cooperate as kinsmen in the reconstruction of a peaceful and well-ordered Russia.
From the time they turned onto the Kaluga road to the day their leader fled from the army, none of the movements of the crowd had any sense.
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You're looking forward to the day when you never have to buy another cloth or disposable diaper again.
Many children simply grow up in foster care and continue to look forward to the day when their situation changes to one of permanency.
You push a button down corresponding to the day of the month that you want to record a message for and simply hold it down while speaking into the calendar.
Stores that may be in the red prior to the day after Thanksgiving could turn that into being in the black, or running positive numbers.
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Many teens look forward to the day when they can have a little more freedom by being able to drive themselves to and from school and events.
They rely on numerology, the position of the sun or moon and other factors that may or may not contribute to the day being a lucky one.
Add a monogrammed ribbon to adapt it to the day.
Think about it, golf in the morning, wine tasting in the afternoon and a massage to serve as a coda to the day.
Horoscopes are based on information relevant to the day that a person was born, and it is said most people born under a given sign share certain characteristics.
One of the great spoilers of Y&R history dates back to the day that Victor Newman was struck down by a heart attack.
This can be particularly useful for children who may get distressed by the sound of an unfamiliar noise and this can result in a stressful start to the day.
Music - Music can be used in many ways and can be the ideal start to the day.
Party games will bring your guests together and add an additional element of fun to the day.