PIONEERS OF CANADIAN LEADERSHIP
I wrote a piece years ago called 'Canada's Spiritual Heritage', and in light of the problems our nation is facing, it might be good to review some of the spiritual needs our country has at the moment.
Please drop in and read this series of blogs that remind us of our past and how important the gospel of Jesus Christ was to the founders of our nation.
THE FLAG OF SASKATCHEWAN
Proclaimed Sept. 22, 1969
The first building to be erected in a new settlement was often a chapel or church.
In Regina, the oldest building is a chapel built by the North West Mounted Police in 1882 as a result of Evangelist W. J. Hewlett’s anointed gospel meetings where hundreds were born into the family of God.
Saskatchewan’s church leaders led the way in building strong spiritual foundations in the west. Their love in action was seen in pioneering towns, building churches and sending grain to famine-stricken people.
Western leaders like former PM, John Diefenbaker, acknowledged Canada’s rich Christian foundations. He said, "In my home Bible reading and family prayer were daily and rewarding experiences. No meal was ever begun until grace was said. On Sundays we went to church and Sunday school."
That solid Christian foundation affected the way he governed Canada. He based many of his decisions, not on what was politically correct, but what was the right thing to do. Once again it is time to do the right thing in and for Canada.
