Written by John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Evangelical Christianity in the late nineteenth century generated a number of missionaries of “muscular Christianity,” which championed body and spirit. None was more typical and more well-known in his day than Wilfred Grenfell, missionary doctor to Labrador.
Written by Randi Warne. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Nellie McClung had a vision for Canada and for western Canada in particular. Calling it the Land of the Second Chance and the Land of the Fair Deal, McClung believed that the western prairie was a perfect place to build […]
Written by Kevin Kee. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Hugh Thomas Crossley, partner in the well-known Methodist revival team of Crossley and Hunter, was born on an isolated homestead in King Township in present-day Ontario. When he was seventeen, a visit to a Methodist camp meeting changed his life. […]
Written by James Craig. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Robert Edward McAlister played a foundational role in the early growth of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), the nation’s largest Pentecostal denomination. His labours as an evangelist, pastor, organizer, teacher, writer and missions promoter helped the PAOC grow from […]
1898—1991 Written by Deborah Cowley. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission.OverviewPauline Vanier was born in Montreal in 1898. She was the only child of Charles Archer, a Quebec Superior Court judge, and his wife, Thérèse de Salaberry, whose seigneurial ancestors had come to Canada in 1730.“Faith, far from being outmoded or […]
Written by Kevin Kee. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview As one-half of Canada’s most famous evangelistic duo, John Hunter’s mesmerizing preaching and dramatic delivery attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of Canadians—including the nation’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Hunter’s forte was Bible exposition, using extemporaneous […]
Written by George Cowley. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview The announcement that General Georges Vanier had been appointed the governor-general of Canada came at a meeting of the Canadian cabinet in Halifax at which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presided. Nation-wide, cheers erupted as the former soldier and statesman […]
Written by Lloyd Mackey. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview Ernest Manning is best remembered as Alberta’s premier from 1943 to 1968 – the longest-serving premier in the Commonwealth – and as the host of Canada’s National Bible Hour for nearly half a century. These dual roles exemplify his practice […]
Written by Marguerite Van Die. Copyright © 1998 by Michael D. Clarke, used with permission. Overview “A faith formed, tested, and strengthened by family tragedy.“ Margaret Proctor Burwash had a keen interest in the welfare of female students at the University of Toronto’s Victoria College, and believed that their education should be largely in the […]
Early Years When George Grant arrived at Oxford in October 1939 as the Rhodes Scholar from Queen’s University in Kingston, it was his plan to study law and to then return to Canada to work as a constitutional lawyer. Such a career would have coincided perfectly with his mother’s ambitions for him. His two grandfathers, […]
