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MASK-E-PE-TOON: A STORY OF FORGIVENESS

A true story taken from Northern Campfires and Indian Wigwams (LT edition) By Egerton Ryerson YoungMissionary to the Cree people in Northern Manitoba in the late 1800s The following incident occurred years ago on the great plains of the Canadian…

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The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth Through Forgiveness

By Egerton Ryerson Young(Missionary to the Cree people in Manitoba in the late 1800s) The following incident occurred years ago on the great plains of the Canadian Northwest, long before the waves of Anglo-Saxon civilization began to surge over those…

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Remembering the Forgotten Pilgrims

By Bill Randles By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the…

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Cutting-Edge Christianity or Shamanism?

By David DombrowskiChief Editor, Lighthouse Trails Publishing I find it rather interesting how God has orchestrated things in life, which demonstrate His great love and ongoing mercy to ordinary people like myself. But, more specifically, I am thinking right now…

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Native American Men Who Longed For “the Book” and Were Denied

LTRP Note: The following is a story from the book Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book was written by Egerton Ryerson Young, a young Canadian missionary in the late 1800s, who, with his wife and small children, spent years with the Native people…

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NEW BOOKLET: Forgiving—A Story of Forgiveness and How and Why We Should Forgive

NEW BOOKLET: Forgiving—A Story of Forgiveness and How and Why We Should Forgive by Maria Kneas and Egerton Ryerson Young is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity…

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The World Wasn’t Worthy of Them . . . Pilgrims

By Bill Randles By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the…

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A Native American Who Wished to Leave the “Old Way” and Follow the Christian Way

By Egerton Ryerson Young Written in the late 1800s (author of Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires) I was interrupted one day while sitting in my study by the quiet entrance of a stalwart Indian whom I had not…

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Cutting-Edge Christianity or Shamanism?

By David Dombrowski Editor at Lighthouse Trails Publishing I find it rather interesting how God has orchestrated things in life, which demonstrate His great love and ongoing mercy to ordinary people like myself. But, more specifically, I am thinking right…

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The Story of An Old Conjurer—And His Conversion to Christ

By Egerton Ryerson Young (A Canadian missionary from the 1800s and the author of Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires) Far away in the forest wilds, several hundreds of miles north-east of the city of Winnipeg, there dwelt in…

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The Story of Mask-e-pe-toon – A Powerful Cree Chief Who Found the Truth

LTRP Note: In the spring of 2011, Lighthouse Trails published Stories From Indian Wigwams and Northern Campfires. The book, written by Egerton Ryerson Young, an itinerate preacher and missionary to the Canadian Native Americans in the late 1800s, is a fascinating…

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UNITY AT ANY COST?

By Roger Oakland While Christian unity is a very important biblical principle, we must ask ourselves: “How diverse can Christian unity become before it becomes too diverse? How far should a Bible-believing Christian go in the process of forgiving others?…

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