Canada Day

JACQUES CARTIER - 1533 Primary Purpose of His Voyage “…I am of the opinion that it pleases God in His divine goodness, that all human beings inhabiting the surface of the globe, just as they have sight and knowledge of the sun, have had and are to have in times to come, knowledge and belief in our holy faith”

RENEWING SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS

JEROME le ROYER - 1642 Ville Marie (Montreal) This colony was the product of … Jerome le Royer de la Dauversuer, to whom God has spoken of this mission in a dream … [he] and his wife invested their fortune in this undertaking. Ville-Marie was born of a dream: to bring pious natives and Frenchmen together to create a new people of God.


BARTHÉLEMY VIMONT – Montreal, May 17, 1642 “You are a grain of mustard seed that shall rise and grow till its branches overshadow the earth. You are few; but your work is the work of God. His smile is on you and your children shall fill the land.”

KINGSTON, ON - 1805 '...A number of evangelists of the Methodist faith have held a camp service which has lasted for several days now. People have come as far as three days’ journey just to be here, and oh, what a sight, as they praised God by campfires far into the night! There have been great miracles of healing the sick, and no less the conversion of countless sinners. Yet there was more – six were raised from the dead!’

DAVID THOMPSON 1770-1857 – Canadian West Thompson’s words give the reason he endures the physical hardship of exploration: [It was] “so that these physically impenetrable barriers may be traversed and the Gospel be spread.”


LOUIS RIEL 1844-1885 “Riel was very Christcentered, praying in his diary: ‘Lord Jesus, I love you. I love everything associated with You’” “My life belongs to God. Let Him do what He wishes with it.”


GEORGE P. VANIER Governor General 1959-1967

…May Almighty God in His infinite wisdom and mercy bless the sacred mission which has been entrusted to me …I offer Him my weakness. May He give peace to this beloved land of ours, and to those who live in it… …Let us first seek faith, faith in God above everything, faith in Christ and in his Church…


In 1981, Pierre Trudeau signed his name to the Canadian Charter or Rights and Freedoms. The Charter begins with, “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of the law.”

PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU Prime Minister, 1981 RENEWING SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS

PEACE TOWER SCRIPTURES Large Bell The largest bell is the one that is heard ringing in the new hour. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill to men” (Luke 2:14).


PEACE TOWER SCRIPTURES East Window: “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea” (Psalm 72:8).

South Window: “Give the King thy judgment, O God, and thy righteousness unto the King’s son” (Ps 72:1).

West Window: “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18).


“Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29:18). Where there is no revelation of God and His word, the people are unrestrained… (AMP)


“Where there is no vision, the people perish” 1 Samuel 3:1 Romans 8:13-15 …led by the Spirit… • • • • • • • •

AUTHORITY STABILITY CONFIDENCE COURAGE WISDOM INSIGHT CREATIVITY SECURITY

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