num_pages: 296
description: To be a missionary to Canadian Indians in the late 1800s meant you had to be brave and relentless. It meant nearly freezing when sleeping outside in 50-below-zero weather. It meant canoeing upstream for hundreds of miles to reach remote Indian villages. It meant eating wild cat and other stranger things or eating nothing for days at a time. But it also meant you were privileged to present the good news of the true Great Spirit to those who were often misunderstood and mistreated. The adventures in this book are rivaled only by the incredible conversions of those who saw the Creator in nature and then worshipped Him too. You will be challenged and inspired by the results of one man who went where the Lord led with little regard for himself. About the Author Egerton Ryerson Young was a teacher pastor author and a brave missionary to remote Canadian Indians. Youngs mother died in 1842 and consequently he was raised by his stepmother Maria Farley. After a brief stint as a school teacher Young was ordained and called to a pastorate of the First Methodist Church in Hamilton. In 1868 however he was invited to become a missionary to the natives of Ruperts Land. After praying over this with his new wife Elizabeth he asked her what she thought about this call. I think it is from God and we will go was her reply. What happens next is the compelling story of this book. 
language: English
title: By Canoe and Dog Train: The Adventures of Sharing the Gospel with Canadian Indians
publisher: Aneko Press