Jesus Bids Us Shine Jesus bids us shine with a clear, pure light, Like a little candle burning in the night; In this world of darkness, we must shine, You in your small corner, and I in mine. Jesus bids us shine, first of all for Him; Well He sees and knows it if our light is dim; He looks down …
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Sweating Tent
Sweating Tent Walking around Long Sault on Sunday July 17, Jeremiah Johnston and Du Vernet visit “grandfather’s place," where nearby there is “sweating tent." Du Vernet describes the “sweating tent” with a keen eye and in great detail: “three willow branches bent for frame of a small tent 3 ft. …
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods While Du Vernet thought the lake "well deserves its name," the Lake of the Woods' English name is likely a mistranslation of the even more precise Ojibwe name Pikwedina Sagainan, the "inland lake of the sand hills." The northern portion of the lake is full of rocky islands of …