Vision Forum is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Henty Essay Contest.
The topic of this year’s essay was: “How G.A. Henty’s works remind
us of God’s providence throughout history.”
Congratulations to Our Essay Winners!
Rylan McQuade
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Prize: $500 Gift Certificate
In a culture that is immersed in self absorption and reliance on one’s own
achievements, we are in great need of the historical books by Mr. Henty.
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Molly Anderson
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Prize: $250 Gift Certificate
All too often providence has been neglected when history has been recorded or taught.
Both agnostics and Christians agree that those who do not know history are likely
to repeat history’s mistakes.
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Courtney Anderson
TIED for THIRD PLACE
Prize: $100 Gift Certificate
In my study of history, nowhere else have I found the combination of truth and perspective
which exists in the works of G.A. Henty. Two purposes ought to be pursued by a Christian
in the reading of history: to glorify God for His providence throughout it, and
to remember what He has done in it through His servants.
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Daniel Ross
TIED for THIRD PLACE
Prize: $100 Gift Certificate
G.A. Henty books bring several words to mind: action, character, and heroism. But
a more subtle and indirect theme also exists in these classics: the truth stated
in Jeremiah 18:7-9 where God declares: “At what instant I shall speak concerning
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy
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