From "Jubilaeum-Album der  Konferenz der Mennoniten  in Canada 1902-1952"

Isaac Friesen (1873-1952) was a Mennonite (General Conference Mennonite Church) evangelist, minister, and poet. He traveled from Russia to Canada with his parents when he was a two-year old boy. Friesen spent most of his life in Rosthern, SK, the center of the large Rosenort Mennonite congregation. With the revivalistic character of his preaching he led most of the ministers of this large congregation, as well as those far beyond his own church. With his fluent speech and the dominant emotionalism in his sermons, he inspired his audiences. His poems, two volumes entitled Im Dienste des Meisters (In the Service of the Master), were extensively read. In the fall of 1910 Isaac P. Friesen made a journey to Palestine, and what was once a dream in his life became a reality. His account of this journey is found in Meine Reise nach Palästina (My journey to Palestine) (Winnipeg, 194?).

Before he entered the ministry Isaac P. Friesen had been a well-to-do businessman in the town of Rosthern. During his service in the ministry he liberally supported various Mennonite missionary undertakings, such as the Old Folks' Home in Rosthern, the Children's Home on the Mennonite Youth Farm near Rosthern, and other missionary and welfare projects.

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