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John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides by John G. Paton (Hardcover)

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John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides by John G. Paton (Hardcover)

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The autobiography of John G. Paton contains everything necessary to make it a missionary classic. Born into a Christian family near Dumfries in 1824, Paton's early years were marked by a struggle against poverty. He was self-educated, and the training ground for his life's work was the slums of Glasgow where he laboured with success as a city missionary. With 'the wail of the perishing heathen in the South Seas' continually sounding in his ears, he prepared himself to serve overseas and was ordained as a missionary to the New Hebrides in 1858. This group of thirty mountainous islands, so named by Captain Cook, with its unhealthy climate, was then inhabited by savages and cannibals. The first attempt to introduce Christianity to them resulted in John Williams and James Harris being clubed to death within a few minutes of landing in 1839. The difficulties that confronted Paton were accentuated by the sudden death of his wife and child within months of their arrival. Against the savagery and the superstition, despite the trails and the tragedies, Paton persevered and witnessed the triumph of the gospel in two of these South Sea islands. His life is almost without parallel in missionary annals and his account of it is moving and gripping.

 

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The material which John G Paton had collected over the years were compiled and edited by his brother Rev James Paton who supported John Paton in Scotland. Rev Paton was an author and Presbyterian minister in Scotland.
 
 
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This book should be required reading for every "would-be" missionary AND for anyone who thinks they have personal problems dealing with the "heathen" in today's world. John Paton's written experiences brought tears to my eyes and a wonderful glorious inspiration to my soul as I read of his trials and tribulations in the New Hebrides. I was rewarded by the true testimonies of the ones whose lives and souls he saved. This could be a life-changing book and in many ways it has been for me, personally. Renew your Faith in God and the power of the Word by spending several hours with the conversion efforts of John Paton in the South Pacific. You will be blessed for it, I promise!

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