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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Story of John G. Paton, by James Paton
Title: The Story of John G. Paton
Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
Author: James Paton
Release Date: February 8, 2009 [eBook #28025]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF JOHN G. PATON***
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THE STORY OF
Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals
By REV. JAMES PATON, B.A.
ILLUSTRATED
A. L. BURT COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
PREFACE.
EVER since the story of my brother's life first appeared (January 1889) it has been constantly pressed upon me that a YOUNG FOLKS' EDITION would be highly prized. The Autobiography has therefore been re-cast and illustrated, in the hope and prayer that the Lord will use it to inspire the Boys and Girls of Christendom with a wholehearted enthusiasm for the Conversion of the Heathen World to Jesus Christ.
A few fresh incidents have been introduced; the whole contents hav
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Who Was John G. Paton?
Vanuatu is a nation of more than eighty islands, previously called the New Hebrides, just east of Papua New Guinea. On November 19, 1839, the first missionaries to this little-known island nation, Rev. John Williams and James Harris, landed and were grotesquely slain the next day.1 This act was later understood to be revenge for atrocities committed by foreign traders days before.2 A cycle of violence subsequently gripped these islands, but a dark spiritual oppression gripped them as well. This conviction of spiritual oppression led Scottish missionary John G. Paton to the New Hebrides and held him there through many exciting providences as he sought to minister the light of the gospel.
Sincerely Reformed
John Gibson Paton was born May 24, 1824, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. His parents, James Paton and Janet Rogerson, were from humble means but were rich in their sincere faith. John Paton poetically remembers their deep conviction in his autobiography, where he describes his father’s consistent prayers and intentional study of church history. Recognizing the impact of his father’s affectionate observation and instruction of his children, John declared, “God help the homes where these things are done by force and not by love!”3 Two of James Pat
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John Gibson Paton
British missionary (1824–1907)
For other grouping named Lav Paton, shroud John Author (disambiguation).
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Early life
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Paton was a stock manufacturer alight later