John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 5)

Taken from Pioneering in the New Hebrides, autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. Outwitting the Enemy by Flight For some time, John Paton endured life-threatening dangers at the hands of natives strongly opposed to his Gospel work on Tanna Island […]

John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 4)

Taken from Pioneering in the New Hebrides, autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. In Perils Often “Dangers again darkened round me,” wrote John G. Paton as he continued in his missionary efforts among the natives of the island of Tanna […]

John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 3)

Taken from “Pioneering in the New Hebrides,” autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. As a missionary on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides in the South Pacific, John Paton’s life was often in peril because of the violent […]

John G. Paton: In The New Hebrides (Part 2)

Taken from “Pioneering in the New Hebrides,” autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. John G. Paton labored on courageously but alone on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, after burying his beloved young wife and infant son, both […]

John G. Paton: Pioneering In The New Hebrides (Part 1)

Taken from “Pioneering in the New Hebrides,” autobiography of John G. Paton (1824-1907), edited by his brother James Paton. Copyrighted and printed 1898 by Fleming H. Revell Company. Not until John G. Paton had received “marching orders” from the Lord Jesus Christ to give his life to carry the Gospel to the sin-darkened islands of […]