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> [“Beautiful was it to mark how the poorest began to improve in personal appearance immediately after they came to our Class; how they gradually got shoes and one bit of clothing after another, to enable them to attend our other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/beautiful-was-it-to-mark-how-the-poorest-began-to-improve-in-personal/)

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## More by John Gibson Paton

> [... and over that side of the island all their sacred men were at work trying to kill me by their (magical) arts. Messengers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/and-over-that-side-of-the-island-all-their-sacred-men-were-at-work/)

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> [This is strength; this is peace; to feel, in entering on every day, that all its duties and trials have been committed to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/this-is-strength-this-is-peace-to-feel-in-entering-on-every-day-that/)

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> [“Thither daily, and oftentimes a day, generally after each meal, we saw our father retire, and "shut to the door"; and we children got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/thither-daily-and-oftentimes-a-day-generally-after-each-meal-we-saw/)

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> [As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that this is the noblest service in which any human being can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/as-i-lay-down-my-pen-let-me-record-my-immovable-conviction-that-this/)

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> [As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human being can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/as-i-lay-down-my-pen-let-me-record-my-immovable-conviction-that-his/)

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> [Among many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, "The cannibals! you will be eaten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/among-many-who-sought-to-deter-me-was-one-dear-old-christian/)

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> [If I die here in Glasgow, I shall be eaten by worms; If I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/if-i-die-here-in-glasgow-i-shall-be-eaten-by-worms-if-i-can-but-live/)

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> [I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/i-had-my-nearest-and-most-intimate-glimpses-of-the-presence-of-my/)

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> [“Beautiful was it to mark how the poorest began to improve in personal appearance immediately after they came to our Class; how they gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/beautiful-was-it-to-mark-how-the-poorest-began-to-improve-in-personal/)

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> [At the moment I put the bread and wine into those dark hands, once stained with the blood of cannibalism, now stretched out to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/at-the-moment-i-put-the-bread-and-wine-into-those-dark-hands-once/)

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> [Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gibson-paton/nothing-so-clears-the-vision-and-lifts-up-the-life-as-a-decision-to/)

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