At the moment I put the bread and wine into those dark hands, once stained with the blood of cannibalism, now stretched… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
... and over that side of the island all their sacred men were at work trying to kill me by their (magical) arts. Messengers… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
This is strength; this is peace; to feel, in entering on every day, that all its duties and trials have been committed to the… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
“Thither daily, and oftentimes a day, generally after each meal, we saw our father retire, and "shut to the door"; and we children got… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that this is the noblest service in which any human being can… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
As I lay down my pen, let me record my immovable conviction that His is the noblest service in which any human being can… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
Among many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, "The cannibals! you will be eaten… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
If I die here in Glasgow, I shall be eaten by worms; If I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
“Beautiful was it to mark how the poorest began to improve in personal appearance immediately after they came to our Class; how they gradually… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
At the moment I put the bread and wine into those dark hands, once stained with the blood of cannibalism, now stretched out to… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share Image
