I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. — 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 receive and partake the emblems and seals of the Redeemer's love, I had a foretaste of… — 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 to understand by a sort of spiritual instinct (for the thing was too sacred to be talked about) that prayers were being poured out there for us, as of old by the High Priest within the… — John Gibson Paton Copy Share
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
