The Story of John G. Paton: Thirty Years Among Cannibals
- 1 - Introduction and Preface 00:00
- 2 - Our Cottage Home 00:00
- 3 - Our Forebears 00:00
- 4 - Consecrated Parents 00:00
- 5 - School Days 00:00
- 6 - Leaving The Old Home 00:00
- 7 - Early Struggles 00:00
- 8 - A City Missionary 00:00
- 9 - Glasgow Experiences 00:00
- 10 - To The New Hebrides 00:00
- 11 - First Impressions of Heathendom 00:00
- 12 - Breaking Ground on Tana 00:00
- 13 - Pioneers In The New Hebrides 00:00
- 14 - The Great Bereavement 00:00
- 15 - At Home With Cannibals 00:00
- 16 - Superstitions and Cruelties 00:00
- 17 - Streaks of Dawn Admist Deeds of Darkness 00:00
- 18 - The Visit of H.M.S. "Cordelia" 00:00
- 19 - Noble Old Abraham 00:00
- 20 - A Typical South Sea Trader 00:00
- 21 - Under Axe and Musket 00:00
- 22 - A Native Saint and Martyr 00:00
- 23 - Building and Printing For God 00:00
- 24 - Heathen Dance and Sham Fight 00:00
- 25 - Cannibals at Work 00:00
- 26 - The Defying of Nahak 00:00
- 27 - A Perilous Pilgrimage 00:00
- 28 - The Plague of Measles 00:00
- 29 - Attacked With Clubs 00:00
- 30 - Kowia 00:00
- 31 - Martyrdom of the Gordon's 00:00
- 32 - Shadows Deepening On Tanna 00:00
- 33 - The Visit of the Commodore 00:00
- 34 - The War Chief's In Counsel 00:00
- 35 - Under Knife and Tomahawk 00:00
- 36 - The Beginning of The End 00:00
- 37 - Five Hours In A Canoe 00:00
- 38 - A Race For Life 00:00
- 39 - Fainting Yet Pursuing 00:00
- 40 - Waiting At Kawmera 00:00
- 41 - The Last Long Awful Night 00:00
- 42 - Sail O, Sail O 00:00
- 43 - Farewell To Tanna 00:00
- 44 - To Australia For a Mission Ship 00:00
- 45 - In Swamp and Saddle 00:00
- 46 - To Scotland and Back 00:00
- 47 - The French In The Pacific 00:00
- 48 - The Gospel and Gunpowder 00:00
- 49 - A Plea For Tanna 00:00
- 50 - Our New Home on Aniwa 00:00
- 51 - House-building for God 00:00
- 52 - A City of God 00:00
- 53 - The Religion of Revenge 00:00
- 54 - First Fruits On Aniwa 00:00
- 55 - Traditions and Customs 00:00
- 56 - Nelwang's Elopement 00:00
- 57 - The Christ Spirit At Work 00:00
- 58 - The Sinking of The Well 00:00
- 59 - Rain From Below 00:00
- 60 - The Old Chief's Sermon 00:00
- 61 - The First Book And The New Eyes 00:00
- 62 - A Roof-Tree For Jesus 00:00
- 63 - Knock The Tevil Out! 00:00
- 64 - The Conversion of Youwili 00:00
- 65 - The First Communion On Aniwa 00:00
- 66 - The New Social Order 00:00
- 67 - The Orphans and Their Biscuits 00:00
- 68 - The Finger-posts of God 00:00
- 69 - The Gospel In Living Capitals 00:00
- 70 - The Death of Namakei 00:00
- 71 - Christianity and Coconuts 00:00
- 72 - Nerwa's Beautiful Farewell 00:00
- 73 - Ruwawa 00:00
- 74 - Litsi Sore and Mungaw 00:00
- 75 - The Conversion of Nasai 00:00
- 76 - The Appeal of Lamu 00:00
- 77 - Wanted! A Steam Auxiliary 00:00
- 78 - England's Open Door 00:00
- 79 - Farewell Scenes 00:00
- 80 - Welcome To Victoria and Aniwa 00:00
- 81 - Good News From Tanna, 1891 00:00
- 82 - The Autobiography and The World Tour 00:00
- 83 - A New Dayspring and Death of The Traffic of Slaves 00:00
- 84 - Rev. Frank Paton - Missionary to Tanna 00:00
- 85 - The Wreck of the Dayspring 00:00
- 86 - Round the World Again at 86 00:00
- 87 - Back To the Islands Again and Yet Again 00:00
- 88 - The Passing of Mrs. 00:00
- 89 - The Home Call 00:00
“You will be eaten by cannibals!” was the response one man replied to John Paton as he described his plans to go forth as a missionary the islands of the South Pacific. Paton replied, “Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms, I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my resurrection body will arise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer.”
When it comes to John G. Paton biographies, the first that was published was, “John G. Paton Missionary to the New Hebrides”. After which James Paton, the brother of John, published a condensed version under the title, “The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals”. In 1923, A.K. Langridge modified that volume and republished it. The book in your hands is a combination of what James Paton and A.K. Langridge edited. The condensed parts are in the areas where Paton traveled to raise funds. Also at the end of Langridge’s volume, leading up to Paton’s death, he added several chapters, which are also included in this volume.
