The Story of John G. Paton

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"There are enough hairbreadth escapes and deeds of cool - if unostentatious - courage in these pages to stock half-a-dozen ordinary books." -The Daily Telegraph

The Story of John G. Paton or Thirty Years Among South Seas Cannibals by John G. Paton is not for the spiritually queasy! This hero of Christian missions tells his own tale of his life work among the South Sea Islanders. This book is a soul-stirring read of sacrifice, trust and determination to reach the lost at any cost. A truly convicting, inspiring read for everyone.

A Heathen boy's education consists in being taught to aim skillfully with the bow, throw the spear faultlessly at a mark, to wield powerfully the club and tomahawk, and to shoot well with musket and revolver when these can be obtained. He accompanies his father and brothers in all the wars and preparations for war, and is diligently initiated into all their cruelties and lusts, as the very prerequisite of his being regarded and acknowledged to be a man and a warrior. The girls have, with their mother and sisters, to toil and slave in the village plantations, to prepare all the materials for fencing these around, to bear every burden, and to be knocked about at will by the men and boys.

Genre: Religion / Christianity / General (fancy, right?)