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John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3) : $b An autobiography edited by his brother — John Shaqi

John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3) : $b An autobiography edited by his brotherPaton, John Gibson

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John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3) : $b An autobiography edited by his brother

Name: John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3) : $b An autobiography edited by his brother
Author: Paton, John Gibson

Paton, John Gibson

Missionaries -- Vanuatu -- Biography; Paton, John Gibson, 1824-1907

CHAPTER IV.
 _FOREIGN MISSION CLAIMS._
    The Wail of the Heathen                                           85
    A Missionary Wanted                                               85
    Two Souls on the Altar                                            87
    Lions in the Path                                                 89
    The Old Folks at Home                                             92
    Successors in Green Street Mission                                95
    Old Green Street Hands                                            97
    A Father in God                                                   97

                               CHAPTER V.
 _THE NEW HEBRIDES._
    License and Ordination                                           101
    At Sea                                                           102
    From Melbourne to Aneityum                                       102
    Settlement on Tanna                                              105
    Our Mission Stations                                             106
    Diplomatic Chiefs                                                107
    Painful First Impressions                                        108
    Bloody Scenes                                                    109
    The Widow’s Doom                                                 111

                               CHAPTER VI.
 _LIFE AND DEATH ON TANNA._
    Our Island Home                                                  115
    Learning the Language                                            116
    A Religion of Fear                                               118
    With or Without a God                                            119
    Ideas of the Invisible                                           120
    Gods and Demons                                                  121
    My Companion Missionary                                          122
    Pioneers in New Hebrides                                         123
    Missionaries of Aneityum                                         125
    The Lord’s Arrowroot                                             126
    Unhealthy Sites                                                  127
    The Great Bereavement                                            129
    Memorial Tributes                                                131
    Selwyn and Patteson at a Tanna Grave                             133
    Her Last Letter                                                  134
    Last Words                                                       137
    Presentiment and Mystery                                         138

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John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3) : $b An autobiography edited by his brother

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