Remembering a Missionary Hero - John G. Paton

100 years ago today, the great "missionary to canibals" died at the ripe old age of 83.  Many sites are celebrating him, and you read the highly rated biography below.

• You Will be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton (sermon by John Piper, with audio)
• Missionary Patriarch: The True Story of John G. Paton (amazon)
• Missionary Hero (brief bio)
  
• John Gibson Paton (wikipedia)

Comments

Young people used to be so amazing. Reading this:

After some elementary education, John G., from the age of 12, started learning the trade of his stocking manufacturing father and, for fourteen hours a day, he manipulated one of the six "stocking frames" in his father's workshop.

However, he still studied during the two hours allotted each day for the eating of his meals.

Reminded me of something else I read the other day that amazed me concerning the young George Washington.

Here it is: Myth of Adolescence.

I so agree with them. It was good to see that not all young people think they have to act like total idiots.

[Lawanda]

Sorry, that was from me.