Who Will Tell?

A most remarkable and gripping autobiographical account of missionary life among the violent cannibals of the New Hebrides islands [modern day Vanuatu]. Even if this book only included Paton’s testimony of his faithful, godly father, it would be well worth the purchase price.

“Almost five years ago, I was preaching on the importance of raising sons to be Christian men of vision when my friend Bill gave me an ancient, dog-eared edition of the book you are holding in your hands. ‘This is the greatest missionary story ever written,’ he said, ‘but that is not why you need to read the book.’ Curious, I resolved to skim the opening chapters. Several hours and a bucket of tears later, with less than two hundred pages under my belt, I realized that I was perusing one of the most important books I would ever read.”

Doug Phillips
Publisher

ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES:
“The house connected with my Green Street Church was now offered to me for a Manse, and any reasonable salary that I cared to ask…on condition that I would remain home. I cannot honestly say that such offers or opposing influences proved a heavy trial to me; they rather tended to confirm my determination that the path of duty was to go abroad. Amongst many who sought to deter me, was one dear old Christian gentleman, whose crowning argument always was, ‘The Cannibals! you will be eaten by Cannibals!’ At last I 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 honouring 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.’ ” [pp.55-56]