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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.

John G. Paton — John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography, edited by his brother (New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1889), ch. IV, "Foreign Mission Claims," p. 91. These are Paton's own words, recalling what he said.

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John G. Paton, John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography, edited by his brother (New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1889), ch. IV, "Foreign Mission Claims," p. 91. These are Paton's own words, recalling what he said. (archive.org) - John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography, edited by his brother (New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1889), ch. IV, "Foreign Mission Claims," p. 91. These are Paton's own words, recalling what he said.
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