Publisher's Description: In this companion volume to John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides, a missionary classic, John Paton's wife, Margaret Whitecross Paton, gives an enthralling account of missionary life in the New Hebrides from the 1860s to the 1890s. The steady advance of the gospel in the islands is vividly described, and the whole account is set against the background of the joys and sorrows of family life. Margaret Paton writes with rare grace, humour and pathos. This is an inspiring story, full of the triumphs of Christian faith and love, and a missionary classic in its own right - a book to prize.

344 Pages

About the Author: Margaret Whitecross Paton was the second wife of the pioneeer missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), John G. Paton. She was the daughter of the Rev. John Whitecross whose work The Shorter Catechism Illustrated (1828) was republished by the Trust (1968). A gifted writer, musician and artist, she died in 1905.