Oh, I Wonder...

“My heart was so full of joy [at the service of the first 12 baptisms on the island of Anawa] that I could do little else but weep. Oh, I wonder, I wonder, when I see so many good Ministers at home, crowding each other’s heels, whether they would not part with all their home privileges and go on to the Heathen World and reap a joy like this – ‘the joy of the Lord.’” ~John Paton

That moment when...

"At the moment when I put the bread and wine into those dark hands, once stained with the blood of Cannibalism but now stretched out to receive and partake the elements and seals of the Redeemer's love, I had a foretaste of the joy and Glory that well-nigh broke my heart to pieces. I shall never taste of a deeper bliss till I gaze on the glorified face of Jesus Himself." ~ Missionary John Paton after conducting his first communion service in the New Hebrides islands