- 1Preface
- 2Chapter I — Our Cottage Home
- 3Chapter II — Our Forebears
- 4Chapter III — Consecrated Parents
- 5Chapter IV — School Days
- 6Chapter V — Leaving the Old Home
- 7Chapter VI — Early Struggles
- 8Chapter VII — A City Missionary
- 9Chapter VIII — Glasgow Experiences
- 10Chapter IX — A Foreign Missionary
- 11Chapter X — To the New Hebrides
- 12Chapter XI — First Impressions of Heathendom
- 13Chapter XII — Breaking Ground on Tanna
- 14Chapter XIII — Pioneers in the New Hebrides
- 15Chapter XIV — The Great Bereavement
- 16Chapter XV — At Home with Cannibals
- 17Chapter XVI — Superstitions and Cruelties
- 18Chapter XVII — Streaks of Dawn amidst Deeds of Darkness
- 19Chapter XVIII — The Visit of H. M. S. “Cordelia”
- 20Chapter XIX — “Noble Old Abraham”
- 21Chapter XX — A Typical South Sea Trader
- 22Chapter XXI — Under Ax and Musket
- 23Chapter XXII — A Native Saint and Martyr
- 24Chapter XXIII — Building and Printing for God
- 25Chapter XXIV — Heathen Dance and Sham Fight
- 26Chapter XXV — Cannibals at Work
- 27Chapter XXVI — The Defying of Nahak
- 28Chapter XXVII — A Perilous Pilgrimage
- 29Chapter XXVIII — The Plague of Measles
- 30Chapter XXIX — Attacked with Clubs
- 31Chapter XXX — Kowia
- 32Chapter XXXI — Martyrdom of the Gordons
- 33Chapter XXXII — Shadows Deepening on Tanna
- 34Chapter XXXIII — The Visit of the Commodore
- 35Chapter XXXIV — The War Chiefs in Council
- 36Chapter XXXV — Under Knife and Tomahawk
- 37Chapter XXXVI — The Beginning of the End
- 38Chapter XXXVII — Five Hours in a Canoe
- 39Chapter XXXVIII — A Race for Life
- 40Chapter XXXIX — Faint yet Pursuing
- 41Chapter XL — Waiting at Kwamera
- 42Chapter XLI — The Last Awful Night
- 43Chapter XLII — “Sail O! Sail O!”
- 44Chapter XLIII — Farewell to Tanna
- 45Chapter XLIV — The Floating of the “Dayspring”
- 46Chapter XLV — A Shipping Company for Jesus
- 47Chapter XLVI — Australian Incidents
- 48Chapter XLVII — Amongst Squatters and Diggers
- 49Chapter XLVIII — John Gilpin in the Bush
- 50Chapter XLIX — The Aborigines of Australia
- 51Chapter L — Nora
- 52Chapter LI — Back to Scotland
- 53Chapter LII — Tour through the Old Country
- 54Chapter LIII — Marriage and Farewell
- 55Chapter LIV — First Peep at the “Dayspring”
- 56Chapter LV — The French in the Pacific
- 57Chapter LVI — The Gospel and Gunpowder
- 58Chapter LVII — A Plea for Tanna
- 59Chapter LVIII — Our New Home on Aniwa
- 60Chapter LIX — House-Building for God
- 61Chapter LX — A City of God
- 62Chapter LXI — The Religion of Revenge
- 63Chapter LXII — First Fruits on Aniwa
- 64Chapter LXIII — Traditions and Customs
- 65Chapter LXIV — Nelwang’s Elopement
- 66Chapter LXV — The Christ-Spirit at Work
- 67Chapter LXVI — The Sinking of the Well
- 68Chapter LXVII — Rain from Below
- 69Chapter LXVIII — The Old Chief’s Sermon
- 70Chapter LXIX — The First Book and the New Eyes
- 71Chapter LXX — A Roof-Tree for Jesus
- 72Chapter LXXI — “Knock the Tevil out!”
- 73Chapter LXXII — The Conversion of Youwili
- 74Chapter LXXIII — First Communion on Aniwa
- 75Chapter LXXIV — The New Social Order
- 76Chapter LXXV — The Orphans and their Biscuits
- 77Chapter LXXVI — The Finger-Posts of God
- 78Chapter LXXVII — The Gospel in Living Capitals
- 79Chapter LXXVIII — The Death of Namakei
- 80Chapter LXXIX — Christianity and Cocoanuts
- 81Chapter LXXX — Nerwa’s Beautiful Farewell
- 82Chapter LXXXI — Ruwawa
- 83Chapter LXXXII — Litsi Soré and Mungaw
- 84Chapter LXXXIII — The Conversion of Nasi
- 85Chapter LXXXIV — The Appeal of Lamu
- 86Chapter LXXXV — Wanted! A Steam Auxiliary
- 87Chapter LXXXVI — My Campaign in Ireland
- 88Chapter LXXXVII — Scotland’s Free-will Offerings
- 89Chapter LXXXVIII — England’s Open Book
- 90Chapter LXXXIX — Farewell Scenes
- 91Chapter XC — Welcome to Victoria and Aniwa
- 92Chapter XCI — Good News from Tanna, 1891
The Story of John G. Paton
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