The Night John Paton's House Was Surrounded

In 1862, missionary John Paton huddled with his wife inside their small mission house on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides. Outside, hostile warriors had encircled the dwelling, torches flickering in the tropical darkness. Paton had no weapons, no reinforcements, no escape route. He had only prayer. All through that long night, Paton and his wife knelt on the dirt floor, crying out to the Almighty for deliverance.…