Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, come on your Story Hours on.
Speaker 2: Welcome to your Story Hour. I'm Aunt Nikki and.
Speaker 3: I'm Uncle John, and we're here to bring you today's
Speaker 3: inspiring story. Hello, boys and girls. I'm looking forward to
Speaker 3: our time together today because Aunt Carol has an especially
Speaker 3: exciting story for us.
Speaker 2: The story takes place in the mid eighteen hundreds and
Speaker 2: takes us from Scotland to the New Hebrides.
Speaker 3: The New Hebrides, now, where's that?
Speaker 2: In the Coral Sea, halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Since
Speaker 2: gaining independence in nineteen eighty, the islands have been known
Speaker 2: as Vanawatu Naha.
Speaker 3: And what makes this story especially exciting.
Speaker 2: The story involves murderous cannibals and devil curses, dedicated missionaries
Speaker 2: and miracles of God.
Speaker 3: That is exciting.
Speaker 2: Now, when we get to the New Hebrides, we have
Speaker 2: to remember that islanders and missionaries both spoke in the
Speaker 2: languages of the islands. However, in our story everyone will
Speaker 2: speak English so we can understand what they're saying.
Speaker 3: That's a good idea.
Speaker 2: I thought you'd like it. Now let's get started with
Speaker 2: the story. We call the Man who Loved Cannibals.
Speaker 4: John Patten was born in the County of Dumfries, Scotland,
Speaker 4: in eighteen twenty four. He was the oldest of the
Speaker 4: eleven children of James Patten and his wife Janet. The
Speaker 4: Presbyterian Pattens were deeply religious. One time, when father was
Speaker 4: away from home, the family ran out of food.
Speaker 1: Ah, Mom, I'm so hungry. I know, Johnny me lad,
Speaker 1: but didn't worry. I've prayed and told God all about it.
Speaker 1: Remember your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of
Speaker 1: these things. Luke twelve thirty two, go to sleep now
Speaker 1: me we laddie, and we will have food come mornin.
Speaker 5: Ooh, that's a big barrel your father has sent he
Speaker 5: as a love gift.
Speaker 1: Mistress Peyton, we Scots can be proud of this custom.
Speaker 6: I jore the.
Speaker 1: Charter and thank you for making room for it on
Speaker 1: your cart and for carrying it inside for me pleasure, ma'am.
Speaker 7: Have you a good day now.
Speaker 1: What's a love gift, ma'am, It's a present to show
Speaker 1: affection to someone. In this case, my father, your grandfather
Speaker 1: Rogerson over in Lockerbie, has sent us a barrel of food.
Speaker 8: Food.
Speaker 9: I didn't know he needed food.
Speaker 4: Did you send him a message.
Speaker 1: I didn't need to do that. I told God just yesterday,
Speaker 1: and the food was already on its way before I
Speaker 1: even prayed.
Speaker 6: But how could that be?
Speaker 1: Because our heavenly Father knew we had need of the food,
Speaker 1: and he impressed Granddad to send it before we even asked.
Speaker 10: God to that.
Speaker 1: Mom Ough, Hi, remember to tell him all your needs
Speaker 1: and faith, and he will supply your wants so far
Speaker 1: as it shall be for your good and his glory.
Speaker 4: With such an upbringing, was it any wonder that John
Speaker 4: spent ten years working among the poor in a city
Speaker 4: mission in Glasgow. He also studied theology and medicine to
Speaker 4: prepare himself for foreign missions, and when he was thirty two,
Speaker 4: he and his wife were chosen to go to the
Speaker 4: New Hebrides. But many tried to change his mind.
Speaker 11: Forget going as a missionary for a paltry one hundred
Speaker 11: and twenty pounds a year.
Speaker 6: The green straight charge of you ya house and any
Speaker 6: salary a care to name.
Speaker 10: If you'll just stay.
Speaker 7: Here, you cannot be spelled John, And that's the truth
Speaker 7: for your people in Glasgow, need ye, there.
Speaker 10: Are heathens right here.
Speaker 11: Young man did his first seek and save those who
Speaker 11: are perishing at our doors.
Speaker 6: The cannibals.
Speaker 1: Mister Peyton, you'll be killed and eaten by the cannibals. Besides,
Speaker 1: we need you here.
Speaker 4: All these objections made John start to wonder whether he
Speaker 4: was truly answering God's call or just following his own
Speaker 4: wilful desires. So he visited his parents in their peasant cottage.
Speaker 7: We did not want to influence her decision, but now
Speaker 7: I can tell you we praise God for your choice.
Speaker 1: Aye, lad Your father's heart was set on being a minister,
Speaker 1: but other claims first him to give it up.
Speaker 7: When you're born, Well, lay you non altim, We're first
Speaker 7: born and consecrated it to be a missionary if God's
Speaker 7: offer it.
Speaker 1: All these years we have prayed for you that you
Speaker 1: might be qualified for and led to this very decision.
Speaker 7: And now we pray that God will long spare ye
Speaker 7: and give you many souls from the heathen world, ah Man.
Speaker 4: Within four months after John and his wife arrived on
Speaker 4: the island of Tana, his wife and newborn son died
Speaker 4: of a fever. Nearly prostrate with grief, John did his
Speaker 4: best to teach the islanders about the love of the
Speaker 4: God of heaven nearies were called missy by the islanders.
Speaker 6: Chief Noah, you must treat women kindly, didn't beat them,
Speaker 6: didn't work them so hard.
Speaker 10: Tenny's women cannot understand kindness, Missy. They were not work
Speaker 10: if we were kind to them.
Speaker 6: But they would be more cheerful if you were kind.
Speaker 10: We know what turu to keep them in line. We
Speaker 10: kill and eat two or three. Then the rest are
Speaker 10: quiet and obedient for a long time.
Speaker 4: Frustrated John talked with a convert from the island of
Speaker 4: Anaarium who had come to Tanner with him as a teacher.
Speaker 6: Abraham A mat Loos, How can I help the Chinese women?
Speaker 6: I don't know the language well yet, and the Chinese,
Speaker 6: it seems, don't know how to love.
Speaker 12: True, Missy. The Chinese know nothing of the great Creator God.
Speaker 12: They know only the devil gods, which they serve through
Speaker 12: fear without love. The woman's situation is very bad. They
Speaker 12: are nothing but slaves to their husband. It is the
Speaker 12: heathen way. Remember when that man beat his wife right
Speaker 12: in front of the mission house. You tried so hard
Speaker 12: to stop him, but you couldn't.
Speaker 6: I know, Abraham, but what can I do?
Speaker 12: I have an idea we can teach them by example.
Speaker 12: We teachers can go into the forest with our wives
Speaker 12: to cut firewood. Then we will give the women small
Speaker 12: loads to carry while we carry the big loads.
Speaker 6: Very good, Abraham. We'll show the Tannese men how to
Speaker 6: act and explain.
Speaker 12: Here you are na far too, my wife. Let me
Speaker 12: secure this bundle of wood on your back. There. How
Speaker 12: is that?
Speaker 4: Ah?
Speaker 11: That is fine, Abraham, very comfortable.
Speaker 10: Thank you.
Speaker 13: Are you ready?
Speaker 12: We are already, Missy?
Speaker 7: Go ahead.
Speaker 14: Then here we are, Missy and Chief Noah. It is
Speaker 14: so nice to see you today. See how Christians treat women.
Speaker 14: We men carry the heavier burdens, and we give the
Speaker 14: smaller loads to the women, right, Missy.
Speaker 6: Right, Abraham. Men are stronger, so we do heavier work,
Speaker 6: you see, Chief Noah.
Speaker 10: Well maybe, but I still don't think Danny's women would
Speaker 10: understand kindness.
Speaker 6: The women will be grateful, the heavy loads are too
Speaker 6: much for them, Chief Noah.
Speaker 10: Maybe maybe.
Speaker 4: Eventually, the idea of treating wives kindly began to take hold.
Speaker 4: Ten chiefs agreed to ban wife beating and widow strangling.
Speaker 4: Then Satan tried a new tactic to turn the islanders again.
Speaker 4: The missionaries now hat a respected chief from Anayadiam Island
Speaker 4: visited Tanna and died suddenly. Illness and sudden death were
Speaker 4: not unusual, but the mission's enemies saw a chance to
Speaker 4: get rid of the Christians.
Speaker 6: Chief Noah, what's so urgent? And what's this a weapon?
Speaker 10: An Ax? You are in great danger, Missy and abra
Speaker 10: am here and Nafatu too. Do you not hear a
Speaker 10: warning sounds? Chiefs and villagers from other parts of the
Speaker 10: islands say you cause Chief Noah to die, and you
Speaker 10: have made his better sake.
Speaker 6: To what impossibly? How can they say?
Speaker 10: Don't here? It's an excuse for the devil worshipers to
Speaker 10: get rid of you. You must be on God. Do
Speaker 10: not go outside, especially.
Speaker 2: Nafatu White Chief Noary.
Speaker 10: They killed and ate several women to see they're packed.
Speaker 10: It is the heat. Then weigh not fa too.
Speaker 12: Please promise you won't.
Speaker 11: Don't worry, Abraham. I'm not going out there alone.
Speaker 12: Nobody should go anywhere. The whole island wants to kill
Speaker 12: and eat us all, Missy.
Speaker 6: Seems so Abraham, Chief, nor do we have no one
Speaker 6: to help us.
Speaker 10: There are ros who support you, Missi, but the e
Speaker 10: and Cheese decide to kill everyone connected to their mission
Speaker 10: and oros who worship with you or are friendly to you.
Speaker 10: Can you lead the island.
Speaker 6: There's no way to leave, but we will pray to
Speaker 6: God and he will hear our prayers.
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Speaker 3: Thank you, and now let's return to our story. Chief
Speaker 3: Noir has just warn Missionary John Patten about the urgent
Speaker 3: danger of angry Islanders who want to kill the missionaries
Speaker 3: in this story called the Man who Loved Cannibals.
Speaker 4: After Noir warned John and his fellow Christians about their danger,
Speaker 4: they began to earnestly bring their situation before God, just
Speaker 4: as John's mother had taught him. For several days and nights,
Speaker 4: they continued committing themselves to God to live or die
Speaker 4: according to his will. They didn't dare leave the mission grounds,
Speaker 4: but friends like Noah brought them news.
Speaker 6: Noah, I'm glad you're safe. What's happening?
Speaker 10: You should have seen it, Missy. There was a great
Speaker 10: meeting and they chose the man who would kill you.
Speaker 12: Bah.
Speaker 10: Then Miaki, our Watchif.
Speaker 9: The man that chills Missy must first steal me. The
Speaker 9: men that kill the mission teachers must first kill me
Speaker 9: and my people, for we shall stand by them and
Speaker 9: defend him till death.
Speaker 10: Then Chief Manu man made the same threat, and the
Speaker 10: meeting broke up. Nobody wants to tang over doors?
Speaker 12: Do I don't understand? Chief Noah. Manuman and Miaki are
Speaker 12: known enemies of the mission. They are sacred men, devil
Speaker 12: priests who served the spirits and practiced devil magic.
Speaker 11: Why would they defend MISSI remember Abraham? When Manuman's younger
Speaker 11: brother was wounded in battle, Missy took care of his wounds.
Speaker 12: That's right in Nafatu, and the brother recovered. Maybe Manuman is.
Speaker 10: Grateful, maybe Abraham, But do not trust too much the
Speaker 10: human gratitude. The evil spirits rule aunt Annah. Even many
Speaker 10: who are friendly to their mission fear spirits more than
Speaker 10: they love Missy, or you teach us.
Speaker 4: The missionaries held another prayer service to thank God for
Speaker 4: saving them from death. Peace reigned for a time. John
Speaker 4: continued learning the island language better, and some of the
Speaker 4: men began coming to the mission house by night to
Speaker 4: learn about the God of Heaven.
Speaker 6: You look sad, Nahuka. What is the matter?
Speaker 13: Because of your teaching, Missy, I learned to love my wife,
Speaker 13: but now she has died.
Speaker 6: Oh, chief Nahuka, I am sorry to hear that.
Speaker 13: I remember when your wife, Missid, the woman died, you
Speaker 13: held the service over her grave and pray to the
Speaker 13: God of Heaven. Missy, I want the Christian burier for
Speaker 13: my wife. I've already bought white cloth from the trader
Speaker 13: to wrap her body, and.
Speaker 6: That is very touching. Nahouka, I will be happy to
Speaker 6: conduct this, sir.
Speaker 13: No, no no, If you come, I'm afraid many of
Speaker 13: the people will stay away, and I want all of
Speaker 13: them to see and hear the prayers to the God
Speaker 13: of Heaven. She nowhere has agreed to conduct the service.
Speaker 13: He's not really a Christian, but he will like to
Speaker 13: be one.
Speaker 6: What that that is wonderful.
Speaker 13: There is a resurrection right, my wife will live again.
Speaker 12: You have taught us.
Speaker 6: Yes naokah, and if you are faithful to the God
Speaker 6: of Heaven, you and I will stand side by side
Speaker 6: and embrace our dear wives again. The death and resurrection
Speaker 6: of our Lord Jesus assures.
Speaker 4: But not everyone was happy. A trader living at one
Speaker 4: end of the island didn't like peace and love among
Speaker 4: the islanders. He wasn't selling enough weapons now that the
Speaker 4: islanders were changing, so he decided to do something about it.
Speaker 4: He started to visit the chiefs and talk to them.
Speaker 5: Here you go, Chief Miaki, have some powder and musket
Speaker 5: balls on the house. There is no charge to you.
Speaker 9: Will thank you, I'm sure.
Speaker 12: But what will I do with him?
Speaker 9: These are for war and we are all at peace
Speaker 9: because of MISSI.
Speaker 5: Well, now I know you have a feud with Chief Accurat.
Speaker 5: You have held back from war because you are afraid
Speaker 5: you might lose. But I have many more weapons like these,
Speaker 5: good weapons and much ammunition. With these, you would be
Speaker 5: sure to win.
Speaker 9: Yes, I could destroy our Kurat's whole drive in no time.
Speaker 12: Thank you, Captain Winchester.
Speaker 9: Thank you.
Speaker 4: Then, of course, the trader went to Chief Arcurate with
Speaker 4: more war materials and more insinuations from chief to chief
Speaker 4: he went, urging each to fight other tribes. As soon
Speaker 4: as John heard about it, he confronted the trader.
Speaker 6: Captain Winchester, you have to stop. If you keep on
Speaker 6: like this, there will be a war.
Speaker 5: Yes, I'm sure that's exactly what will happen.
Speaker 6: But Wyman, people will die.
Speaker 5: Who cares, They're just a bunch of savages. When the
Speaker 5: war starts, I'll raise my prices and I'll get a
Speaker 5: lot of pigs and poultry and trade. I'll sell those
Speaker 5: to passing ships and make a lot of money.
Speaker 12: It's not right.
Speaker 6: Maybe they are savages now, but I hope to bring
Speaker 6: them to God. And if you stir up a war
Speaker 6: among savages, what does that make you rich?
Speaker 5: Reverend Peyton, It will make me very very rich.
Speaker 6: Mes see, let me in quickly, please worry, Come in.
Speaker 12: What is the problem.
Speaker 8: The problem is, I'm Chief Miaki's younger brother. You know,
Speaker 8: Miaki has decided to go to war against Chief Akuat.
Speaker 8: In fact, a lot of the chiefs have gone to
Speaker 8: war with each other. People are being killed all over
Speaker 8: the island, and Miaki wants me to fight too.
Speaker 6: You don't want to fight, no, I want to.
Speaker 8: Be a Christian I don't want to hurt anyone. Please
Speaker 8: let me stay with you in the mission house.
Speaker 6: Of course, you may, we have plenty of room.
Speaker 4: But Miaki discovered where his brother was hiding, and he
Speaker 4: came to get the young man.
Speaker 8: Please, Miaki, don't make me go.
Speaker 6: Chief Miyaki, your brother does not wish to fight and
Speaker 6: to kill.
Speaker 12: Please silence, Missy.
Speaker 9: This does not concern you.
Speaker 12: Rari.
Speaker 9: You are my brother and I am your chief. You
Speaker 9: will go with me and fight beside me. Is that understood?
Speaker 12: Yes?
Speaker 8: Miaki, you.
Speaker 6: Live not alive.
Speaker 12: Fift that down, all right, RUDDI. You stand right here
Speaker 12: beside me and fire when I do.
Speaker 8: Yes, Miaki, Rurim's been hit.
Speaker 9: Said for Mesty, said for Misty.
Speaker 6: I came as soon as I heard Rorib has been wounded.
Speaker 12: He is dead, Missy.
Speaker 6: I'm so very sorry, Miyaki.
Speaker 9: Why didn't I listen to you? You urged peace, but
Speaker 9: I lectraitor. Winchester talked me into attacking Winchester.
Speaker 12: He engineered this.
Speaker 9: He sewed weapons to us, but he swed weapons to
Speaker 9: our enemies too.
Speaker 12: I know he is to blame.
Speaker 6: What kind of a burial do you want for Rarib?
Speaker 9: He would have wanted a Christian berry. O, missy, will
Speaker 9: you do that for him? Yes, Miaki I will be
Speaker 9: happy to and Nen I will deal with Trader Winchester.
Speaker 4: After Arib's funeral, Miaki rushed off to confront Winchester. With
Speaker 4: the trader's armed guard standing around. The chief did not
Speaker 4: dare to kill him right then, but he left Winchester
Speaker 4: in no doubt as to his intentions.
Speaker 12: You led us into this war.
Speaker 5: You deceived us. It's not my fault if you are
Speaker 5: stupid enough to fall for it.
Speaker 12: Ninny have died needlessly.
Speaker 9: My own brother, Roarib, mark my words, Your life will
Speaker 9: pay for his.
Speaker 4: For three long months, the war dragged on, and for
Speaker 4: every minute of that time, Captain Winchester lived in fear.
Speaker 4: His guards left him. He and his island wife are
Speaker 4: getting no sleep because they had to stay on watch
Speaker 4: all night. Finally, the man who had hoped to get
Speaker 4: rich was forced to abandon everything he had and flee
Speaker 4: for his life on a passing ship. John continued to
Speaker 4: try to teach the islanders about the loving Creator God,
Speaker 4: but it seemed like it was one step forward and
Speaker 4: two steps back. He resumed visiting the villages to preach.
Speaker 4: Some were interested but some very powerful men were determined
Speaker 4: to stop him.
Speaker 6: Here we are, Abraham Nafatu. We haven't been to this
Speaker 6: village in quite.
Speaker 4: A while, Yes, and there's a good reason for that.
Speaker 12: This is where teacher Namuel was attacked. Yes, I know
Speaker 12: he was a saint and they killed him.
Speaker 13: Ah.
Speaker 10: His last words were forgive them.
Speaker 11: For they don't know what they are doing.
Speaker 6: That is why we are here. What other village needs
Speaker 6: God more than these people.
Speaker 11: I can't think of one.
Speaker 12: But look out for those three men standing at the
Speaker 12: edge of the village.
Speaker 6: Those three men, men who are scowling and muttering.
Speaker 11: Yes, nel Wang, Kapuku and Sirawiya. They are all sacred men,
Speaker 11: and they oppose the teaching of the Jehovah God.
Speaker 6: Sacred men devil priests who claim the power to control
Speaker 6: the rain and the crops.
Speaker 11: They say they can cause sickness and death, and they can.
Speaker 12: When they perform na hawk, their target dies within hours.
Speaker 6: Na hawk is devil magic.
Speaker 4: Right.
Speaker 6: The devils are trying to hold on Tatana.
Speaker 11: All they need is something the targeted person has eaten
Speaker 11: from a few leftovers, or the skin of the fruit
Speaker 11: the person has eaten.
Speaker 12: These three are the most powerful sacred men on the island.
Speaker 12: Everyone lives in terror of them.
Speaker 6: But we aren't afraid of them, are we?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 10: I suppose not, even though I've seen No.
Speaker 6: Don't worry. Jehovah God is stronger than any devil. He
Speaker 6: has already defeated the devils.
Speaker 12: Here come the devil priests headed right for us.
Speaker 15: We do not believe in Jehovah. Our gods don't want
Speaker 15: him here. They have given us their power to kill
Speaker 15: you by naha?
Speaker 6: Oh? Is that so, Chief Kapuku? Now as I understand it,
Speaker 6: you need the remains of some food I have eaten.
Speaker 6: Is that right? Yes, we can take care of that
Speaker 6: right now, your keen, dear lady, I see you are
Speaker 6: holding some quanchory food. Would you allow me to have
Speaker 6: some of it?
Speaker 4: Yes, missy, but you may.
Speaker 6: Have all you want, but thank you, I would have three,
Speaker 6: one for each sacred man. Look, everyone, I am taking
Speaker 6: a bite of each fruit. I have become very fond
Speaker 6: of these fruits while I have been Antana. They are
Speaker 6: much like plums.
Speaker 14: Mm.
Speaker 12: Good, What are you.
Speaker 10: Doing, missy?
Speaker 1: You must not give the fruits to the sacred men.
Speaker 6: Ah, But this is exactly what I must do. How
Speaker 6: else can I define a hawk? Defy?
Speaker 1: Nobody can define.
Speaker 6: Do not be afraid to say it, dear sister, Yahien, Jehovah,
Speaker 6: God will conquer na hawk. Now I give the fruits
Speaker 6: to the sacred men.
Speaker 12: Why is he doing that?
Speaker 10: Noah, Now you will die now, Ooka, My dear missy.
Speaker 6: Your sacred men have said they can kill me by nahak.
Speaker 6: I challenge them to do it if they can. Now
Speaker 6: you can't use arrow or spear, club or musket. You
Speaker 6: have said you have the power to kill me by sorcery.
Speaker 6: I say you cannot do it.
Speaker 4: As the three devil priests gathered beneath a sacred tree
Speaker 4: to begin their incantations, the villagers fled in terror. But
Speaker 4: John sat down on the trunk of a fallen tree
Speaker 4: and watched.
Speaker 6: Watch Abraham and Nafatu. They are carefully rolling up the
Speaker 6: fruit in leaves from the tree. It looks rather like
Speaker 6: a candle like we have at home to light the
Speaker 6: way to the bedroom at night.
Speaker 12: They are setting fire to the leaves, but not to
Speaker 12: see by.
Speaker 11: Now they are mutting their curses. You are not afraid, missy.
Speaker 6: Not in the least nofato. Those curses have no power
Speaker 6: over one who trusts in the God of heaven.
Speaker 12: They're blowing on the leaves and waving them over the heads.
Speaker 12: I have to admit it looks a little silly, yes.
Speaker 11: And see how they keep looking at Missy to see
Speaker 11: if he has fallen over dead yet.
Speaker 6: Maybe they actually believe they can do it. But we
Speaker 6: must break the chains of such vile superstitions.
Speaker 11: Are they're taking a long time.
Speaker 6: Let me see if I can hurry them up a bit.
Speaker 16: Come, Come, this has taken much too law, be quick,
Speaker 16: stir up your gods to help you.
Speaker 6: I am not nearly dead yet.
Speaker 4: The devil priests glew harder on the rolled up leaves
Speaker 4: and waved them more vigorously, But each time they looked
Speaker 4: at John, he was still sitting upright, smiling at them
Speaker 4: and urging them to try harder. Villagers started drifting back
Speaker 4: to watch the display. Finally, the three sacred men stopped
Speaker 4: their chanting and stood up. Chief Kapuku delivered their conclusion
Speaker 4: to all present.
Speaker 15: We must delay till we have put all our sacred
Speaker 15: men from all over Tana. We will kill me Si
Speaker 15: before a week passes. Let all watch, for he will
Speaker 15: soon die very good.
Speaker 6: I challenge all your priests to unite and kill me
Speaker 6: by nahak.
Speaker 16: If I come to your village next week, you will
Speaker 16: all admit that your gods have no power over me,
Speaker 16: and that I am protected by the true and living
Speaker 16: Jehovah God.
Speaker 4: All that week, the sacred men did their best to
Speaker 4: kill John through their magic arts. Frequently a messenger would
Speaker 4: show up at the mission house to ask the missionary
Speaker 4: if he didn't feel just a little bit sick. Finally,
Speaker 4: the week passed, people from all over had gathered in
Speaker 4: the village to see what would happen.
Speaker 6: My love to you all, my friends, I have come
Speaker 6: again to talk to you about the Jehovah God and
Speaker 6: his worship. Now these sacred men have sworn to kill
Speaker 6: me by nahawk. It didn't work, did it, Kapuku?
Speaker 12: No, it hasn't.
Speaker 6: And why do you think you failed? It is because
Speaker 6: your God is stronger than our gods.
Speaker 10: He protected you from us.
Speaker 6: Exactly, he is stronger than your gods because he is
Speaker 6: the only true God. He will be your friend too
Speaker 6: and protect you from the devils if you love and
Speaker 6: serve him. Only, Here's your friend, if you will only
Speaker 6: hear and follow his voice.
Speaker 4: Then John began to preach in a loving voice, demonstrating
Speaker 4: God's love to all the people gathered around.
Speaker 6: Come, my friends, sit down here around me.
Speaker 7: That's it.
Speaker 6: Sit close.
Speaker 17: I will tell you about the love and mercy of
Speaker 17: my God and teach you how to worship. What a
Speaker 17: wonderful example of God's love, Aunt Nikki. I especially like
Speaker 17: that John Patten never gave up.
Speaker 2: He lived to see a Christian church established Antana and
Speaker 2: the Heathen new Hebrides became Vanuwatu, where the major religion
Speaker 2: today is christ Chianity. God has loosened the devil's hold
Speaker 2: on those islands.
Speaker 3: I do love missionary stories.
Speaker 2: I was hoping you'd say that, uncle John, because you
Speaker 2: aren't the only one, and.
Speaker 3: I'm happy to let you know that. We have many
Speaker 3: other stories of dedicated missionaries that you can listen to,
Speaker 3: like in.
Speaker 2: Megabo, a Native American missionary to the Chippewa tribe.
Speaker 3: And missionaries to China like Lottie Moon and Hudson Taylor.
Speaker 2: And missionaries to India like IDAs Gudder and Evelyn Brand.
Speaker 3: And missionaries to Africa like Albert Schweitzer and Lillian Tresher.
Speaker 2: You can find these stories and many more on our website.
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Speaker 12: You can purchase the stories on CD or get.
Speaker 2: Them as MP three files that you can both stream
Speaker 2: on our website or download to your personal device.
Speaker 3: We hope the stories inspire you as much as they've
Speaker 3: inspired us.
Speaker 8: Yes we do.
Speaker 2: Goodbye and see you soon.