November 5. John G. Paton. Two weeks after John married Mary, the young couple headed for the mission field—an island full of people who carried spears, wore only paint, and sometimes dined on their fellow islanders. On this date in 1858, John arrived on Tanna, a New Hebrides Island.  Some months later, John and Mary had a son. Within another month, mother and baby were […] The post John G. Paton, Scotland, Missionary first appeared on 365 Christian Men.