Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . o theirdwelling house in flames. The crisis had come. After many adeliverance, it seemed this time they were to be slain. Armedsavages were all about. Mr. Paton ran out to tear down thereed fence by which the flames were being carried swiftlytoward the mission house. A shout was raised, Kill him!kill him! Mr. Paton told them: Dare to strike me, and my Jehovah God will punish you! Heprotects us, and will punish you for burning His church, for hatredto His worship and people, and for all your bad conduct. We love youall; and for doing you good on
Our day in the light of prophecy and providence . o theirdwelling house in flames. The crisis had come. After many adeliverance, it seemed this time they were to be slain. Armedsavages were all about. Mr. Paton ran out to tear down thereed fence by which the flames were being carried swiftlytoward the mission house. A shout was raised, Kill him!kill him! Mr. Paton told them: Dare to strike me, and my Jehovah God will punish you! Heprotects us, and will punish you for burning His church, for hatredto His worship and people, and for all your bad conduct. We love youall; and for doing you good only you want to kill us. But our God ishere now to protect us and to punish you. They yelled in rage, and urged each other to strike the first blow,but the Invisible One restrained them. I stood invulnerable beneathHis invisible shield, and succeeded in rolling back the tide of flame fromour dwelling house. At this dread moment occurred an incident which my readers mayexplain as they like, but which I trace directly to the interposition ofmy AN ATTACK BY THESAVAGES **Our God is here now toprotect us. John G. PatOns Experience on Cannibal Tanna 673 A rushing and roaring sound came from the south, like the noise ofa mighty engine or of muttering thunder. Every head was instinctivelyturned in that direction, and they knew, from previous hard experience,that it was one of their awful tornadoes of wind and rain. Now, mark, the wind bore the flames away from our dwelling place;had it come in the opposite direction, no power on earth could havesaved us from being all consumed! It made the work of destroying thechurch only that of a few minutes; but it brought with it a heavy andmurky cloud, which poured out a perfect torrent of tropical rain. Now,mark again, the flames of the burning church were thereby cut off fromextending to and seizing upon the reeds and the bush; and, besides, ithad become almost impossible now to set fire to our dwelling stars in their courses wer
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