Emphasis Preaching Journal

Billy Graham tells the story about the Reverend John Paton and his wife, who were missionaries in the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific. One night hostile natives surrounded their camp, waving torches and spears, intent on burning down the camp and killing the missionaries. That whole terror-filled night the Patons spent praying for God to deliver them. When daylight came, they were amazed to discover that all the attackers had left. A year later, the chief of the tribe that had terrorized them that night converted to Christianity.