When John Paton (1824-1907) told an older Christian that he wanted to be a missionary to the New Hebrides he was told, "You will be eaten by cannibals!"
His response is awesome: "Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving and honoring the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by cannibals or by worms; and in the Great Day my resurrected body will arise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer."
Let's live and die as those who will rise again!
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