litsi

Updated: May 7, 2025

She used to say, "Is there no Missionary to go and teach Nasi's people? I weep and pray for them, that they too may come to know and love Jesus." I answered, "Litsi, if I had only wept and prayed for you, but stayed at home in Scotland, would that have brought you to know and love Jesus as you do?" "Certainly not," she replied.

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals

One night, after Family Worship for amidst all his madness, when clear moments came, he poured out his soul in faith and love to the Lord he said, "Litsi, I am melting! My head burns. Let us go out and get cooled in the open air." She warned him not to go, as she heard voices whispering under the verandah. He answered a little wildly, "I am not afraid to die. Life is a curse and burden.

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals

Many years have now passed; and when lately I visited that part of Tanna, Litsi ran to me, clasped my hand, kissed it with many sobs, and cried, "O my father! God has blessed me to see you again. Is my mother, your dear wife, well? And your children, my brothers and sisters? My love to them all! Oh my heart clings to you!"

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals

When at length a Missionary was got for Nasi's people, Litsi and her new husband offered themselves as the head of a band of six or eight Aniwan Christians and were engaged there to open up the way and assist, as Teachers and Helpers, the Missionary and his wife. There she and they have labored ever since. They are "strong" for the Worship.

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals

The meetings, the Communicants' Class, the Schools, and the Church Services are all regularly conducted and faithfully attended. "Bless the Lord, O my soul!" LITSI, the only daughter of Namakei, had both in her own career and in her connection with poor dear Mungaw, an almost unparalleled experience.

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals

I shed many a tear that I ever took him to Australia. What will God have to say to those white fiends who poisoned and maddened poor dear Mungaw? After a while the good Queen Litsi was happily married again. She became possessed with a great desire to go as a Missionary to the people and tribe of Nasi, the very man who had murdered her husband.

John Gibson Paton - The Story of John G. Paton: Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals