103:
31:
295:
401:
164:, and Gordon spent most of his time caring for them, however, the two children of one of the island's chiefs had died in his care, and the chief thought that he had put a spell on his children, he banded together a group of warriors and killed both George and his wife on May 20, 1861.
253:
330:
246:
501:
118:
Canadian missionary to the
Pacific Islands. Due to the murder of Gordon and his wife, Ellen (1833 - May 20, 1861), they are considered by many to be martyrs of modern times.
442:
239:
521:
481:
516:
506:
471:
526:
371:
309:
102:
511:
491:
486:
531:
187:
The last martyrs of
Eromanga : being a memoir of the Rev. George N. Gordon and Ellen Catherine Powell, his wife by James Douglas Gordon, 1863
199:
496:
435:
30:
536:
226:
476:
428:
314:
284:
122:
47:
355:
345:
168:
88:
156:
among the natives. About forty natives of
Erromango were converted to Christianity. However, in March 1861
340:
466:
461:
350:
382:
203:
186:
335:
412:
231:
138:
130:
121:
George Gordon was born to John Gordon and Mary Ramsay, both of
Scottish ancestry near
455:
279:
294:
408:
274:
134:
400:
157:
153:
115:
141:
City
Mission where he would minister to the poor about the gospel of Christ.
145:
61:
161:
149:
133:. In 1850, he attended Presbyterian Theological Hall in West River,
126:
125:. In 1848 he was converted to Christianity and began distributing
235:
171:
followed him to
Erromango, and was also martyred, in 1872.
407:
This biographical article about person in connection with
35:
Rev. George N. Gordon and Ellen
Catherine Powell, his wife
416:
364:
323:
302:
267:
95:
84:
76:
68:
54:
40:
21:
200:"Dying for the Gospel: The Gordons of Erromanga"
436:
247:
160:traders intentionally exposed the natives to
8:
114:(April 21, 1822 – May 20, 1861) was a
502:People from Alberton, Prince Edward Island
443:
429:
262:Protestant missions to the Pacific Islands
254:
240:
232:
29:
18:
372:Bible translations into Oceanic languages
227:Valiant Circle of Christians on Erromanga
152:, in the Pacific Ocean, in June 1857 to
179:
137:. Gordon began his missionary work in
522:Colony of Prince Edward Island people
7:
482:Presbyterian missionaries in Vanuatu
397:
395:
517:Presbyterian missionaries in Canada
507:Canadian people of Scottish descent
472:Canadian Presbyterian missionaries
415:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
527:British Presbyterian missionaries
399:
293:
101:
512:Canadian expatriates in Vanuatu
492:Canadian people murdered abroad
487:19th-century Protestant martyrs
532:British expatriates in Vanuatu
315:List of missionaries to Hawaii
123:Alberton, Prince Edward Island
48:Alberton, Prince Edward Island
1:
356:South Seas Evangelical Church
144:He arrived on the coast of
553:
497:People murdered in Vanuatu
394:
336:Baptist Missionary Society
537:Christian biography stubs
380:
346:London Missionary Society
341:Church Missionary Society
291:
167:Gordon's younger brother
100:
28:
477:Converts to Christianity
80:Ellen Catherine Powell
206:on September 24, 2012
351:Mission to the World
198:Bush, Peter (2001).
383:Christianity Portal
324:Missionary agencies
112:George Nicol Gordon
16:Canadian missionary
424:
423:
389:
388:
285:Missions timeline
148:, an island near
109:
108:
544:
445:
438:
431:
403:
396:
297:
256:
249:
242:
233:
215:
214:
212:
211:
202:. Archived from
195:
189:
184:
131:religious tracts
105:
33:
23:George N. Gordon
19:
552:
551:
547:
546:
545:
543:
542:
541:
452:
451:
450:
449:
392:
390:
385:
376:
360:
319:
298:
289:
263:
260:
223:
218:
209:
207:
197:
196:
192:
185:
181:
177:
64:
59:
50:
45:
36:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
550:
548:
540:
539:
534:
529:
524:
519:
514:
509:
504:
499:
494:
489:
484:
479:
474:
469:
464:
454:
453:
448:
447:
440:
433:
425:
422:
421:
404:
387:
386:
381:
378:
377:
375:
374:
368:
366:
362:
361:
359:
358:
353:
348:
343:
338:
333:
331:American Board
327:
325:
321:
320:
318:
317:
312:
306:
304:
300:
299:
292:
290:
288:
287:
282:
277:
271:
269:
265:
264:
261:
259:
258:
251:
244:
236:
230:
229:
222:
221:External links
219:
217:
216:
190:
178:
176:
173:
107:
106:
98:
97:
93:
92:
86:
82:
81:
78:
74:
73:
70:
66:
65:
60:
56:
52:
51:
46:
44:April 21, 1822
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
549:
538:
535:
533:
530:
528:
525:
523:
520:
518:
515:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
480:
478:
475:
473:
470:
468:
465:
463:
460:
459:
457:
446:
441:
439:
434:
432:
427:
426:
420:
418:
414:
410:
405:
402:
398:
393:
384:
379:
373:
370:
369:
367:
365:Miscellaneous
363:
357:
354:
352:
349:
347:
344:
342:
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
328:
326:
322:
316:
313:
311:
310:South Pacific
308:
307:
305:
301:
296:
286:
283:
281:
280:Protestantism
278:
276:
273:
272:
270:
266:
257:
252:
250:
245:
243:
238:
237:
234:
228:
225:
224:
220:
205:
201:
194:
191:
188:
183:
180:
174:
172:
170:
165:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
142:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
119:
117:
113:
104:
99:
94:
90:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
57:
53:
49:
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
417:expanding it
409:Christianity
406:
391:
303:Missionaries
275:Christianity
208:. Retrieved
204:the original
193:
182:
166:
143:
120:
111:
110:
89:James Gordon
58:May 20, 1861
467:1861 deaths
462:1822 births
135:Nova Scotia
69:Nationality
456:Categories
268:Background
210:2007-02-22
175:References
158:sandalwood
154:evangelize
116:Protestant
146:Erromango
96:Signature
91:(brother)
85:Relatives
62:Erromango
72:Canadian
162:measles
150:Vanuatu
139:Halifax
127:Bibles
77:Spouse
411:is a
169:James
413:stub
129:and
55:Died
41:Born
458::
444:e
437:t
430:v
419:.
255:e
248:t
241:v
213:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
