"There are many non-Christians, I suspect, whose mental picture of the savage is that of a happy, uninhibited child of nature in a sort of tropical paradise. They imagine him as a simple soul who enjoys his own quaint religion and is better off without a Christian missionary.
"People who have had actual, daily contact with savages anywhere in the world know that such a picture is pure fantasy. Pagan tribesmen are anything but happy. Their life is a losing battle with "devils", with vengeful human enemies, and with brutal hardships. They are in constant terror of death. No one but Christ can win that kind of war, and His missionaries must lead the assault..."