This compilation, taken from Jonathan Edwards’s edited versions of David Brainerd’s Diary and Journal, offers a highly readable record of the life and labours of David Brainerd as he presented the gospel to American Indians in the face of many obstacles, both the external challenges of life in what was still the frontier of eighteenth-century America, and internal battles as he persevered through bouts of depression during his short but fruitful life.
David Brainerd (1718–1747) was an early American missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. Christians all over the world continue to be inspired by his life of self-denial, his sincere and strenuous labour on behalf of others, and his devotion to prayer.
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was an American Puritan theologian, preacher and prolific author. When Brainerd died at the age of 29, Jonathan Edwards preached the funeral sermon and published the diary which David had kept.
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