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David Brainerd was a pioneer missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania in the 1700s. he died at the tender age of 29 from tuberculosis. This is his diary.
Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Diggory Press Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,1 MB
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846853814
David Brainerd was a pioneer missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania in the 1700s. he died at the tender age of 29 from tuberculosis. This is his diary.
Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,20 MB
Release : 2017-10-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781979222099
This landmark biography concerns David Brainerd, one of the most successful missionaries to live in the colonial era of North America. Although he lived a short life, perishing at the age of twenty-nine, David Brainerd distinguished himself as a missionary of supreme talent and capacity. Working in the barely charted wildernesses of North America in the early 18th century, his missions aimed to convert the Native American population to the Christian creed. Many converted, partly as Brainerd was capable of preaching sermons in the open air across the untrammeled countryside. After his missions lasted a little over three years, David was already famous for his successes. Overcoming fears of the Native Americans, he established whole communities of converts, and received several offers of work in large, existing churches in the safer, colonial towns. In rejecting these, he expresses his desire to keep converting the multitude of heathens naive to the greatness of God. A sensitive soul, David Brainerd suffered from a form of intermittent but severe depression, which was compounded by his lack of company in the wilderness. At times he was malnourished, and his mental and physical condition would become so poor that he was immobile. Eventually illness forced him to give up his ministry; retiring home, he was informed by a doctor that he had tuberculosis, and died in pain only a few months later. Brainerd's brief life, beset with struggles, was considered inspirational by many Christians. This biography, by Jonathan Edwards, is adapted from the journal that Brainerd kept throughout his life.
Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Indians of North America
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Author : David Brainerd
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 1815
Category : Diaries, Methodist
ISBN :
Author : John Styles
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 1812
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 24,32 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 159856966X
Frail, prone to depression, Brainerd was an unlikely candidate for missionary work. Yet in the 18th century, he converted hundreds of Native Americans through his example of self-denial, commitment to prayer, and devotion to Christ. Edited by Jonathan Edwards, Brainerd's firsthand account chronicles his amazing ministry-one that continues to shape today's missions.
Author : John Styles
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 17,12 MB
Release : 1821
Category : Indians
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Brainerd
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 39,85 MB
Release : 1865
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : David Brainerd
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN :
Author : Josiah Pratt
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 1834
Category :
ISBN :