Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher: Diggory Press Limited
ISBN: 9781846853814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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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: John Styles
Publisher:
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Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Author: David Brainerd
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979222099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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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: John Thornbury
Publisher: EP BOOKS
ISBN: 9780852343487
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Few lives, since biblical times at least, have had a greater impact on Christian missionary vision and enterprise, or set a higher example of personal holiness and devotion to God, than that of David Brainerd. William Carey, often called the father of modern missions, valued the story of Brainerd's life so highly that he encouraged his co-workers to read it through three times a year. John Wesley urged all his preachers to read carefully the life of Brainerd and to 'be followers of him, as he was of Christ'. Henry Martyn, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Jim Eliot and Oswald J. Smith all testified to their esteem of David Brainerd and to the encouragement to greater holiness and faithfulness in service for God that they derived from his example. In making the life of Brainerd available for the modern reader John Thornbury draws frequently on Brainerd's own account in his personal Diary and his letters as well as the writings of his friend and mentor Jonathan Edwards. He also helps us to understand and evaluate the life and achievements of Brainerd in the context of the times in which he lived. The story of this remarkable man, whose life was so short but so full, will encourage God's people today, like those of previous generations, in their pilgrim walk and inspire them to greater commitment to evangelism and missions.
Author: Vance Christie
Publisher: History Maker
ISBN: 9781845504786
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Missionary to Native Americans Struggled with depression Had a short but deeply impacting life
Author: David Brainerd
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019441299
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book is a collection of writings relating to the life and work of David Brainerd, an eighteenth-century American missionary to the Native American tribes of New York and New Jersey. The book includes Brainerd's personal journals and letters, as well as accounts of his life by other prominent figures of the time, such as John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. A powerful testament to Brainerd's commitment to his faith and to the cause of evangelism, this book is a valuable resource for scholars of American religious history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Thomas Brainerd
Publisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Author: David Brainerd
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Author: Walter Searle
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Category : Brainerd, David, 1718-1747
Languages : en
Pages :
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