Life And Diary Of David Brainerd

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781598560534

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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd by David Brainerd Pdf

"He was one of distinguished natural abilities, as all are sensible who had acquaintance with him. As a minister of the gospel, he was called to unusual services in that work; and his ministry was attended by very remarkable and unusual events ... He had a peculiar opportunity of acquaintance with the false appearances and counterfeits of religion; was the instrument of a most remarkable awakening ...In the following account, the reader will have an opportunity to see not only what were the external circumstances and remarkable incidents of the life of this person, and how he spent his time from day to day, as to his external behavior; but also what passed in his own heart." --Jonathan Edwards David Brainerd, an early missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania, died in 1747 at the age of twenty-nine at the home of his long-time friend and supporter, the eminent Puritan theologian and preacher Jonathan Edwards. It is thanks to Edwards' careful preservation and thoughtful editing of his friend's Diary and Journal that Brainerd has influenced Christians all over the world for over 250 years. As he labored in what was still the untamed American frontier to bring the Gospel to the Indians, Brainerd faced many challenges, including depression, loneliness, and physical illness. Yet his genuine piety and single-minded devotion to God, both in heart and in practice, form a consistent backdrop to his turbulent inner world. This compilation offers a rare glimpse into the life of a man compelled by God to share His love with others in the most difficult of circumstances.

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1979222096

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Life and Diary of David Brainerd by David Brainerd Pdf

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,David Brainerd
Publisher : Diggory Press Limited
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1846853818

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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians (the Works of Jonathan Edwards) by Jonathan Edwards,David Brainerd Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Indians
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024156853

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The Life of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians by John Styles Pdf

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781598569667

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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

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 : Jonathan Edwards,David Brainerd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1792872518

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The Life and Diary of David Brainerd with Notes and Reflections by Jonathan Edwards (Illustrated) by Jonathan Edwards,David Brainerd Pdf

The Life and Diary of David Brainerd with Notes and Reflections by Jonathan Edwards (Illustrated)David Brainerd (April 20, 1718-October 9, 1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. Jonathan Edwards, a pastor during the first Great Awakening published is diary and his biography has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians, including missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801-1829).Much of Brainerd's influence on future generations can be attributed to the biography compiled by Jonathan Edwards and first published in 1749 under the title of An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd. Edwards believed that a biography about Brainerd would have great value and set aside the anti-Arminian treatise he was writing (later published as Freedom of the Will) in order to create one. The result was an edited version of Brainerd's diary, with some passages documenting Brainerd's despair removed. It gained immediate recognition, with eighteenth-century theologian John Wesley urging: 'Let every preacher read carefully over the Life of David Brainerd. The most reprinted of Edwards's books, it has never been out of print and has thus influenced subsequent generations, mainly because of Brainerd's single-minded perseverance in his work in the face of significant suffering. Clyde Kilby summarised Brainerd's influence as being based on the fact that, 'in our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction'. From the eighteenth century, missionaries also found inspiration and encouragement from the biography. Gideon Hawley wrote in the midst of struggles: 'I need, greatly need, something more than humane [human or natural] to support me. I read my Bible and Mr. Brainerd's Life, the only books I brought with me, and from them have a little support'. Other missionaries who have asserted the influence of Jonathan Edwards's biography of Brainerd on their lives include Henry Martyn, William Carey, Jim Elliot. and Adoniram Judson.

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108014342

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The Diary of David Brainerd by David Brainerd Pdf

Volume 1 of this 1902 edition contains the diary of the short life of colonial American missionary David Brainerd.

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1765
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : OSU:32435017728536

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An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd by David Brainerd Pdf

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Banner of Truth Trust
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1800403798

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The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd by David Brainerd Pdf

The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd is of much more than merely historical interest. The first internationally recognized biography ever to be published, it has had a profound impact on successive generations of Christians around the world. The Diary covers the period from April 1742 to October 1747, and although written as a private and personal record, was published in abridged form by the great New England pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards in 1749. Brainerd wrote the Journal, which covers the twelve months from June 1745 to June 1746, at the request of the Scottish Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, which was supporting his missionary work amongst the indigenous peoples of North America. Jonathan Edwards' own 'Reflections and Observations' on Brainerd's life, included in this volume, are, according to Iain H. Murray in his Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography, 'among the most important descriptive pages on the Christian life which Edwards ever wrote.' Few books have done so much to promote prayer and missionary action as The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd.

Author : Dave Breese
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1575675854

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Seven Men Who Rule the World From the Grave by Dave Breese Pdf

Though their bodies lie cold and dormant, the grave cannot contain the influence these seven men have had on today's world. They continue to rule because they have altered the thinking of society. They generated philosophies that have been ardently grasped by masses of people but are erroneous and antiscriptural. Today these ideas pervade our schools, businesses, homes, and even the church. As we continue to unknowingly subscribe to their philosophies, we keep the grave open for Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Julius Wellhausen, John Dewey, Sigmund Freud, John Maynard Keynes, and Soren Kierkegaard. Dave Breese warns us of the dangers of believing unreservedly the ideas of these seven men. He also reminds us of the only man whose life and words we can trust completely- Jesus Christ.

Author : David Brainerd,John Wesley,Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : Diaries, Methodist
ISBN : NYPL:33433081688669

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An Extract of the Life of the Late Rev. David Brainerd by David Brainerd,John Wesley,Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : Vance Christie
Publisher : History Maker
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 184550478X

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David Brainerd by Vance Christie Pdf

Missionary to Native Americans Struggled with depression Had a short but deeply impacting life

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547728085

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The Life of Rev. David Brainerd, Chiefly Extracted from His Diary by David Brainerd Pdf

David Brainerd was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. As a result, his biography has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians.

Author : Ranelda Mack Hunsicker
Publisher : Bethany House Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 0764221736

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David Brainerd by Ranelda Mack Hunsicker Pdf

This pioneering missionary to Native Americans braved illness and danger to present the Gospel. A Men of Faith biography.

Author : David Brainerd
Publisher : Waymark Books
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1611045606

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David Brainerd Quotes by David Brainerd Pdf

This little book is a compilation of more than sixty of the greatest quotes from the pen of David Brainerd, drawn from his book, "The Life and Diary of David Brainerd." Brainerd (1718-1747) was an American missionary to the Native Americans who had a particularly fruitful ministry among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. During his short life he was beset by many difficulties. As a result, his biography has become a source of inspiration and encouragement to many Christians, including missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801-1829). Clyde Kilby summarised Brainerd's influence as being based on the fact that, 'in our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction'. From the eighteenth century, missionaries also found inspiration and encouragement from the biography. Gideon Hawley wrote in the midst of struggles: 'I need, greatly need, something more than humane [human or natural] to support me. I read my Bible and Mr. Brainerd's Life, the only books I brought with me, and from them have a little support'. Other missionaries who have asserted the influence of Jonathan Edwards's biography of Brainerd on their lives include Henry Martyn, William Carey, Jim Elliot. and Adoniram Judson.