Without me, she would not eat. Without her, I would not live.
“My soul is disconsolate when God is withdrawn.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
“But still, this great awakening, this surpassing concern, was never excited by any harangues of terror, but always appeared most remarkable when I insisted upon the compassions of a dying Saviour, the plentiful provisions of the gospel, and the free offers of divine grace to needy distressed sinners.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
“All my desire was the conversion of the heathen and all my hope was in God. God does not suffer me to please or comfort myself with hopes of seeing friends, returning to my dear acquaintance, and enjoying worldly comforts.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
“To an eye of reason, everything that respects the conversion of the heathen is as dark as midnight; and yet I cannot but hope in God for the accomplishment of something glorious among them.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
“[I pray] that we might not outlive our usefulness.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
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