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As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.
David Brainerd
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David Brainerd
Age: 29 †
Born: 1718
Born: April 20
Died: 1747
Died: October 9
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I have ever found it, when I have thought the battle was over and the conquest gained, and so let down my watch, the enemy has risen up and done me the greatest injury.
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As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!
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I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ
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Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.
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This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome. ...I cared not how or where I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ.
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I hardly ever so longed to live to God and to be altigether devoted to Him. i want to wear out my life in His service, and for His Glory!!
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Once more, never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace.
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I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.
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There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best and this is the comfort of my soul.
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I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English.
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The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.
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I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.
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No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls.
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Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.
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Oh! it is sweet to be thus weaned from friends, and from myself, and dead to the present world, that so I may live wholly to and upon the blessed God!
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Whatever else you fail of, do not fail of the influence of the Holy Spirit that is the only way you can handle the consciences of men.
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