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I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure so that I may save souls. When I sleep I dream of them when I awake they are first in my thoughts.

David Brainerd

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David Brainerd
Age: 29 †
Born: 1718
Born: April 20
Died: 1747
Died: October 9
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Souls

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