The Diary and Journal of David Brainerd - Hardcover

Brainerd, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800403798 ISBN 13: 9781800403796

Publisher: Banner of Truth Trust, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Born in April, 1718 and converted at the age of twenty-one, David Brainerd answered the call to become a missionary under the auspices of the Scottish Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge in 1742. From then until his death in 1747, he took the gospel to the North American Indians of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. He willingly ran any risk and accepted any hardship to fulfil his calling as a missionary. In a life fraught with recurring illness, loneliness, and depression, the amount of work which he achieved in such unpromising and difficult circumstances now seems almost incredible. Moreover his total dedication to the cause of making Christ known inspired the finest of missionaries who followed in his footsteps. He died at the age of just 29, having been a Christian for only eight years and a missionary for only four years; yet probably no one has had more influence on the modern missionary movement than David Brainerd.

Edition details

• Publisher: Banner of Truth Trust
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800403798
• ISBN 13: 9781800403796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Edwards Jonathan