Life of the Rev. David Brainerd: missionary to the North American Indians

David Brainerd dedicated much of his short life to preaching the gospel to Native American peoples. Josiah Pratt’s 1834 biography uses Brainerd’s own journal and letters to examine the character of an extraordinary man and expose thediscrepancy between Brainerd’s self-lacerating writings and the exceptional fortitude made evident by his deeds. It includes Brainerd’s moving and eloquentaccount of his own conversion, his chronic illness and the privations he suffered during a life he described as ‘a constant mixture of consolations and conflicts’. This fascinating insight into the private thoughts and struggles of aremarkable figure charts his ceaseless pursuit of God and the battle between his inexhaustible religious fervour and his chronic physical infirmity. The book also includes Brainerd’s reflections on the process of conversion and the signs of godliness, and his description of the difficulties he he faced in converting Native Americans. INDICE: Introduction Edward Bickersteth; 1. From his birth to his entranceat college; 2. His conduct at college, and preparation for the ministry; 3. Entrance on his missionary labours; 4. The first year of his mission; 5. The second year of his missionary labour, from April 1744, to April 1745; 6. The third year of his missionary labours, from April 1745, to April 1746; 7. The fourth year of his missionary labours, from April 1746, to April 1747; 8. His lastsickness and death; 9. Concluding remarks; Remains of Mr. Brainerd.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-01190-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 416
• Fecha Publicación: 20/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés