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David Brainerd
1718 – 1747 · Colonial America
“And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you.”
2 Corinthians 12:15 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
Expelled from Yale for criticizing a tutor's spiritual coldness, Brainerd spent his final four years as a missionary to Native Americans along the New Jersey and Pennsylvania frontier, riding on horseback through harsh winters despite a worsening battle with tuberculosis. He died at just twenty-nine, but his diary, published posthumously by Jonathan Edwards, went on to shape generations of missionaries including William Carey, who called it a constant companion in the field.
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