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“To an eye of reason, everything that respects the conversion of the heathen is as dark as midnight; and yet I cannot but hope in God for the accomplishment of something glorious among them.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

“Oh, a barn, or stable, hedge, or any other place is desirable, if God is there.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

“This day, I saw clearly that I should never be happy, yea, that God Himself could not make me happy, unless I could be in a capacity to 'please and glorify Him forever.' Take away this and admit me into all the fine heavens that can be conceived of by men or angels, and I should still be miserable forever.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

“My soul is disconsolate when God is withdrawn.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

“But still, this great awakening, this surpassing concern, was never excited by any harangues of terror, but always appeared most remarkable when I insisted upon the compassions of a dying Saviour, the plentiful provisions of the gospel, and the free offers of divine grace to needy distressed sinners.”
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
― The Life and Diary of David Brainerd

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