Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary |
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Page 62
... journey , though I often longed to be alone with God ; was much perplex- ed with vile thoughts ; was sometimes afraid of every thing but God was my Helper . Catched a little time for retirement in the evening , to my comfort and ...
... journey , though I often longed to be alone with God ; was much perplex- ed with vile thoughts ; was sometimes afraid of every thing but God was my Helper . Catched a little time for retirement in the evening , to my comfort and ...
Page 78
... journey ; ) and after meeting , we walked away together , and spent the eve- ning in sweetly conversing on divine things , and praying togeth- er , with sweet and tender love to each other , and retired to rest with our hearts in a ...
... journey ; ) and after meeting , we walked away together , and spent the eve- ning in sweetly conversing on divine things , and praying togeth- er , with sweet and tender love to each other , and retired to rest with our hearts in a ...
Page 80
... journey ! " These insatiable desires after God , and holiness , continued the two next days , with a great sense of his own exceeding unworthi- ness , and the nothingness of the things of this world . Lord's day , Nov. 7. " [ At ...
... journey ! " These insatiable desires after God , and holiness , continued the two next days , with a great sense of his own exceeding unworthi- ness , and the nothingness of the things of this world . Lord's day , Nov. 7. " [ At ...
Page 93
... journey , and was almost continually engaged in ejaculato- ry prayer . About ten , took leave of the dear people of East- Hampton ; my heart grieved and mourned , and rejoiced at the same time ; rode near fifty miles to a part of Brook ...
... journey , and was almost continually engaged in ejaculato- ry prayer . About ten , took leave of the dear people of East- Hampton ; my heart grieved and mourned , and rejoiced at the same time ; rode near fifty miles to a part of Brook ...
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... journey from New - Jersey to Stock- brige ; and especially on the last day his mind was overwhelmed with peculiar gloom and melancholy . These ministers were the Correspondents who now met at Woodbridge , and gave BRAINERD new ...
... journey from New - Jersey to Stock- brige ; and especially on the last day his mind was overwhelmed with peculiar gloom and melancholy . These ministers were the Correspondents who now met at Woodbridge , and gave BRAINERD new ...
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