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View of the Parsonage in Cranbury, New-Jersey, July, 1833.
Occupying the ground where Brainerd preached to the Indians, 1746.

THE
LIFE
OF
REV. DAVID BRAINERD,
CHIEFLY EXTRACTED FROM HIS DIARY.

BY PRESIDENT EDWARDS.
SOMEWHAT ABRIDGED.
EMBRACING,
IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
BRAINERD’S PUBLIC JOURNAL
OF THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR
OF HIS
MISSIONARY LABORS.
PUBLISHED BY THE
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
150 NASSAU-STREET, NEW YORK.

It is a striking characteristic of the life of Brainerd, fromthe time of his entering on the study of Theology till hisdeath, that he daily “walked with God,” or mourned theabsence of the light of his countenance. President Edwardshas endeavored to exhibit the state of his mind each day, asdescribed in his diary. In this edition, many passages thusinserted by Edwards, especially such as much resembledthose preceding or following, have been omitted.

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CONTENTS

 Page.
 
President Edwards’ Preface5
 
Chap I.—From his birth to the time when he began to study for the ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale College and the grounds of his expulsion9
 
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