Posted on 04/20/2010 3:13:46 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
American Minute for April 20th:
His interpreter, Moses Tinda Tautamy, helped him minister to Indians along the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers, camping at night.
Born APRIL 20, 1718, missionary David Brainerd wrote in his Journal: "FORKS OF DELAWARE, Pennsylvania, Lord's day, July 21, 1745.
Preached to the Indians...Divine truth seemed to make very considerable impressions and caused the tears to flow freely. Afterwards I baptized my interpreter and his wife, who were the first I baptized among the Indians...
Though before he had been a hard drinker...it is now more than six months since he experienced this change; in which space of time he has been exposed to strong drink in places where it has been moving free as water; yet has never desired after it...
He discourses feelingly of the conflicts and consolations of a real Christian."
David Brainerd contracted tuberculosis and was nursed at the home of Princeton president Jonathan Edwards.
Dying at age 29, David Brainerd's diary inspired millions, including John Wesley, William Carey and Oswald J. Smith.
David Brainerd wrote: "Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose. Oh, that God would make me more fruitful."
Read about his influence made in the course of that short life...and be blessed!
Each of us has an impact we cannot imagine!
Come read about the life of another American whom God used in a mighty (though perhaps less known) way.
Many times, we cannot see the full impact of our lives while on this earth.
David Brainerd, early American missionary to the Indians, is one whose earthly life was quite short - but whose impact on this nation and the world continues to be felt to our time!
Have a glorious day! Back late tonight...
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Thanks, Cindy - and good morning to you.
Every day is an adventure when we walk with Jesus, isn’t it?
Now, on to my “adventure” for today....hope yours is a good one!
Even tho’ I am certain of God's placement in the circumstances I'm in, I still feel a similar sentiment to Mr Brainerd. And yet I remind myself, frequently, being where God wants me to be should be, and truly is enough.
Edwards wasn't President at Princeton until 1757 or 58; it was a brief term as he died of complications of small pox inoculation. Brainerd died 1748. I believe Edwards was still at Northhampton at that time, but may have already moved over to Stockbridge.
"The Life of David Brainerd, as scholar Joseph Conforti notes, is Edwards’s “most popular work’; it has never been out of print. This work was a major impetus and inspiration to the domestic and foreign missionary movement of the late eighteenth and through the nineteenth century. For Edwards, Brainerd may well have served too as a model for mission work among the Indians at Stockbridge."
http://edwards.yale.edu/research/major-works/life-of-david-brainerd/
I have a 2 volume work on Jonathan Edwards. While I haven’t read most of it I read some ot the David Brainerd journals where he writes about the Forks of the Delaware. I live in Carbon County PA and work in Phillipsburg, NJ. Every day I cross the Rt. 22 bridge between Pburg, and Easton, (Northampton County) PA, just north and within sight of the Forks. I have every intention of someday doing some local research into this matter of David Brainerd.
A couple of weeks ago I took my kids to Boston and while in the planning stage and looking for local historical spots decided to see what is going on in Northampton Mass where Edwards preached and the Great Awakening was born. While the actual church building where Edwards preached burned in the 1800s, it was rebult and is today totally liberal. So I decided that it wasn’t worth the time stopping to see. The town of Northampton has a number of colleges what are havens for those confused about their gender.
What can I say, other than we are in the end times. Thanks for the post.
Tom
Thanks for the ping!
[Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose......”]
What a wonderful quote, and how it makes one think!
He died young, but many did back then.
Thank you for the Ping, Freedom! David Brainerd’s Diary is One of the Most Inspiring Books I’ve Ever Read, and I’ve Never Seen a Man More Filled with the Beautiful Character and Spirit of our Christ. My Heart was Moved Again and Again when I Read his Journal; a Blessed Book!
Thanks so much for that added information!
Yes that quote does make one think, doesn’t it?
Amen! It is enough!
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