{"product_id":"the-life-and-diary-of-david-brainerd-hardcover","title":"The Life and Diary of David Brainerd - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn our timidity and our shoddy opportunism, we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction. David Brainerd was such a man.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Let every preacher read carefully over the Life of David Brainerd.\" - John Wesley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Brainerd\u003c\/strong\u003e (1718 - 1747), missionary to the Native Americans, has long been admired for his single-minded devotion to God and to mission. This book, edited and annotated by Jonathan Edwards, has inspired missionaries and preachers, including John Wesley, Henry Martyn, William Carey, Jim Elliot, and Adoniram Judson. Indeed, Wesley, Brainerd's contemporary, urges, \"Let every preacher read carefully over The Life of David Brainerd.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Diary of David Brainerd\u003c\/em\u003e is the main source of information we have on Brainerd and is the cause of his posthumous fame after only 29 years of life.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Edwards\u003c\/strong\u003e was America's greatest theologian. Brainerd knew Edwards well and, suffering from tuberculosis, spent his few last months in Edwards' home. Edwards, so impressed by Brainerd, stopped work on his treatise \u003cem\u003eFreedom of the Will\u003c\/em\u003e to prepare \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life and Diary of David Brainerd: With Notes and Reflections.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRemarkably, it is the eminent Jonathan Edwards' most reprinted book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.75 x 7.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48237634781432,"sku":"9781589600256","price":33.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/jcl4vTQsJq9781589600256.webp?v=1776178261","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-life-and-diary-of-david-brainerd-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}