The Life of David Brainerd

Though he was orphaned at age fourteen, repeatedly struck with debilitating illnesses, and unfairly expelled from college, Brainerd allowed nothing to deter him from serving God wholeheartedly. He traveled thousands of miles by horseback across treacherous terrain to preach the gospel to remote Indians. His calling required a rugged man-he even slept outside in the cold without cover-yet he constantly displayed a gentle and meek love for people entirely different from himself. Their benefit...