------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: 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, from the time of his entering on the study of Theology till his death, that he _daily_ “walked with God,” or mourned the absence of the light of his countenance. President Edwards has endeavored to exhibit the state of his mind _each day_, as described in his diary. In this edition, many passages thus inserted by Edwards, especially such as much resembled those preceding or following, have been omitted. CONTENTS Page. President Edwards’ Preface 5 CHAP I.—From his birth to the time when he began to study for the 9 ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale College and the grounds of his expulsion CHAP. II.—From about the time when he began the study of 32 theology, till he was licensed to preach CHAP. III.—From his being licensed to preach, till he was 45 commissioned as a missionary CHAP. IV.—From his appointment as a missionary, to his commencing 52 his mission among the Indians at Kaunaumeek, in New-York