Journey with David Brainerd

Forty days or forty nights with David Brainerd

Plot

David Brainerd was a protege of Jonathan Edwards. He was a Puritan missionary to the Indians in New England until his early death at the age of 29. Jonathan Edwards said that Brainerd's example of personal piety was "most worthy of imitation." Here are 40 devotions taken from the journals of David Brainerd, along with prayers corresponding to each one. Any person at any level of spiritual development can profit from these warm meditations which manifest Brainerd's piety and desire for the glory of God.