I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I shall be finally left of God. David Brainerd Read Quote
I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world. David Brainerd Read Quote
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects. David Brainerd Read Quote
First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. David Brainerd Read Quote
Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others. David Brainerd Read Quote
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts. David Brainerd Read Quote
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some probable conjectures, that man was designed for a future state of existence. David Brainerd Read Quote
