“I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure, so long as I may save souls. When I sleep, I dream of them; when I awake, they are first in my thoughts … no amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition, or of brilliant and stirring eloquence, can atone for the absence of a deep, impassioned, and sympathetic love for human souls”
David Brainerd (1718-47)
You can hear a great message by John Piper on the life of David Brainerd here: https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/oh-that-i-may-never-loiter-on-my-heavenly-journey
Over the next few weeks, why not get hold of a biography of Brainerd, or of his journal, which is still in print, and have a read! Younger readers will enjoy ‘A Love for the Lost’ by Brian Cosby.
