The Life of John Brainerd, the Brother of David Brainerd, and His Successor as Missionary to the Indians of New Jersey. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... The Indian woman's story, if it misstates some facts, is generally truthful, and confirms our statement, that the religious influence exerted by the Brainerds still lives, and is energizing on the Indian tribes of the West. Our old friend, the Eev. Mr. Marsh, will have from our readers many thanks for his interesting communication.--Editoe. D. The following, from the Missionary Herald of 1834, is confirmatory of the letter of Rev. Mr. Marsh, as to the interest still felt by Indian wanderers in the missionaries of New Jersey. The extract is long, but we could not withhold it from our readers. The scene occurred some six hundred miles beyond the Mississippi (see p. 423). David Brainerd not Forgotten. On the subject of converting the Indians to Christ, the question is often asked, "Where are the fruits of the labors of Eliot, the Mayhews, Brainerd, and other eminently holy arid successful missionaries among them?" The churches must charge to the account of their own negligence or abandonment of the work, that they have seen so little fruit from the labors of those missionaries of apostolic spirit, just referred to. Successors were not sent to carry forward and finish the work which they began; to instruct, enlarge, and perpetuate the churches which they gathered; or to prepare books, establish schools, and use other means for promoting their intellectual improvement. A vine was planted, a choice vine; but it was overtopped and choked by thorns; and while no man dug about it or watered it, or even visited it to see whether it bore fruit or not, it withered and died. The following interesting account of a single family descended from David Brainerd's church was addressed to a Christian friend, and has been kindly forwarded for the Herald: --"I have here, in thi...