David Brainerd

“Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.”

“I longed to be a flame of fire, continually glowing in the divine service and building up Christ's kingdom to my last and dying breath.”

“I never got an idea of the soul-humbling sense of grace, till I had an idea of the hellish nature of my heart.”

“I find my soul has been empty and barren, when I have spent time in conversation on things that were not seasoned with grace.”

“There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.”

“It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.”

“Oh, that I could consecrate my soul and body to His service forever!”

“My soul was so captivated and delighted with the excellency, the loveliness, the greatness, and other perfections of God, that I was even swallowed up in him.”

“Oh, that I could spend every moment of my life to God's glory!”

“I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure so that I may save souls. When I sleep I dream of them; when I awake they are first in my thoughts.”

“I have received my all from God. Oh, that I could return my all to God.”

“All my desire was the conversion of the heathen... I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls to Christ.”

“Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.”

“I was born on a Sabbath, and I have reason to think I was new-born on a Sabbath, and I hope I shall die on some Sabbath.”

“I love to live on the brink of eternity.”