David Brainerd

“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 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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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 love to live on the brink of eternity.”

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

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