"Poor Indians" and the "Poor in Spirit": The Indian Impact on David Brainerd
1994; The MIT Press; Volume: 67; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/366145
ISSN1937-2213
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
Resumosionary evangelist, Presbyterian David Brainerd headed off into the Pennsylvania interior in September 1745 visit Indian villages along the Susquehanna River. There he spent nine days observing and conversing with natives more different than he had anticipated from the Indians he had lately seen awakened Christian faith at Crossweeksung, New Jersey. Brainerd found his attempts to instruct and Christianize the inland Indians be all no purpose. Once back in Crossweeksung, however, his preaching brought a season of comfort some in particular and numbers were affected with divine truths. He could not
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