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Tragically, David Brainerd contracted [[tuberculosis]], whereupon Princeton president Jonathan Edwards provided care for him at his home. Brainerd died at age 29, but his journal lived on to inspire millions, such as William Carey, Oswald J. Smith and John Wesley.
Tragically, David Brainerd contracted [[tuberculosis]], whereupon Princeton president Jonathan Edwards provided care for him at his home. Brainerd died at age 29, but his journal lived on to inspire millions, such as William Carey, Oswald J. Smith and John Wesley.
== Missionary Work ==
Brainerd began his ministry with the Indians in April, 1743, at Kannameek, New York, then ministered in Crossweeksung and Cranberry (near Newark), New Jersey. Brainerd's first journey to the Forks of the Delaware to reach that ferocious tribe resulted in a miracle of God that preserved his life and revered him among the Indians as a "Prophet of God." F.W. Boreham recorded the incident:
:But when the braves drew closer to Brainerd's tent, they saw the paleface on his knees. And as he prayed, suddenly a rattlesnake slipped to his side, lifted up its ugly head to strike, flicked its forked tongue almost in his face, and then without any apparent reason, glided swiftly away into the brushwood. "The Great Spirit is with the paleface!" the Indians said; and thus they accorded him a prophet's welcome.<ref>[http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/biobrain.html ''David Brainerd: Missionary'' by Fred Barlow]</ref>
== His Journal ==
== His Journal ==