There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.
David BrainerdI longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting them in heaven, how much soever they had injured me on earth: had no disposition to insist upon any confession from them, in order to reconciliation, and the exercise of love and kindness to them. Oh! it is an emblem of heaven itself, to love all the world with a love of kindness, forgiveness, and benevolence.
David BrainerdAs long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!
David Brainerd