Excerpt from The Life of Rev. David Brainerd, Chiefly Extracted From His Embracing, in the Chronological Order, Brainerd's Public Journal of the Most Successful Year of His Missionary LaborsThere is one thing, easily discernible in the life of brain erd, which by many may be considered an objection to the extraordinary evidences of his religion and devotion, viz. That he was, by his constitution and natural temper, so prone to melancholy and dejection of Spirit. There are some who think that all religion is a melancholy thing; and that what is called Christian experience is little else beside melancholy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.