in a broken manner, written by his brother Israel, but indited by himself. The last entry thus made in it here follows:

'Oct 2. My soul was, this day, at turns sweetly set on God. I longed to be with him, that I might behold his glory. I felt sweetly disposed to commit all to him; even my dearest friends, my dearest flock, my absent brother, and all my concerns for time and eternity. Oh that his kingdom might come in the world; that all might love and glorify him, for what he is in himself; that the blessed Redeemer might 66 see of the travail of his soul and be satisfied!" Oh 66 come, Lord Jesus, come quickly! Amen."

The day before his death he was much refreshed by the arrival of his brother John, whom he most affectionately loved, and whom he had been anxiously expecting. His brother had spent a week with him in the beginning of September, and had revived him with happy intelligence respecting his Indians. Business of necessity having called Mr. John Brai- ' nerd back to New Jersey, he now returned, (having been unavoidably detained longer than he intended,) in time to close his brother's eyes.

On the morning of the next day, being Lord'sday, October 4, as Mr. Edwards' daughter Jerusha (who chiefly tended him) came into the room, he looked on her very pleasantly, and said, 'Dear Jerusha, are you willing to part with me?—I am quite willing to part with you: I am willing to part with all my friends: I am willing to part with my dear brother John, although I love him the best of any creature living. I have committed him and all my friends to God, and can leave them with him. Though, if I thought I should not see you, and be

happy with you in another world, I could not bear to part with you. But we shall spend a happy eternity together.' In the evening, as one came into the room with a Bible in her hand, he expressed himself thus: Oh that dear book; that lovely book! I shall soon see it opened: the mysteries that are in it, and the mysteries of God's providence, will be all unfolded.'

His distemper now very apparently preyed on his vitals, not by a sudden breaking of ulcers on his lungs, as at Boston, but by a constant discharge of purulent matter in great quantities; so that what he brought up by expectoration seemed to be as it were mouthfuls of almost clear pus, attended with great inward pain and distress.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, he lay for a considerable time as if he were dying. He was then heard to utter, in broken whispers, such expressions as these: 'He will come, he will not tarry—I shall soon be in glory—I shall soon glorify God with the angels.'— But after some time he revived.

The next day, Wednesday, Oct. 7, his brother John arrived, having been detained much longer than he intended, by a mortal sickness prevailing among the Christian Indians, and by some other things in their circumstances that made his stay with them necessary. Mr. Brainerd was affected and refreshed with seeing him, and appeared fully satisfied with the reasons of his delay; seeing the interest of religion and of the souls of his people required it.

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The final scene now drew near.

· Thursday, Oct. 8.—He was in great distress and agony of body; and, for the chief part of the day, was much disordered as to the exercise of his reason.

In the evening, he was more composed, and had the use of his reason well; but the pain of his body increased. He told me it was impossible for any body to conceive the distress that he felt in his breast. He manifested much concern lest he should dishonour God by impatience, under his extreme agony; which was such, that, he said, the thought of enduring it one minute longer was almost insupportable. He desired that others would be constant in lifting up their hearts continually to God for him, that God would support him, and give him patience. He signified that he expected to die that night; but seemed to fear a long delay: and the disposition of his mind, with regard to death, appeared still the same that it had been all along. Notwithstanding his bodily agonies, yet the interest of Zion lay still with great weight upon his mind; as appeared by some considerable discourse he had that evening with the Rev. Mr. Billing, one of the neighbouring ministers (who was then present), concerning the great importance of the work of the ministry: and, afterward, when it was very late in the night, he had much very proper and profitable discourse with his brother John, concerning his congregation in New Jersey, and the interest of religion among the Indians. In the latter part of the night, his bodily distress seemed to rise to a greater height than ever; and he said to those then about him, that it was another thing to die than people imagined; explaining himself to mean, that they were not aware what bodily anguish is undergone before death. Toward day, his eyes fixed; and he continued immoveable, till about six o'clock in the morning, and then expired, on Friday, October 9, 1747; when his soul, as we may well conclude, was

received by his dear Lord and Master, as an eminently faithful servant, into the state of perfection of holiness, and fruition of God, which he had so often and so ardently longed for; and was welcomed by the glorious assembly in the upper world, as one peculiarly fitted to join them in their blessed employments and joy.

CHAPTER IX.

Concluding Remarks.

We shall now bring to a close our account of this eminent man. In the whole of the preceding narrative, we have digested in regular order all the most important sentiments and incidents which occur, in a very disjointed manner, and with much redundancy of expression, in the volume published by President Edwards.

At the end of Brainerd's Journal, he made some general remarks, in addition to others which he had occasionally introduced in the Journal and which we have printed, on the great work of which he had been the instrument among the Indians. He subjoined also an Appendix, in which he enters at large into his method of instructing the Indians, with the difficulties attending the work of a Missionary among them.

From these two pieces we shall digest the most important passages, under the following heads :-the Difficulties attending the work of a Missionary among the Indians, with his Methods of surmounting them -his System of Christian Instruction—and the Success which it pleased God to grant to his labours.