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title: 'David Brainerd: Longings of a Pious Soul'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-04-20
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-david-brainerd-longings-of-a-pious-soul
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# David Brainerd: Longings of a Pious Soul

“All I want is to be more holy, more like my dear Lord. O for sanctification! My very soul pants for the complete restoration of the blessed image of my sweet Saviour; that I may be fit for the blessed enjoyments and employments of the heavenly world.” — [**David Brainerd**](/authors/david-brainerd), Journal entry for April 25, 1742

“O the closest walk with God is the sweetest heaven that can be enjoyed on earth!” — [**David Brainerd**](/authors/david-brainerd), Journal entry for May 13, 1742

“My Soul longs to feel itself more of a Pilgrim and Stranger here below; that nothing may divert me from pressing through the lonely Desert, ‘till I arrive at my Father’s house.” — [**David Brainerd**](/authors/david-brainerd), Journal entry for July 19, 1742

“There is a God in Heaven, that over-rules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.” — [**David Brainerd**](/authors/david-brainerd), Journal entry for February 23, 1744