Can't see that this has been suggested yet, and that's hard to fathom!
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd, edited by Jonathan Edwards (Baker Book House, 1989)
This intensely devotional diary of a young 1740s missionary in the American wilderness inspired the world missions movement.
David Brainerd (1718-1747) was an early American missionary to the American Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. Christians all over the world continue to be inspired by his life of self-denial, his sincere and strenuous labor on behalf of others, and his devotion to prayer.
