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As I was walking in a dark thick grove, unspeakable glory seemed to open to the view and apprehension of my soul. I do not mean any external brightness, for I saw no such thing; nor any imagination of a body of light ... but it was a new inward apprehension or view that I had of God, such as I never had before, nor any thing which had the least resemblance of it.

David Brainerd — David Brainerd, diary entry narrating his conversion; in The Life of Rev. David Brainerd, chiefly extracted from his diary (Jonathan Edwards's Life abridged; Project Gutenberg #65066).

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David Brainerd, David Brainerd, diary entry narrating his conversion; in The Life of Rev. David Brainerd, chiefly extracted from his diary (Jonathan Edwards's Life abridged; Project Gutenberg #65066). (gutenberg.org) - David Brainerd, diary entry narrating his conversion; in The Life of Rev. David Brainerd, chiefly extracted from his diary (Jonathan Edwards's Life abridged; Project Gutenberg #65066).
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