the Indians into the same type of persons as the English Puritans (Beaver 1970:14–16). The negative lesson tells missionaries that an indigenous church cannot develop when the national Christians are “made over” in the image of the foreign culture of the missionary. David Brainerd (1718–1747) embodied a deep spirituality and intense love for the Indians. He demonstrated the truest spirit of missions and preached sermons on the love of God that moved many to salvation. His diary influenced some of