Many pages are devoted to extracts from his personal diary which give an amazing glimpse into the heart of one whose desires were all aflame for more of God. This book tells the story of his short but amazing life: his godly upgringing, his radical conversion, his call to preach, his amazing success as a Wesleyan Methodist preacher, his patience in tribulation and sickness, and his glorious departure to be with Christ forever. Stoner was saved at twelve years of age and from that point until his untimely death twenty years later his soul was continually on full stretch for God. Like them, he died at a relatively young age and like them, his life was marked by a profound hunger and thirst for God and intense passion for souls. The name of David Stoner (1794-1826) deserves to be ranked alongside those of Robert Murray McCheyne, David Brainerd and Henry Martyn.
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