k for the supply
of my temporal wants, keeps me, at least whilst faith is in exercise, when
a case of distress comes before me, or when the Lord's work calls for my
pecuniary aid, from anxious reckoning like this: Will my salary last out?
Shall I have enough myself the next month? &c. In this my freedom, I am,
by the grace of God, generally at least, able to say to myself something
like this:--My Lord is not limited; He can again supply; He knows that
this present case has been sent to me; and thus, this way of living, so
far from leading to anxiety, as it regards possible future want, is rather
the means of keeping from it. And truly it was once said to me by an
individual,--You can do such and such things, and need not to lay by, for
the church in the whole of Devonshire cares about your wants. My reply
was: The Lord can use not merely any of the saints throughout Devonshire,
but those throughout the world, as instruments to supply my temporal
wants. 3. This way of living has often been the means of reviving the work
of grace in my heart, when I have been getting cold; and it also has been
the means of bringing me back again to the Lord, after I have been
backsliding. For it will not do,--it is not possible, to live in sin, and,
at the same time, by communion with God, to draw down from heaven every
thing one needs for the life that now is. 4. Frequently, too, a fresh
answer to prayer, obtained in this way, has been the means of quickening
my soul, and filling me with much joy.

About April 20th I went to Chumleigh. Here and in the neighbourhood I
preached repeatedly, and from thence I went to Barnstaple. Whilst we were
at Barnstaple, there was found in my wife's bag a sovereign, put there
anonymously. A sister also gave us L2. On our return to Teignmouth, May 2,
when we emptied our travelling bag, there fell out a paper with money. It
contained two sovereigns and threepence, the latter put in, no doubt, to
make a noise in emptying the bag. May the Lord bless and reward the giver!
In a similar way we found 4s. put anonymously into one of our drawers, a
few days after.

June 6. Having prayed much on the previous days, that, when we wanted
money, the Lord would be pleased to send some, today, after I had again
asked for it, a poor sister brought half a sovereign, 5s. from herself,
and 5s. from another very poor sister. This is not only a fresh proof that
the Lord hears prayer, but also that He sends by whom He will. Our