it 25 orphans.
The total number of orphans who have been under our care since April,
1836, is 622.

_Without any one having been personally applied to for anything by me_,
the sum of L84,441, 6s. 31/4d. has been given to me for the orphans,
_as the result of prayer to God_, since the commencement of the work,
which sum includes the L15,055, 3s. 21/4d. which was the cost of the
building, fitting up, and furnishing of the present new Orphan House,
and the L29,297, 18s. 111/2d. received up to May 26, 1856, for the
building fund, and the L167, 18s. 113/4d., the balance of the current
expenses. The total sum which has been given for the other objects since
the commencement of the work amounts to L28,904, 11s. 33/4d.; and that
which has come in by the sale of Bibles and tracts, and by the payments
of the children in the day schools, from the commencement up to May 26,
1856, amounts to L5,145, 17s.

Dec. 31, 1855. During this year the Lord has been pleased to give me
L726, 16s. 21/4d.

May 26, 1856. Yesterday evening it was twenty-four years since I came to
labor in Bristol. In looking back upon this period, as it regards the
Lord's goodness to my family and myself, the Scriptural Knowledge
Institution, and the saints among whom I seek to serve him, I exclaim,
What has God wrought! I marvel at his kindness, and yet I do not; for
such is his manner; and, if it please him that I remain longer on
earth, I expect, not fewer manifestations of his love, but more and
more.

Since my beloved friend and fellow-laborer and I first came to Bristol,
1,586 believers have been received into fellowship, which number, with
the 68 we found in communion, makes 1,654. But out of that number 252
have fallen asleep, 53 have been separated from fellowship, 145 have
left us, some, however, merely through circumstances and in love, and
510 have left Bristol; so that there are only 694 remaining in
communion.

By the contributions received during the year 1856-7, the whole
amount on hand for the new buildings was raised to thirty-one
thousand eight hundred seventeen pounds one shilling and
elevenpence. For the Bible, tract, and missionary work, and for
schools, Mr. M. had the pleasure of receiving and of expending
eight hundred and twenty-nine pounds more than in the previous
year. For the support of the orphans all means were so
abundantly provided that at the end of the year there was on
hand a balance of