joy we both felt it is in vain for me to
attempt to describe. The Lord has kept us firm ever since, and
instead of having less for our own use, we have had even more;
so, dear sir, this sum is the fruit of six months' prayers.
Pardon me for troubling you with so long an account of so
trifling a sum; but I want you to bless our heavenly Father for
his goodness to us his unworthy servants, and to remember us in
your petitions at a throne of grace.

I am, my dear brother,
Yours very affectionately and respectfully,
* * * *

During the year 1859-60 there have been received for the orphans 3,542
separate sums. Of these there were 1,494 under 5s., 560 above 5s. and
not exceeding 10s., 614 above 10s. and not exceeding L1, 288 above L1
and not exceeding L2, 411 above L2 and not exceeding L5, 93 above L5 and
not exceeding L10, 49 above L10 and not exceeding L20, 10 above L20 and
under L50, 11 of L50, 1 of L59, 19s. 9d., 1 of L62, 17s., 1 of L89, 4s.,
1 of L96, 12s. 3d., 5 of L100, 2 of L500, and 1 of L1,500. Among these
donations were some from East India, Australia, Cape of Good Hope,
Saxony, Holland, South America, United States, from vessels on the
ocean, and from missionaries among the heathen.

During the year under consideration twenty-three schools in England were
supported or aided by the funds of the Institution. In all of these the
teachers are persons of piety, and instruction is given not only in
secular knowledge, but in the way of salvation. Without reckoning the
orphans, 13,124 souls have been brought under _habitual_ instruction in
the things of God in these various schools; besides the many thousands
in the schools in the various parts of England, Ireland, Scotland,
British Guiana, the West Indies, the East Indies, etc., which have been
to a greater or less degree assisted.

The total amount of means which has been expended during the last
twenty-six years in connection with the schools, which have been either
entirely or in part supported by the funds of this Institution, amounts
to L9,275, 0s. 81/2d.

The number of Bibles, Testaments, and portions of the Holy Scriptures,
which have been circulated since May 26, 1859, is as follows: Bibles
sold, 579. Bibles given away, 1,120. Testaments sold, 409. Testaments
given away, 725. Copies of the Psalms sold, 63. Other small portions of
the Holy Scriptures sol