required for
housekeeping for the coming week, and as I need to put by about 20l. for
oatmeal which has been ordered from Scotland, we are again without
anything in hand.

May 19. This morning the Lord has again begun to send in a little. I
received from Bath 1l., and from a Colonel in the Presidency of Madras
2l.--May 20th. From Worcester 1l., and from a sick little boy
6d.--May 23rd. From C. C. 5l. 2s. 4d. Also a stranger called at
the infant Orphan-House, bought books to the amount of 8s. 1d., and
gave a sovereign for them.

May 24. By sale of articles came in 3l. 10s. 2d.

May 25. From Shirehampton 2s.

The boxes in the Orphan-Houses contained 1l. 10s 1d. Also an individual
from Taunton gave 10s. Lastly there came in by sale of Reports 6d. and
from M. W. 6d.--Thus the Lord has again sent in since last Tuesday
evening about 161l. This, however, not being nearly enough to meet the
house-keeping expenses of the coming week, I could only give a part of
what was needed, hoping in God to give me more, before that which is in
the hands of the matrons shall have been spent.

May 26. A lady gave 10s.--May 27th. By sale of books, given for the
purpose, came in 1l. 11s. 6d., and through an Orphan-box 8s. 6d. This
2l. 10s. received yesterday and today I sent off to the Orphan-Houses.

May 28. By sale of Reports 1s., the proceeds of an Orphan-box at Street
2s., from Guernsey 1l.--May 29th. The 1l. 3s., which came in yesterday,
was enough for today, Saturday; for only the addition of 1l. was
required to help us till Monday morning, and therefore the Lord had sent
3s. more than was needed. Evening. There has come in this day still
further 1l. 9s. 7d. by sale of some little trinkets, almost all of which
had been given some time since, and which now our poverty led me to pack
up and send out for sale. This money likewise was divided among the
matrons.

May 30. Lord's day morning. I have just now received, in this our
great need, when there was not sufficient in hand to meet the
necessities of tomorrow, 6l. 6s. from a Christian gentleman of title at
Zurich in Switzerland, a distance of about one thousand miles. What a
most seasonable help! Thus I am able to send all the remainder of the
supplies, which are needed till Tuesday evening.

In these days of straitness, the question would naturally arise, If,
when you have only to care for 130 Orphans, you are so poor, what will
you do when there are 300, for whom you are just o