these circumstances 50l. was given to me this morning to be
laid out as most needed, which I took for the support of the Orphans.
Thus we are again helped for the present moment.

June 17. Only 12l.16s. 0 1/2 d. has come in during the last 9 days. After
having advanced on the 15th the money for one week's house-keeping
expenses, and paid also 13l. 10s. for apprentices, all our money was
again expended, except that which had been put by for rent and oatmeal,
which has been ordered. When we were thus once more quite poor, I
received today from a Christian gentleman at Edinburgh, whom God has
repeatedly used to help us in times of need, a bank-order for 35l. Of
this amount 5l. had been given to him by a lady for the Orphans, 25l.
were from himself for the Orphans, and 5l. he kindly intended for my own
personal necessities. Oh, how precious thus continually to see the hand
of God stretched out on our behalf! Will you not, dear reader, taste and
see that the Lord is good, and that it is a blessed thing to put our
trust in Him? Whatever your position in life, though you may not be
called by the Lord to establish Orphan-Houses and Day-Schools for poor
children, or to trust in Him for means for circulating Tracts and Copies
of His Holy Word; yet all children of God, whatever their position in
the world or in the church, ought to put their trust in God for every
thing connected with their body, their soul, their business, their
family, their church position, their service for God, &c. And it is
impossible to do so, without enjoying the blessedness which results from
it, even first that peace which keeps the heart and mind like a
garrison, and secondly true liberty with regard to circumstances, times,
places and persons.

June 29. Tuesday Evening. Having had nearly 50l. coming in since this
day fortnight, I have had the means of meeting all the expenses of these
two weeks; but now having paid out what was required for house-keeping
for the coming week, all is again gone.

June 30. This morning when, as stated, there was again nothing in hand,
I received from Devonshire 20l. for the Orphans.

July 1. This morning I received still further from a Bristol donor 10l.,
and 5l. from M.R. These three donations of yesterday and today came in
most seasonably, not only because they came when there was nothing in
hand, but also because the Lord willing, I am on the point of leaving
Bristol for a few weeks, and am thus able to leave some m