to their relatives till they might be cured.
5. Seven children were taken back by their relatives, who by that time
were able to provide for them, after they had been for several years in
the Orphan-Houses. Some of them were able to earn their own bread by
that time, and were of use to their relatives. I always act on the
principle of at once giving up the Orphans, to their relatives, if they
say that they are able to provide for them; having continually a
considerable number of very destitute Orphans waiting for admission. 6.
Nine boys were apprenticed. 7. Twenty-one girls were sent out to
service, eight of whom had been for some time believers.

There were on May 26, 1848, One Hundred and Twenty-two Orphans in the
Four Houses. The number of the Orphans who were under our care from
April 1836, to May 26, 1848, was 264. The total amount of expenditure in
connexion with the support of the Orphans from May 26, 1846, to May 26,
1848, was 3228l. 5s. 11d.

I notice further the following points in connexion with the
Orphan-Houses.

1. Without any one having been personally applied to for anything by me,
the sum of 24,771l. 19s. 8 3/4 d. was given to me as the result of prayer
to God from the commencement of the work up to May 26, 1848. This sum
includes the 11,062l. 4s. 11 1/2 d, which up to May 26, 1848 had been
given towards the Building Fund. (It may be interesting to the reader
to know that the total amount which was given as free contributions, for
the other objects, from the commencement of the work, up to May 26, 1848,
was 7,060l. 14s. 1 3/4 d.; and that which came in by the sale of Bibles and
Tracts, and by the payment of the children in the day-schools, amounted to
2,373l. 3s. 7 1/2 d.) 2. Besides this, also a great variety and number
of articles of clothing, furniture, provisions, &c. were given for the
use of the Orphans.

Matters connected with my own personal affairs, or the work of the Lord
in my hands, not immediately connected with the Scriptural Knowledge
Institution, from May 26, 1846 to May 26, 1848.

July 21, 1846, In very great need respecting my own personal expenses,
and immediately after I had prayed respecting it, I received from a
Christian gentleman of Torquay 1l.

July 23. Immediately after prayer for my own personal expenses, being in
need, I received from the neighbourhood of Leeds 2l.

July 25. While I was on my knees in prayer, asking the Lord for means
for myself, 1l. came to me from