ch we knew not of. He shot himself in the
neck and the breast, but is not dead. He has a strait-waistcoat on. I
assisted in cutting his clothes off, and in other little offices, needed
at such a time, and told him of Christ's love in dying for poor
sinners. 'I know it,' he said. He shot himself the first time about
three o'clock in the morning, and again about seven. What a scene his
room presented. Pistols lying in gore. Bloody knives, lancets, and
razors strewed about the floor." Etc.

I add an extract from a second letter, written by the same Christian
brother, because it shows still further, how very merciful the Lord was
to us at that time, in protecting us.

"Mr. ---- is still alive, and has been removed by his friends into
Yorkshire. It appears, insanity is in his family, his father being at
this time in an asylum. It is evident that he had the pistols in his
pockets, but of this no one knew until after the occurrence took place.
I do not know what time of night you went to bed; but I judge it was
about ten. If so, it was at ten o'clock Mr.--came down from his
bedroom, after having been there six hours. It was a mercy you did not
meet him, as it is plain that he had loaded pistols on his person."

Dec. 31, 1847. There have been received into Fellowship, during this
year, 39: and altogether, since Mr. Craik and I began labouring in
Bristol, 1157, besides the 68 whom we found in Fellowship. Of these
1225, 143 have fallen asleep, 70 are under church discipline, 78 have
left us, and 259 have left Bristol; so that there are only 675 actually
in communion.

During this year the Lord has been pleased to give me.

1, Through the boxes. . . . L140 6 11 1/2

2, Through believers in Bristol, not anonymously . . . . . 57 3 6

3, Through believers, not residing in Bristol . . . . . 127 3 6

4, By a legacy of L100 Stock . . 73 4 9

5, Through presents in articles, worth to us at least . . . . 15 0 0

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L412 18 84

To this is again to be added the free education of my dear daughter, at
a boarding school, worth to us at least 50l.

In April, 1848, I was enabled, by the help of the Lord, to complete all
the arrangements for the publication of the Narrative of the Lord's
Dealings with me in the French language; and about September of the same
year the book appeared under the following title: Expose de
quelques-unes des dispensations de Dieu envers Georges Mueller. Paris,
librairie Protestante, Rue Tronchet,