arly satisfied that He
would be pleased to provide the means which may be required to meet all
the heavy expenses, which yet remain to be met. Now, today I have had
again a precious answer to my daily supplications with reference to this
work; for I received this evening 600l., concerning which it was desired
that brother Craik and myself should each take 50l. for ourselves; the
remaining 500l. was left entirely to my disposal; yet an especial
reference was made to the heavy expenses connected with fitting up and
furnishing the New Orphan-House, towards which I might, either in part,
or entirely take this sum.--After prayer I have decided on portioning
out the money thus: 300l. towards fitting up and furnishing the New
Orphan-House, 50l. for present use for the Orphans, 50l. for the support
of the Day Schools, the Sunday School, and the Adult School, 25l. for
the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, 25l. for the circulation of
Gospel Tracts, 25l. for Foreign Missions, and 25l. for the Employment
Fund.

With reference to the present of 50l. for myself, as mentioned just now,
I cannot help calling upon the Christian reader to observe how richly
the Lord supplies my own personal necessities. Since 1830 I have had no
regular salary nor any stated income whatever I then began to rely upon
the living God alone for the supply of all my temporal necessities; and
all these many years have never once been allowed to regret this step,
nor has the Lord at any time failed me. Often, indeed, I have known what
it is to be poor; but for the most part I have abounded. I sought no
payment from man for my service for God, whether in the ministry of the
Word or as director of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution; but though
I did not seek for any payment, the Lord has most abundantly recompensed
me, even as to this life. By far the most important point, however, of
this my way of living, is, that many of the disciples of the Lord Jesus
have had their hearts comforted, and have been encouraged themselves to
trust more in God, than they used to do; and it was, moreover, my
becoming more experimentally acquainted, through this way of living,
with the readiness of God to help, to succour, to relieve, and to answer
prayer, which led me in March 1834 to begin the Scriptural Knowledge
Institution, and in November 1835 to care about destitute Orphans.

Jan. 26. Anonymously from the neighbourhood of Nottingham "A gold
chain."

Jan. 30. From a pro