ed for His work, but
also that He can and will give abundantly. It is impossible to describe
the real joy I had in God, when I received this sum. I was calm, not in
the least excited, able to go on immediately with other work that came
upon me at once after I had received the donation; but inexpressible was
the delight which I had in God, who had thus given me the full answer to
my thousands of prayers, during these eleven hundred and ninety-five
days. I notice further concerning this donation: 1, The donor especially
desired me to keep his name entirely concealed; and in order that no one
might know who he is, he gave me not an order on a bank, but brought the
amount in notes. 2, He had intended to leave me this sum for the benefit
of the Orphans after his death, and for years it had been in his last
will; but he judged it more according to the will of God to give the
money during his life time.

March 31. A brother brought me a gold repeater with a gold chain, to
which two gold seals and a gold ring were attached, and told me that he
desired to give the chain, seals, and ring towards fitting up the New
Orphan-House, and wished me to get him for the gold repeater a silver
watch, as the love of Christ had weaned his heart from any desire to use
a gold repeater. He also stated, that whatever was over and above the
sale of the repeater should go for the benefit of the Orphans.

I have thus given a few out of the hundreds of donations, varying from
one farthing to 2000l., as specimens, to show how the Lord was pleased
to furnish me with the means. The total amount, which came in for the
Building Fund, was 15,784l. 18s. 10d. Of this sum 14,914l. 5s. 8d. was
received by donations in money, 60l. 19s. 11d. came in by the sale of
articles, given for the purpose. 66l. 3s. 10d. by the sale of grass and
turf from the field, on which the New Orphan-House was erected. 743l.
9s. 5d. came in for Interest; for I considered that, as a steward of
large sums, which were intrusted to me, I ought to invest the money,
till it was actually needed; and thus the sum was obtained.

After all the expenses had been met for the purchase of the land, the
conveyance of the same, the enrolment of the trust deeds in Chancery,
the building, fitting up and furnishing of the New Orphan-House, there
remained a balance of 776l. 14s. 3 3/4 d., affording a manifest proof
that the Lord can not only supply us with all we need in His service,
simply in answer