this
period, I was able to begin to carry out my purpose; and as the Lord
enabled me, without anxious reckoning, to go on giving out as He was
pleased to intrust me with means, so again He sent further supplies
before all was gone. It is a point of great importance in the divine
life, not to be anxiously reckoning about the morrow, nor dealing out
sparingly, on account of possible future wants, which never may come;
but to consider, that only the present moment to serve the Lord is
ours, and that the morrow may never come to us.

July 2. 170l. has come in today. The donor kindly gave me permission to
use this amount as might be most needed. I took therefore 80l. of it for
the Orphans, the other for these objects.

Of the various donations which came in for these objects, between July
2nd and Aug. 13th, I only mention, that I received on Aug. 5th a silver
salver, 2 silver table spoons, a silver sugar spoon, and a silver
mustard spoon; all to be sold for missionary purposes. On Aug. 13th a
Christian Friend gave me 50l., of which I took one half for missionary
operations and the other half for the Orphans, as the donation was left
at my disposal as most needed.

Aug. 15. Today I have received from the same donor, who sent me on June
7th 50l., another donation of 110l, of which he wishes me to apply 10l.
for the use of the Orphans and 100l. for missionary purposes. This day I
have also received a donation of 120l., of which I took half for the
Orphans, and half for these objects.--Several other small donations
came in on the following day.

Aug. 24. Have received from C. W. 30l., of which the donor kindly
intends 10l. for foreign missions, 10l. for the Orphans, and 10l. for my
own personal expenses. I have sent out already during this month 170l.
to Home and Foreign labourers, and the Lord continues to give me means
for this and all the other parts of the work.

Sept. 14. Received again 190l., of which I took half for the Orphans and
half for these objects.

Sept. 19. Today I received a registered letter from the donor referred
to under June 7th and Aug. 15th containing Four Hundred Pounds and these
words:

"Dear Brother,

Herewith I send you 400l., of which three parts are to be expended on
missionaries, the rest you may expend on the Orphans, if needed; else
the whole to be disposed of to the Lord's ministering servants. I
thank you for your prayers that I may not regret this step. Were the
Lord to come tomorr