treat God as your
father.

There arrived also this Saturday evening, from the Isle of Wight, a
small box, containing 14s. and many articles for sale.

Jan. 20, Monday. 3l. 11s, has come in besides the 11l. 10s., which came
in on Saturday evening; but as, in addition to the ordinary
house-keeping expenses, I had this afternoon to order material for
boys' clothes, all the money which had come in since Saturday evening
was now again gone. About an hour afterwards I found that two five-pound
notes had been put into one of the boxes at my house, and at the same
time I received a bank order for 16l. from a poor missionary brother,
who labours about 3,000 miles from Bristol~ in dependence upon the Lord
for his temporal supplies. Of this 16l. the sum of 12l. is to be
employed in sending him Bibles and New Testaments, and 4l. he gives to
the Orphans. What ways has not the Lord to help His children who trust
in Him! Who would suppose that a poor missionary would send 4l. for the
Orphans, from a distance of 3,000 miles? But rather must the ravens
again bring supplies, as in the days of Elijah, than that the children
of God, who trust in their Heavenly Father, should not have their need
supplied. --Thus the Lord has again given 14l. for the Orphans, when
all was gone.

Jan. 25, Saturday evening. We have been helped through the heavy
expenses of this week, without lacking any thing; but now we have
nothing left.--This evening, about ten o'clock, I received from
Barnstaple some articles for sale, and a Spanish dollar, two 1/4 of a
franc, and a sixpence; also 1l. and 2l. Also sixpence for Reports.

Jan. 27, Monday. Yesterday I received from F. E. B. 2s. 6d., from
"Friends to the Institution" 4l.; and 2s. 6d. was put into the
Chapel-boxes anonymously, ditto 10s., ditto 2s. 6d. Thus, by what came
in on Saturday evening and yesterday, I am able to meet this day's
demands, being 4l. 5s. 6d.--Evening. This afternoon I received from
Camerton 5l., of which 3l. is for the circulation of the Holy
Scriptures, and 2l. for the Orphans. Thus, as the money goes out, the
Lord kindly sends in supplies, and all without speaking to one human
being about our necessities, but making them known to Him only; yea,
determined, by His help and support, rather to endure many trials, in
order that through our difficulties the Church of Christ at large may be
comforted, and those who are weak in faith be strengthened, than to go
away from the door of our He