iptures and Tracts has been
going on as before; the various schools have been supported; the same
amount as during the past year, or rather more, has been expended for
missionary objects; and yet, over and above all this, I have been
enabled to gather a goodly sum for the Building Fund of the intended
Orphan-House.

Have I not therefore abundant reason to praise the Lord for His
goodness, to trust in Him for the future, to speak well of His name to
my fellow-believers, and to encourage them, more and more to rely upon
the Lord for everything?

Miscellaneous points respecting the Scriptural Know/edge Institution for
Home and Abroad, with reference to the period from May 26, 1851, to May
26, 1852.

1. During this period there were entirely supported by the funds of the
Institution four Day Schools in Bristol, with 248 poor children in them,
and three others in Devonshire, Monmouthshire, and Norfolk, were
assisted.--Further, one Sunday School in Bristol, with 243 children,
was entirely supported, and two others in Devonshire and
Gloucestershire, with 230 children, were assisted.--Lastly, one Adult
School in Bristol, with 120 Adult Scholars, was entirely supported
during this period.--From March 5, 1834, up to May 26, 1852, there
were 5,525 children in the Day Schools in Bristol, 2,600 in the Sunday
School, and 2,033 grown up persons in the Adult School.--There was
expended of the Funds of the Institution, for these various Schools,
during this period, 360l. 1s. 9d.

2. During this period there was expended of the Funds of the Institution
207l. 3s. 1d. for the purpose of circulating the Holy Scriptures,
especially among the very poorest of the poor. There were issued during
this period 1,101 Bibles and 409 New Testaments.--There were
altogether circulated from March 5, 1834, up to May 26, 1852, Eight
Thousand Eight Hundred and Ten Bibles, and Four Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-one New Testaments.

For two years previous to May 26, 1852, it was on my heart, to seek to
make some especial effort for the spread of the Holy Scriptures and for
the spread of simple Gospel Tracts, in a way and for a purpose which
would not be accomplished by the giving of copies of the Holy
Scriptures, or the giving of Tracts to poor persons. My wish was, to put
believers of the higher classes in the way of obtaining cheap pocket
Bibles for the purpose of giving them away as presents to more
respectable persons, as well as furnishing them