lied to for anything by me,
the sum of 55,408l. 17s. 5 3/4 d. was given to me for the Orphans, as the
result of prayer to God, from the commencement of the work up to May 26,
1853.--It may be also interesting to the reader to know, that the
total amount given for the other objects, from the commencement of the
work up to May 26, 1853, amounted to 19,163l. 14s. 1 1/2 d.; and that
which came in by the sale of Bibles and Tracts, and by the payments of
the children in the Day Schools, amounted to 3,490l. 7s. 1 3/4 d.--
Besides this, also a great variety and number of articles of clothing,
furniture, provisions, &c., were given for the use of the Orphans.

b. Our labours continued to be blessed among the Orphans.

c. The expenses in connexion with the support of the 300 Orphans and the
apprentices during this year, were 3,453l. 15s. 1 1/2 d.

Matters connected with my own personal affairs, or the work of the Lord
in my hands, not immediately connected with the Scriptural Knowledge
Institution, from May 26, 1852, to May 26, 1853.

Dec. 31, 1852. During this year 35 believers have been received into
fellowship. When Brother Craik and I began to labour in the Word in
Bristol, we found 68 in fellowship. Since then there have been received
into communion altogether 1,403, so that the total number would be
1,471, had there been no changes. But 64 are under church discipline,
and separated, for the present, from fellowship; 154 have left us (some
of them, however, in love, and merely through circumstances); 421 have
left Bristol to reside elsewhere; and 197 have fallen asleep. So that
there are at present only 635 actually remaining in communion.

The Lord has been pleased to give unto me during this year--

1. Through believers in and out of Bristol,
in provisions, clothes,
etc., worth to us at least . . . . . 9 0 0

2. Through anonymous offerings in money, put up in paper and directed to
me, and put into the boxes for the poor
saints or the rent, at the chapels . 157 11 4 1/2

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Carried forward L166 11 4 1/2

Brought forward L166 11 4 1/2

3. Through presents in money, from believers
in Bristol, not given anonymously . . . . . . 121 5 2

4. Through presents in money, from believers
not residing in Bristol . . 157 12 2

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L445 8 8 1/2

My brother-in-law, Mr. A. N. Groves, of whom mention has been made in
the first part of this Narrative, as having been helpful to me by his
example when I began m