is sum to lay down at the feet of the Lord Jesus. I
took of this amount 60l. for the Building Fund, and 50l. for the
circulation of the Holy Scriptures and Tracts, and for missionary
objects.

I cannot help remarking here, that the Lord has used some of the most
unlikely persons during the past twenty-two years, in providing me with
means for His service. So it was particularly in the case of this
brother in the Lord, from whom I received the last-mentioned donation of
110l. I had not the least natural expectation of receiving this sum,
when this brother, sitting before me at the New Orphan-House, took out
of his pocket a packet of Bank Notes, and gave to me this amount,
reserving to himself, as his whole property in this world, a smaller sum
than he gave to me, because of his joy in the Lord, and because of his
being able to enter into the reality of his possessions in the world to
come. I delight in dwelling upon such an instance, because 1, it shows
that there is grace, much grace, to be found among the saints even now;
2, it shows the variety of instrumentality which the Lord is pleased to
employ, in supplying me with means for His service; and 3, because it so
manifestly proves that we do not wait upon Him in vain, when we make
known our requests to Him for means.

July 20. From Philadelphia, in the United States, 5l.

Aug. 20. From the neighbourhood of Mallow in Ireland 17s. 6d, and 2s.
6d.--Anonymously from a "Brother Christian and Well-wisher," through
his bankers in London, 100l.

Aug. 27. From Caistor 5s.--From Gumeracka, near Adelaide, Australia,
2l. 10s. From the same place 10s.--From Cheltenham 2s. 6d.--From
Frampton-on-Severn seven silver coins.

You see, esteemed reader, how much variety there is in the kind of
donations as well as in the amount, the places whence they are sent, and
the friends who send them. But all these donations come from the living
God. All come to us in answer to prayer, and are received by us as
answers to prayer; and with every donation, however small, we receive
thins a fresh encouragement, to continue in prayer, and have, as it
were, another earnest from our Heavenly Father, that at last He not only
will give larger sums, but the whole amount which is needed for the
Building Fund. Every one of these donations comes unsolicited. Ever
since the Orphan Work has been in operation, we have never asked any one
for anything. Be therefore, dear reader, encouraged by this, to make