s, and to go on in His service.

March 6. Received 131l. 1s. 3d., which being left at my disposal, I took
31l. 1s. 3d. for the Building Fund, and 100l. for the support of the
Orphans.--Through Bethesda boxes, as a thank-offering for the mercies
of the past month, 2s. 6d.

April 22. From London, six knives, nine silver forks, three silver table
spoons, three silver dessert spoons, three silver tea spoons, one silver
salt spoon, a silver pencil case, three penholders, one mounted in
silver and two in gold, and a penknife.

May. 3. Anonymously, through banker's in London, 100l.--May 8.
Through Bethesda homes, 2s. 6d., as "A thank-offering to the Lord for
the mercies of the past month."

Month after month, for some time past, 2s. 6d. has been given as "A
thank-offering for the mercies of the past month," I am delighted with
this. Not yearly only may the saints bring their offerings to the Lord,
as He may have prospered them, but monthly. Yea the Holy Ghost, by the
Apostle Paul, gives this exhortation to the believers of the Church at
Corinth, concerning offerings for the poor saints; "Upon the first day
of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath
prospered him." I Cor. xvi. 2. As the Lord had prospered them, so were
they not merely yearly, or monthly, but even weekly to contribute to the
support of the poor. We are strangers and pilgrims on the earth. The
time of our pilgrimage here is very uncertain. The opportunities which
the Lord gives us for His service are therefore readily to be embraced.
All here below is most uncertain. How long we may have the opportunity
to work for the Lord, who can tell? Therefore the present hour is to be
used with all our might. As an encouragement for all this, we have to
look to the return of our Lord Jesus.

May 26. 82l. 18s. 4d., being the proceeds arising from the sale of a
work published in English, and 14s. 3d., from the sale of a work
published in French, were given for the Building Fund.

Thus closes the period from May 26, 1853, to May 26, 1854. The whole
income for this object during the year was 5,285l. 7s. 5d., which,
together with the 12,531l. 12s. 0 1/4 d. in hand on May 26, 1853, made
the total of 17,816l. 12s. 5 1/4 d. in hand on May 26, 1854.

I add the following remarks, with reference to the intended Orphan House
for 700 Orphans, which appeared in the Report for 1854, and which are
here reprinted.

A. During this year the current expenses, fo