e New Orphan House,
whilst often two or three days might call for such an amount as this.
But we hoped in God, as in former years, and, by His grace, were upheld,
and our faith was not allowed to fail, though it was not a little tried,
as the following pages will show.

Of the donations which came in between May 26, and June. 13, 1853, I
will only mention the following. On June 1st I received from Cape Town
2l. for the Orphans, and 3l. for tracts. On June 8th I received from
Rhode Island, United States, 20 dollars and 5 dollars (4l. 15s. 9d.
English), when I had scarcely anything left for the Orphans. Observe,
dear Reader, from Africa and from America the Lord sends help to us,
yea from almost all parts of the world. Thus is He saying to us more and
more; "Only believe." On June 10th I received 5l. from a brother in the
Lord at a distance, as a thank-offering to God, that, having been thrown
from his horse, he had not been killed, but only greatly hurt.

June. 13. We were now very poor. Not indeed in debt, nor was even all
the money gone; for there was still about 12l. in hand; but then there
needed to be bought flour, of which we buy generally 10 sacks at a tine,
300 stones of oatmeal, 4 cwt. of soap, and there were many little
repairs going on in the house, with a number of workmen, besides the
regular current expenses of about 70l. per week. Over and above all
this, on Saturday, the day before yesterday, I found that the heating
apparatus needed to be repaired, which would cost in all probability
25l. It was therefore desirable, humanly speaking, to have 100l. for
these heavy extra expenses, besides means for the current expenses. But
I had no human prospect whatever of getting even 100 Pence, much less
100l. In addition to this, today was Monday, when generally the income
is little. But, in walking to the Orphan House this morning, and praying
as I went, I particularly told the Lord in prayer, that on this day,
though Monday, He could send me much. And thus it was. I received this
morning 301l. for the Lord's service, as might be most needed.--The
joy which I had cannot be described. I walked up and down in my room for
a long time, tears of joy and gratitude to the Lord running plentifully
over my cheeks, praising and magnifying the Lord for His goodness, and
surrendering myself afresh, with all my heart, to Him for His blessed
service. I scarcely ever felt more the kindness of the Lord in helping
me.--I took of th