New Orphan
House.

A. The expenses during this year, for the support of the Orphans, were
3,897l. 2s. 0 1/2 d.

B. Without any one having been personally applied to for anything by me,
the sum of 64,591l. 6s. 11 1/4 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,
1854.--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, 1854, was 22,268l. 2s 11 1/4 d.; and that which came
in by the sale of Bibles and Tracts, and by the payments of the children
in the Day Schools, from the commencement up to May 26, 1854, amounted
to 3,989l. 4s. 5 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.

C. Our labours continued to be blessed among the Orphans. We saw also
again fruit of our labours, during this year, with regard to Orphans who
formerly were under our care.

Matters connected with my own personal affairs, from May 26, 1853, to
May 26, 1854.

In July 1853 it pleased the Lord to try my faith in a way in which
before it had not been tried. My beloved daughter, an only child, and a
believer since the commencement of the year 1846, was taken ill on June
20th. This illness, at first a low fever, turned to typhus. On July 3rd
there seemed no hope of her recovery. Now was the trial of faith. But
faith triumphed. My beloved wife and I were enabled to give her up into
the hands of the Lord. He sustained us both exceedingly. But I will only
speak about myself. Though my only and beloved child was brought near
the grave, yet was my soul inn perfect peace, satisfied with the will of
my Heavenly Father, being assured that He would only do that for her and
her parents, which in the end would be the best. She continued very ill
till about July 20th, when restoration began. On Aug. 18th she was so
far restored, that she could be removed to Clevedon for change of air,
though exceedingly weak. It was then 59 days mince she was first taken
ill.

While I was in this affliction, this great affliction, besides being at
peace, so far as the Lord's dispensation was concerned, I also felt
perfectly at peace with regard to the cause of the affliction. When in
August 1831 the hand of the Lord was heavily laid on me in my family, as
related in the first part of this Narrative, I had not the le