rd Jesus Christ may be
glorified in you, is the prayer of

"Your affectionate Brother,

"* * * * Feb. 28, 1846. * * * *"

March 18. Up to this day also we have been helped, though but little,
comparatively, has come in. When yesterday, March 17, all the means were
gone, a brother gave me 1l. as a thankoffering for having received a sum
of money unexpectedly, as a dividend from a bankruptcy. In the afternoon
I received a half sovereign as the profit of the sale of ladies' bags
made by a sister in the Lord for the benefit of the Orphans, and 2s. 6d.
was put into an Orphan-box at my house. This morning I received the
following letter from Devonshire, together with a Post-office order for
5l.

"Beloved Brother,

"I send you an order for 5l., half of which will you accept for yourself,
and the other half appropriate for the Orphans; or, if they happen to be
well supplied at present, you may apply it to the building you have in
contemplation. Job xxii. 21-30.

"Believe me very affectionately yours,

"* * * *"

The half of this money was taken for the present need of time Orphans.
There was also sent 1l. 13s. from Weymouth. Thus we are again supplied
for the present need.

March 20. Today I have to send more money for housekeeping to the
Orphan-Houses, and the Lord has kindly given me yesterday afternoon and
this morning the means for it. Yesterday came in by sale of trinkets,
&c., 3l. 8s. 4 1/2 d. and by two donations 2s., and this morning I
received 11s, from Marlborough.

March 21, Saturday. Since yesterday morning, when I had sent off to the
Orphan-Houses the very last penny in hand, the following sums have come
in: A sister from Worcester gave 2s. 6d., and in the boxes in my house I
found 10l. This morning 10s. came from the neighbourhood of Castle Cary,
from a sister in Bristol 2s. 2d., by sale of articles 1l. 15s. 8d., and
by sale of stockings 5s. Thus I have been enabled, during this week
also, to meet all the expenses, though they have been more than 30l.;
and 7s. 6d. is left towards the coming week. My heart is in perfect
peace, though there are between 140 and 150 Persons to be provided for
(including the teachers and matrons in the Orphan-Houses and the
apprentices), and though there is heavy sickness in two of the houses.
-- Saturday Evening, The Lord has already increased "the handful of
meal in the barrel, and the little oil in the cruse." This afternoon I
received 3l. 14s., being the contents of a