To No. 35. Ditto 30l.
To No. 36. Ditto 30l.
To No. 37. Ditto 30l.
To No. 38. Ditto 20l.
To No. 39. Ditto 15l.
To No. 40. Ditto 10l.
To No. 41. Ditto 10l.
To No. 42. Ditto 10l.
To No. 43. Ditto 10l.
To No. 44. Ditto 5l.
To No. 45. Ditto 5l.
There was also sent to me anonymously
for the support of native preachers of the
Gospel in China 11s. ld., which was forwarded
. . . . . . . 11s. 1d.
The total amount of 2000l. was sent to these forty-five servants of the
Lord Jesus in 264 different sums, generally not less than 5l. and not
more than 10l. at one time to each, except there were especial reasons
pointing to a different course. Almost all these brethren were
habitually assisted; a few needed only occasional assistance.
I have great joy, in being able to inform the believing reader, that it
pleased the Lord again to let great blessing rest upon the labours of
these preachers of the Gospel, whom I sought to assist during this year;
which is alike true both with reference to those who labour in our own
country and those who preach the Word in foreign lands.
I consider it a great privilege to be permitted to defray in part or
altogether, from the funds of this institution, the expenses connected
with the voyage and outfit of brethren who desire to go out as
Missionaries, or to help them after their arrival in their field of
labour; but I do not bind myself to support them habitually, seeing that
thus they would be out of the position of simple dependence upon God for
their temporal supplies.
4. During this period 358l. 7s. 3d. was expended on the circulation of
Tracts, and 303,098 Tracts and Little Books were circulated.
The Lord was pleased to give me such an abundance of opportunities for
circulating tracts by means of godly men, both in this and foreign
countries, that, during this year, I was permitted to send out more
tracts than during the whole of the previous ten years taken together.
Nor must it be withheld from the reader, as matter for thankfulness,
that the Lord was pleased to allow me to hear again and again of
instances of conversion, by means of the distribution of these Tracts
during this period.
5. On May 26, 1850, there were Two Hundred and Seventy-five Orphans in
the New Orphan House on Ashley Down, Bristol. There were admitted into
it, during this year, 45 Orphans, making 320 in all. Of these, however,
two were removed by their relatives, who were able by that time to
provide for them, seven died during the year, five of the elder girls
were sent out to service, and six of the elder boys were apprenticed; so
that on May 26, 1851, there were 300 Orphans in the New Orphan House.
The total number of Orphans who were under our care from April, 1836, to
May 26, 1851, is Four Hundred and Eighty-Eight. There came in altogether
during this year 4102l. 14s. 9 ¼ d. for the support of the Orphans, and
3,640l. 9s. 1 ¾ d. for the other objects; and, after having met to the
full every demand with reference to the Orphans, the balance of 970l.
13s. 11 ¾ d. remained in hand. Also, after having entered into every
door, which the Lord was pleased to set before me respecting the other
objects, and to do far more than during any one year previously, the
balance of 809l. 10s. 6d. remained in hand on May 26, 1851. Verily we do
not trust in the Lord in vain!
Without any one having been personally applied to for anything by me,
the sum of 38,018l. 4s. 6 ½ d. was given to me for the Orphans as the
result of prayer to God from the commencement of the work to May 26,
1851.--It may be also interesting to the reader to know, that the
total amount which was given as free contributions, for the other
objects, from the commencement of the work to May 26, 1851, amounted to
13,988l. 11s. 9 ¼ d.; and that which came in by the sale of Bibles and
Tracts, and by the payments of the children in the Day-Schools, amounted
to 2,890l. 9s. 11 ¾ d.--Besides this, also a great variety and
number of articles of clothing, furniture, provisions, &e., were given
for the use of the Orphans.
It pleased the Lord greatly to gladden our hearts by the working of His
Holy Spirit among the Orphans during this period.
Matters connected with my own personal affairs, or the work of the Lord
in my hands, not immediately connected with the Scriptural Knowledge
institution, from May 26, 1850, to May 26, 1851.
Dec. 31, 1850. During this year there have been received into Fellowship
57, and altogether, from the time that Brother Craik and I began to
labour in Bristol, 1313, which, with the 68 believers whom we found in
Fellowship, make 1381. Of these 174 have fallen asleep, 160 have left us
during these 18 years and a half, 355 have removed from Bristol, and 80
have been excluded from Fellowship; so that there are at present only
612 in communion.