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J. NISBET & CO., BERNERS STREET, LONDON.
THE reasons which induced me to publish this third part of the Lordsdealings with me are the same which led me to the publication of thesecond part, and which are stated in the preface to the first editionof the second part. In addition to those reasons it appeared to medesirable to give some account of my recent labours in Germany, andalso to write on a few other points, which I considered of greatimportance to be made known.
21, Paul Street, Kingsdown,
Bristol, June 18, 1845.
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IN the deep consciousness of my entire natural inability for goingthrough the work, which is before me, to the profit of the reader andto the glory of God, I am nevertheless of good cheer in beginningthis service; for the Lord has enabled me often to bow my kneesbefore Him, to seek His help respecting it; and I am now expectingHis help. He delights in making His strength perfect in our weakness,and therefore will I also, though so weak, look for His strength. Andif through this my feeble effort, to show forth the praises of theLord, good be done (of which I have the fullest assurance, on accountof the abundance of supplication which for many months past has beenfound in my spirit in reference to this service,) I do desire from myinmost soul to ascribe all the honour and glory to the Lord.
I purpose in writing this third part of my Narrative to adopt thesame mode which I employed in the two former parts, namely that ofgiving extracts from my journal, and accompanying them with suchremarks as it may be desirable to make for the profit of the reader.The second part carries on the Narrative up to the end of the year1840, so far as it regards my own personal affairs; but only to Dec.9, 1840, so far as it regards the Orphan-Houses, and other objects ofthe Scriptural Knowledge Institution, as on that day the accountswere closed. From this period, then, the Narrative is continued.
Dec. 10, 1840. When the accounts were closed last evening, thebalance in hand was 15l. 0s. 6 1/4d., but as nearly 15l. of this sumhad been put by for the rent of the Orphan-Houses, the sum really inhand for use was only 4s. 6 1/4d. With this little sum we commencedthe sixth year of this part of the work, while there are daily, asusual, more than a hundred persons to be provided for.
—A little boy brought half-a-crown to the Boys-Orphan-House, thismorning, which is the first gift in this sixth year. Thus we hadaltogether 7s. 0 1/4d. for this day, which was enough to pay for themilk in the three houses, and to buy some bread in one of them. Wehave never before been so poor at the commencement of the year.
Dec. 11. Only 2s. 6d. more had come in since last evening. There wassufficient for dinner in the Girls and Infant-Orphan-Houses, butscarcely enough in the Boys-Orphan-House. This half-crown,therefore, supplied the remainder of the dinner in the Boys-Orphan-House.But now there was no money to take in milk, in any of thehouses, for tea, or to buy any bread. However the Lord helpedus through this day also. About one oclock some trinke