APPENDIX.

Most beloved Sir:With feelings of gratitude and great thankfulness to you for all the kindness I experienced whilst under your care, and for now apprenticing me to a suitable trade whereby I can earn my own living, I write you these few lines. I arrived at my destined abode in safety, and was kindly received by my master and mistress. Dear sir, I thank you for the education, food, clothing, and for every comfort; but, above all, for the instruction from God’s word which I received when in that happy Orphan House; for it was there I was brought to know Jesus as my Saviour; and I hope to have him as my guide through all my difficulties, temptations, and trials in this world; and, having him for my guide, I hope to prosper in my trade, and thereby show my gratitude to you for all the kindness I have received. Please to accept my gratitude and thanks; and I hope you will be spared many, many more years, to care for poor destitute children like me. I am sure I shall often look back with pleasure and regret to the time I was in that happy home;—with pleasure that I lived there, and regret that I left it. Begging you to accept my grateful thanks, and with my kind love to Mr. L——, Mr. B——, Mr. W——, and Mr. S——,I am, dear sir,Yours gratefully,* * * *

Most beloved Sir:

With feelings of gratitude and great thankfulness to you for all the kindness I experienced whilst under your care, and for now apprenticing me to a suitable trade whereby I can earn my own living, I write you these few lines. I arrived at my destined abode in safety, and was kindly received by my master and mistress. Dear sir, I thank you for the education, food, clothing, and for every comfort; but, above all, for the instruction from God’s word which I received when in that happy Orphan House; for it was there I was brought to know Jesus as my Saviour; and I hope to have him as my guide through all my difficulties, temptations, and trials in this world; and, having him for my guide, I hope to prosper in my trade, and thereby show my gratitude to you for all the kindness I have received. Please to accept my gratitude and thanks; and I hope you will be spared many, many more years, to care for poor destitute children like me. I am sure I shall often look back with pleasure and regret to the time I was in that happy home;—with pleasure that I lived there, and regret that I left it. Begging you to accept my grateful thanks, and with my kind love to Mr. L——, Mr. B——, Mr. W——, and Mr. S——,

I am, dear sir,Yours gratefully,* * * *

The Christian reader, I doubt not, in perusing such letters, will with us thank God for condescending to give such blessing, such abundant blessing, to our labors.

Feb. 14, 1860. Two pounds ten shillings sixpence, with the following letter:—

My dear Brother in the Lord Jesus Christ:Will you please to accept an order for two pounds ten shillings sixpence by the same post, for the dear orphans under your care? The history of this small sum is as follows. About seven and a half years ago your Narrative was put into my hands, which the Lord very greatly blessed to my soul. Six years and eleven months ago I was enabled to cast myself, my wife and family, upon the Lord, and look toHim alonefor the supply of our temporal necessities while laboring in his glorious cause. From that time to the present we have had no claims upon any person for a single penny; nor have we made known our wants to any, or applied to any person for help, but to our heavenly Father alone; and he has supplied our need and not suffered us to be confounded, blessed be his name! My dear wife, as well as myself, from the very first had a strong desire to help you alittlein your blessed work of love and labor of faith; but, for a long time, owing to the continued ill-health of my wife, and the growing expenses of our family, we never seemed to have any money to spare; so all we did was towish, desire, andtalk about it, and say how happy we should be if the Lord would enable us to do so. At length, we both felt we were acting wrong, and on the eighth of August last we solemnly decided we would give the Lord back a tenth of the money he was pleased to send us, though at that time we were very poor, I may add in deeper poverty than we had ever been before; yet, under those circumstances, we were enabled in the strength of the Lord to come to the above decision and act up to it that very morning; and the peace and joy we both felt it is in vain for me to attempt to describe. The Lord has kept us firm ever since, and instead of having less for our own use, we have had even more; so, dear sir, this sum is the fruit of six months’ prayers. Pardon me for troubling you with so long an account of so trifling a sum; but I want you to bless our heavenly Father for his goodness to us his unworthy servants, and to remember us in your petitions at a throne of grace.I am, my dear brother,Yours very affectionately and respectfully,* * * *

My dear Brother in the Lord Jesus Christ:

Will you please to accept an order for two pounds ten shillings sixpence by the same post, for the dear orphans under your care? The history of this small sum is as follows. About seven and a half years ago your Narrative was put into my hands, which the Lord very greatly blessed to my soul. Six years and eleven months ago I was enabled to cast myself, my wife and family, upon the Lord, and look toHim alonefor the supply of our temporal necessities while laboring in his glorious cause. From that time to the present we have had no claims upon any person for a single penny; nor have we made known our wants to any, or applied to any person for help, but to our heavenly Father alone; and he has supplied our need and not suffered us to be confounded, blessed be his name! My dear wife, as well as myself, from the very first had a strong desire to help you alittlein your blessed work of love and labor of faith; but, for a long time, owing to the continued ill-health of my wife, and the growing expenses of our family, we never seemed to have any money to spare; so all we did was towish, desire, andtalk about it, and say how happy we should be if the Lord would enable us to do so. At length, we both felt we were acting wrong, and on the eighth of August last we solemnly decided we would give the Lord back a tenth of the money he was pleased to send us, though at that time we were very poor, I may add in deeper poverty than we had ever been before; yet, under those circumstances, we were enabled in the strength of the Lord to come to the above decision and act up to it that very morning; and the peace and joy we both felt it is in vain for me to attempt to describe. The Lord has kept us firm ever since, and instead of having less for our own use, we have had even more; so, dear sir, this sum is the fruit of six months’ prayers. Pardon me for troubling you with so long an account of so trifling a sum; but I want you to bless our heavenly Father for his goodness to us his unworthy servants, and to remember us in your petitions at a throne of grace.

I am, my dear brother,Yours very affectionately and respectfully,* * * *

During the year 1859-60 there have been received for the orphans 3,542 separate sums. Of these there were 1,494 under 5s., 560 above 5s. and not exceeding 10s., 614 above 10s. and not exceeding £1, 288 above £1 and not exceeding £2, 411 above £2 and not exceeding £5, 93 above £5 and not exceeding £10, 49 above £10 and not exceeding £20, 10 above £20 and under £50, 11 of £50, 1 of £59, 19s. 9d., 1 of £62, 17s., 1 of £89, 4s., 1 of £96, 12s. 3d., 5 of £100, 2 of £500, and 1 of £1,500. Amongthese donations were some from East India, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Saxony, Holland, South America, United States, from vessels on the ocean, and from missionaries among the heathen.

During the year under consideration twenty-three schools in England were supported or aided by the funds of the Institution. In all of these the teachers are persons of piety, and instruction is given not only in secular knowledge, but in the way of salvation. Without reckoning the orphans, 13,124 souls have been brought underhabitualinstruction in the things of God in these various schools; besides the many thousands in the schools in the various parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, British Guiana, the West Indies, the East Indies, etc., which have been to a greater or less degree assisted.

The total amount of means which has been expended during the last twenty-six years in connection with the schools, which have been either entirely or in part supported by the funds of this Institution, amounts to £9,275, 0s. 8½d.

The number of Bibles, Testaments, and portions of the Holy Scriptures, which have been circulated since May 26, 1859, is as follows: Bibles sold, 579. Bibles given away, 1,120. Testaments sold, 409. Testaments given away, 725. Copies of the Psalms sold, 63. Other small portions of the Holy Scriptures sold, 248.

There have been circulated since March 5, 1834, through the medium of this Institution, 24,768 Bibles, 15,100 Testaments, 719 copies of the Psalms, and 1,876 other small portions of the Holy Scriptures.

The amount of the funds of the Institution spent during the past year on the circulation of the Holy Scriptures is £398, 3s. 7d. The total amount spent since March 5, 1834, is £5,681, 13s. 3½d.

During the past year has been spent of the funds of theInstitution, in aid of missionary efforts at home and abroad, the sum of £5,019, 6s. 1d. By this sum one hundred and one laborers in the word and doctrine, in various parts of the world, have been to a greater or less degree assisted. It is an interesting fact that these laborers are located in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Sardinia, Canada, Nova Scotia, East India, China, and British Guiana.

The laborers aided by the Institution were peculiarly blessed during the year 1859-60. While the preaching of those laboring inforeignlands was very useful, the brethren preaching in Ireland and Scotland were signally favored with success, and were permitted to see in a wonderful measure the fruit of their prayers and toils. A single extract only can be given from the letter of a laborer in Scotland.

A devoted servant of Christ has been laboring in a manufacturing town in Scotland, where, by means of schools, Bible classes, visiting from house to house, and preaching the gospel among thousands of the most wretched, most debased, and most ignorant, he seeks to win souls for the Lord. In this service he has been going on year after year. In a measure his labors had been blessed up to the period of the last Report, but far more abundantly since, as the following account, given by himself to me in a letter dated Oct. 28, 1859, will show:—

“This month, through which we have passed, has brought me to a point in my history which for years I have contemplated and looked forward to with deeper and more intense desire than to any anticipated event in my whole life. More than thirty years ago there sprang up in my soul a longing and craving for the effusion of the Holy Ghost on the church and on the world, such as would extend throughout the whole of Scotland. For this I have labored, and spoken, and prayed increasingly. As I grewolder, the craving for this blessing grew stronger. To see it became the ruling passion of my soul, and, as years rolled away, my hope of seeing it realized strengthened apace. On this season of expected blessing we seem at length to have entered. The religious movement is creeping steadily along the whole of the west of Scotland. It has not acquired a sudden or very powerful momentum. We are, so far as I can judge, in the initiatory stage in all the points where the work has found a settlement. A sound has gone out as from the Lord; the rumor travels on, and in its course awakens the careless, opens the ear, quickens the attention, and everywhere is making preparation for something coming. This note of preparation is calling the people together. Their ear is open to listen. In every place this hearing is bringing faith in its train; men are turning to God; intensity is given to those silent cases of conviction where for months or years there has been concern ebbing and flowing with circumstances. Not a few of these have come to light through their concern all at once ripening into deep distress. Forced out of the old ruts in which they have moved, they are forced to venture their all into the hands of Jesus, and are set at liberty. Such has been the process at work here. I am continually falling in with solitary cases, and a number of these have found peace. It would take far more time than I can spare to record their history, and how they obtained deliverance.”

The total amount of the funds of the Institution which has been spent on missionary operations since March 5, 1834, is £34,495, 3s. 4d.

There has been laid out for tracts and books, from May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860, the sum of £1,650, 11s. 4¾d.; and there have been circulated within the last year 2,562,001 tracts and books. The sum total which has been expended on this object, since Nov. 19, 1840, amounts to £8,064, 12s. 6½d. The total number of all the tracts andbooks which have been circulated since Nov. 19, 1840, is 11,493,174.

During the past year there were again circulated 676,600 tracts and books more than during the year before. The great number of laborers for God who have been raised up for service within the last two years in various parts of the world, and the mighty working of the Spirit of God, which has created in multitudes a desire gladly to receive tracts and books, account for this. Nor is there in these two particulars a decrease, but a continual increase. So great has been the call for tracts that of late we have sent out repeatedly 100,000 in one week, for gratuitous circulation, and sometimes even more than this. When the mighty working of the Spirit of God commenced in Ireland, I sought from the beginning to send very large supplies of tracts to Belfast and elsewhere, in order that thus the holy flame might be fanned, as it were, and that in the very outset the simplicity of the gospel might be set before the young converts. About two millions of the tracts and books circulated during the past year were given awaygratuitously. Hundreds of believers have been engaged in spreading them abroad, not merely in many parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, but in various other parts of the world.

At the commencement of the last period, there were 672 orphans in the new Orphan Houses No. 1 and No. 2. During the past year were admitted into the two houses 70 orphans. On May 26, 1860, there were just 700 orphans under our care, our full number in the two houses,i. e.in No. 1, 300, in No. 2, 400. The total number of orphans who have been under our care since April 11, 1836, is 1,153.

Without any one having been personally applied to for anythingby me, the sum of £133,528, 14s. has been given to me for the orphans,as the result of prayer to God, since the commencement of the work, which sum includes theamount received for the building fund for the houses already built and the one to be built. It may also be interesting to the reader to know that the total amount which has been given for the other objects since the commencement of the work amounts to £51,777, 14s. 11d.; and that which has come in by the sale of Bibles, since the commencement, amounts to £2,530, 4s. 5½d.; by sale of tracts, £3,546, 19s. 1¼d.; and by the payments of the children in the day schools, from the commencement, £2,304, 18s. 9d. Besides this, also, a great variety and number of articles of clothing, furniture, provisions, etc., have been givenfor the useof the orphans.

Day after day, and year after year, by the help of God, we labor in prayer for the spiritual benefit of the orphans under our care. These our supplications, which have been for twenty-four years brought before the Lord concerning them, have been abundantly answered in former years in the conversion of hundreds from among them. We have also had repeated seasons in which, within a short time, or even all at once,manyof the orphans were converted. Such a season we had about three years since, when within a few days about sixty were brought to believe in the Lord Jesus; and such seasons we have had again twice during the past year. The first was in July, 1859, when the Spirit of God wrought so mightily in one school of 120 girls, as that very many, yea, more than one half, were brought under deep concern about the salvation of their souls. This work, moreover, was not a mere momentary excitement; but, after more than eleven months have elapsed, there are 31 concerning whom there isfullconfidence as to their conversion, and 32 concerning whom there is likewise a goodly measure of confidence, though not to the same amount as regarding the 31. There are therefore 63 out of the 120 orphans in that one school who are considered to have been converted in July, 1859.This blessed and mighty work of the Holy Spirit cannot be traced to any particular cause. It was, however, a most precious answer to prayer. As such we look upon it, and are encouraged by it to further waiting upon God. The second season of the mighty working of the Holy Spirit among the orphans, during the past year, was at the end of January and the beginning of February, 1860. The particulars of it are of the deepest interest. A very profitable pamphlet might be written on the subject. I have prayed again and again for guidance how to act, and have at last come to the decisionnotto relate the details, lest the dear children, who would recognize themselves in the description, should be injured; for my experience of laboring twenty-six years among children, and of having had to deal with somany very young believers, has led me to the full convictionthat it is injurious to make them prominent. If God makes them prominent by using them as evidently he is using children in these days, we have only to admire and to praise; but this is very different from ourselves making them prominent. I must therefore content myself by stating that this great work of the Spirit of God in January and February, 1860, began among the younger class of the children under our care, little girls of about six, seven, eight, and nine years old; then extended to the older girls, and then to the boys; so that within about ten days above 200 of the orphans were stirred up to be anxious about their souls, and inmanyinstances found peaceimmediately, through faith in our Lord Jesus. They at once requested to be allowed to hold prayer meetings among themselves, and have had these meetings ever since. Many of them also manifested a concern about the salvation of their companions and relations, and spoke or wrote to them about the way to be saved. Should the believing reader desire to know how it has been with these children since the end of Januaryand the beginning of February, our reply is, we have, in most cases, cause for thankfulness. The present state of the 700 orphans, spiritually, is, that there are 118 under our care, regarding whose conversion we have full confidence; 89 regarding whom we have also confidence, though not to that full degree as concerning the 118; and 53 whom we consider in a hopeful state. To these 260 are to be added the 14 who were sent out as believers, and the three who died in the faith during the past year. It is to be remembered that very many of the children in the Orphan Houses are quite young, as we have received them from four months old and upward. During no year have we had greater cause for thanksgiving on account of the spiritual blessing among the children than during the last;and yet we look for further and greater blessing still.

Mr. Müller is constantly receiving not only contributions in money, but a great variety of useful articles, which are regularly sent to a shop provided for their sale. The following list of such articles, given anonymously during the first six months of the year 1859-60, will not be without interest to the reader, as showing by what an endless diversity of means resources are furnished for the work in which Mr. M. is engaged:—

June.A bead bag, a bouquet-holder, 6 gilt brooches, a gilt bracelet, a waist-buckle, and an agate heart.—5 pairs of knitted travelling shoes, a compass and thermometer, a court-plaster case, a guinea piece, 2 half franc pieces, a copper coin, 4 rings, a brooch, a gold pencil-case, a pair of earrings, top of a seal, and a gold waist-buckle.—A silver watch guard; a small brooch, a breastpin, and a ring.—12 pairs of garters.—A sofa tidy.—A small stereoscopic box. 6 frocks, 6 shirts, 4 pocket handkerchiefs, 2 pairs of socks, 2 nightcaps, 12 kettle-holders, 2 pairs of wristlets, 4 thimbles, 2 brooches, steel slides, a bracelet, and waist-buckle. A bead mat, 2 bags, a penwiper, 3 book-marks, and a scent-bag.—A pencil, 2 pairs of spectacles, a smelling-bottle, a pocketbook, some gloves, stockings, combs, and various articles of clothing, etc., together with a half-sovereign.

July.An old silver watch, an old metal watch, and an old shilling.—2 coats, 1 jacket, one waistcoat, 1 pair of trousers, and 1 pair of garters. 5 dresses, a body, and 2 shillings.—9 penwipers, 4 babies’ shirts, 9 mats, 1 pair of baby’s boots, 2 nightcaps, 6 pinafores, 2 pairs of watch pockets, 1 ribbon mat, 1 pincushion, 2 needlebooks, and 3 book-markers.—2 dolls, 2 dolls’ hats, a pair of bracelets, a pincushion, a needlebook, a shaving cloth, a sampler, 2 pairs of cuffs, a kettle-holder, a penwiper, apair of baby’s shoes, a book-mark, a bag, a watch-guard, a pinafore, and a pamphlet.—2 buckles, a smelling-bottle, some mock pearls, 3 hair bracelets, a hair ring, and a wig.August.Some fancy envelopes.—A ring, 2 shirt studs, and a watch-hook.—A pattern for a collar.—A ring from Stroud.—12 new bonnets.—A brooch, a bracelet, a book-marker, some cuffs, a pattern for work, and some trimming.—A frame for ladies’ work.—“From the friend at Devizes,” 2 skirts of dresses, a jacket, and a shawl.—Some pencil lead for polishing.—Some knitting and sewing cotton.—2 old wedding rings.—3 balls.—8 book-marks, 4 postage-stamp cases, and 6 pincushions.September.A parcel containing some worsted, some brass thimbles, bodkins, and needles.—4 black ostrich feathers, 1 white ditto, 4 colored drawings.—3 pairs of socks, 6 pairs of stockings, and 2 waistcoats.—A pair of patent renovators (or flesh gloves).—A small work-bag of silk and straw.—A guinea piece, a lace habit shirt, a pair of lace sleeves, and a French cambric handkerchief.—3 collars, 1 pocket handkerchief, and 1 pair of sleeves.—2 flannel petticoats, a table cover, a silver wine-strainer, a silver marrow spoon, 1 sugar spoon, a punch ladle, 6 chemises, and 6 pinafores.—A small hamper of books.—1 alpaca coat, 1 check waistcoat, 1 pair of trousers, 3 pairs of shoes, 1 travelling cap, 1 pair of spectacles in case, 2 pairs of boots, 2 muffetees, 1 pair of gaiters, 1 pair of boots, 8 copper pens, 1 pair of slippers, 1 black leather bag, 1 pair of new boots, 1 coat, 1 waistcoat, 5 pairs of gloves, 1 pair of braces, a necktie, a dressing box, 2 brushes, 3 razors, a stiletto, a pair of spectacles, and 2 pieces of teeth set in gold.—12 book covers, 7 small ditto, 1 small box, 4 ditto in one.—A large box of toys.—A collar.—A large tea chest, containing 160 articles of ladies’ dress, etc.—A dress, 3 bodies, 3 berthas, a waistband, a pair of cuffs, a feather, an ornament for the hair, some artificial flowers, some whalebone, and some pieces of ribbon.—A cloth mantle, a velvet jacket, and a muslin ditto.October.3 pairs of crotchet ladies’ slippers, and 1 pair of child’s ditto.—A pair of gilt bracelets, a collar, a pair of cuffs, and a pair of worked sleeves.—2 paper mats, a bead ditto, a plaister case, 3 needlebooks, 5 small cushions, 4 pincushions, 2 penwipers, a book-mark, 2 little baskets, a little bag, a doll, a pair of candlestick ornaments, and 6 napkin rings. The parcel also contained 5s. from “Hephzibah.”—An urn-stand, a bag, and a mat.—A collar.—6 pence purses.—3 dolls’ bonnets.—“A Canadian lady’s purse.”—9 pairs of boots, 3 pairs of shoes, and a single boot, all new.November.A box containing 5 bonnets, 2 muslin jackets, 1 silk ditto, 1 silk body, 3 muslin dresses, 1 silk ditto, 1 barege skirt, 18 pairs of fine stockings, 17 pairs of coarse ditto, 3 pairs of boots, 3 stockings, 10 chemises, 3 pairs of drawers, 5 nightdresses, some pieces of ribbon, and a few artificial flowers.—6 pairs of night socks.—A riding habit, a box, a silk body, some velvet trimming, some satin ditto, 2 waistbands, some fringe, some satin ribbon, a feather, a scarf, a veil, and a pair of woollen sleeves.—3 silver coins.—A silver tablespoon, some satin trimming, and a frill.—4 dresses, a skirt, a jacket, 3 children’s skirts, and 2 frocks.—A small gold pencil-case, a gold breastpin, and a pair of small gold earrings.—A collar.—3 antimacassars, and a baby’s cap.—2 silver coins, and a pair of silver shirt studs.—7 boys’ shirts.—A jacket and a feather.—A jacket, a pair of drawers, 2 chemises, 2 nightcaps, 5 skirts, and 1 body.—4 pairs of new boots, and 2 pairs of new shoes.—A crumb scraper.

August.Some fancy envelopes.—A ring, 2 shirt studs, and a watch-hook.—A pattern for a collar.—A ring from Stroud.—12 new bonnets.—A brooch, a bracelet, a book-marker, some cuffs, a pattern for work, and some trimming.—A frame for ladies’ work.—“From the friend at Devizes,” 2 skirts of dresses, a jacket, and a shawl.—Some pencil lead for polishing.—Some knitting and sewing cotton.—2 old wedding rings.—3 balls.—8 book-marks, 4 postage-stamp cases, and 6 pincushions.

September.A parcel containing some worsted, some brass thimbles, bodkins, and needles.—4 black ostrich feathers, 1 white ditto, 4 colored drawings.—3 pairs of socks, 6 pairs of stockings, and 2 waistcoats.—A pair of patent renovators (or flesh gloves).—A small work-bag of silk and straw.—A guinea piece, a lace habit shirt, a pair of lace sleeves, and a French cambric handkerchief.—3 collars, 1 pocket handkerchief, and 1 pair of sleeves.—2 flannel petticoats, a table cover, a silver wine-strainer, a silver marrow spoon, 1 sugar spoon, a punch ladle, 6 chemises, and 6 pinafores.—A small hamper of books.—1 alpaca coat, 1 check waistcoat, 1 pair of trousers, 3 pairs of shoes, 1 travelling cap, 1 pair of spectacles in case, 2 pairs of boots, 2 muffetees, 1 pair of gaiters, 1 pair of boots, 8 copper pens, 1 pair of slippers, 1 black leather bag, 1 pair of new boots, 1 coat, 1 waistcoat, 5 pairs of gloves, 1 pair of braces, a necktie, a dressing box, 2 brushes, 3 razors, a stiletto, a pair of spectacles, and 2 pieces of teeth set in gold.—12 book covers, 7 small ditto, 1 small box, 4 ditto in one.—A large box of toys.—A collar.—A large tea chest, containing 160 articles of ladies’ dress, etc.—A dress, 3 bodies, 3 berthas, a waistband, a pair of cuffs, a feather, an ornament for the hair, some artificial flowers, some whalebone, and some pieces of ribbon.—A cloth mantle, a velvet jacket, and a muslin ditto.

October.3 pairs of crotchet ladies’ slippers, and 1 pair of child’s ditto.—A pair of gilt bracelets, a collar, a pair of cuffs, and a pair of worked sleeves.—2 paper mats, a bead ditto, a plaister case, 3 needlebooks, 5 small cushions, 4 pincushions, 2 penwipers, a book-mark, 2 little baskets, a little bag, a doll, a pair of candlestick ornaments, and 6 napkin rings. The parcel also contained 5s. from “Hephzibah.”—An urn-stand, a bag, and a mat.—A collar.—6 pence purses.—3 dolls’ bonnets.—“A Canadian lady’s purse.”—9 pairs of boots, 3 pairs of shoes, and a single boot, all new.

November.A box containing 5 bonnets, 2 muslin jackets, 1 silk ditto, 1 silk body, 3 muslin dresses, 1 silk ditto, 1 barege skirt, 18 pairs of fine stockings, 17 pairs of coarse ditto, 3 pairs of boots, 3 stockings, 10 chemises, 3 pairs of drawers, 5 nightdresses, some pieces of ribbon, and a few artificial flowers.—6 pairs of night socks.—A riding habit, a box, a silk body, some velvet trimming, some satin ditto, 2 waistbands, some fringe, some satin ribbon, a feather, a scarf, a veil, and a pair of woollen sleeves.—3 silver coins.—A silver tablespoon, some satin trimming, and a frill.—4 dresses, a skirt, a jacket, 3 children’s skirts, and 2 frocks.—A small gold pencil-case, a gold breastpin, and a pair of small gold earrings.—A collar.—3 antimacassars, and a baby’s cap.—2 silver coins, and a pair of silver shirt studs.—7 boys’ shirts.—A jacket and a feather.—A jacket, a pair of drawers, 2 chemises, 2 nightcaps, 5 skirts, and 1 body.—4 pairs of new boots, and 2 pairs of new shoes.—A crumb scraper.

Mr. Müller, as a faithful steward, renders an annual account of all the sums intrusted to him. Appended (p. 476) is the “Auditor’s Report” for 1859-60, showing the total amount in hand for the year, including the building fund, to have been £72,188, 16s. 5¾d.—almostthree hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mr. M. says:—

The audited accounts, together with the books containing the income and expenses, may be inspected by the donors. I particularly state this, because I do not publish a list of the donors, nor do I mention their names otherwise, in order that there may not be held out the least temptation of giving for the sake of worldly applause; but, at the same time, as I do this work in the light, it can bear the light, and therefore any donor can satisfy himself, if he please, that his donation is accounted for.To avoid mistakes, delays, and other difficulties, I would request that all letters for me should be directed to my house, No. 21, Paul Street, Kingsdown, Bristol.GEORGE MÜLLER.Bristol, July 2, 1860.

To avoid mistakes, delays, and other difficulties, I would request that all letters for me should be directed to my house, No. 21, Paul Street, Kingsdown, Bristol.

GEORGE MÜLLER.

Bristol, July 2, 1860.

The Income of the first four objectsfrom May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860.The Expenses of the first four objectsfrom May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860.£s.d.£s.d.By balance in hand on May 26, 18592,009112½For all the schools51544" Donations7,0291410" Bibles39837" Sale of articles given for the purpose35177" missionary purposes5,01961" Sale of tracts63629¾" tracts1,650114¼" Sale of Bibles15289" stationery2148" Payments of the children in the day schools9746" postage32175Balance in hand on May 26, 18602,39222½£10,010198¼£10,010198¼

The Income for the orphans,from May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860.The Expenses for the orphans,from May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860.£s.d.£s.d.By balance in hand on May 26, 1859,7,461191Current expen's in connection with the Orphan Houses.7,255176" donations in money8,71462½For the Apprentices20054½" sale of articles given for the purpose570136½" 18,000 copies of the Twentieth Report17930" sale of Reports173183" postage and carriage of boxes and parcels5716½" cash paid on behalf of orphans,13754" stationery766½Balance in hand on May 26, 18609,85885½£17,05825£17,05825

Income for the Building Fund,from May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860.Expenditure in connection with the Building Fund.£s.d.£s.d.By amount received up to May 26, 185941,9111511Expended up to May 26, 185921,4021810" Donations in money1,96463½" for additional furniture, etc., on the new Orphan House, No. 2.4909½" Sale of grass and rent of the field, March 25, 1859, to March 25, 18617200" on the building of the new Orphan House, No. 32,37949" Interest1,120145Balance in hand on May 26, 186021,282100" Drawbacks of property tax44179£45,113144½£45,113144½

We have examined these accounts and find them correct.

RICHARD BALL. ROBERT H. RICHARDS.SAMUEL BUTLER. JOHN MEREDITH.

Bristol, June 22, 1860.

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There is but one voice respecting this extraordinary book,—men of all denominations, in all quarters, agree in pronouncing it one of the most admirable works of the age.

MODERN ATHEISM; Under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws. ByJames Buchanan, D. D., L. L. D. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

“The work is one of the most readable and solid which we have ever perused.”—Hugh Miller in the Witness.

NEW ENGLAND THEOCRACY.From the German of Uhden’s History of the Congregationalists of New England, with anIntroduction by Neander. ByMrs. H. C. Conant, author of “The English Bible,” etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

A work of rare ability and interest, presenting the early religious and ecclesiastical history of New England, from authentic sources, with singular impartiality. The author evidently aimed throughout to do exact justice to the dominant party, and all their opponents of every name. The standpoint from which the whole subject is viewed is novel, and we have in this volume a new and most important contribution to Puritan History.

THE MISSION OF THE COMFORTER; with copious Notes. ByJulius Charles Hare. With the Notes translated for theAmerican Edition. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

THE BETTER LAND; or, The Believer’s Journey and Future Home. By the Rev.A. C. Thompson. 12mo, cloth, 85 cts.

A most charming and instructive book for all now journeying to the “Better Land.”

THE EVENING OF LIFE; or, Light and Comfort amidst the Shadows of Declining Years. ByRev. Jeremiah Chaplin, D. D. A new Revised, and much enlarged edition. With an elegant Frontispiece on Steel. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

☞ A most charming and appropriate work for the aged,—large type and open page. An admirable “Gift” for the child to present the parent.

THE STATE OF THE IMPENITENT DEAD.ByAlvah Hovey, D. D., Prof. of Christian Theology in Newton Theol. Inst. 16mo, cloth, 50 cts.

A WREATH AROUND THE CROSS; or, Scripture Truths Illustrated. By the Rev.A. Morton Brown, D. D. Recommendatory Preface, byJohn Angell James. With a beautiful Frontispiece. 16mo, cloth, 60 cts.

“‘Christ, and Him crucified’ is presented in a new, striking, and matter-of-fact light. The style is simple, without being puerile, and the reasoning is of that truthful, persuasive kind that ‘comes from the heart, and reaches the heart.’”—N. Y. Observer.

THE PURITANS; or the Court, Church, and Parliament of England, during the reigns of Edward VI. and Elizabeth. BySamuel Hopkins, author of “Lessons at the Cross,” etc. In 3 vols. Vol. I.now ready. Octavo, cloth, per vol., $2.50.

Vol. II. ready in February, “ “ “ “ $2.50.

It will be found the most interesting and reliable History of the Puritans yet published, narrating in a dramatic style many facts hitherto unknown.

LIMITS OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT EXAMINED, in Eight Lectures delivered in the Oxford University Pulpit, in the year 1858, on the “Bampton Foundation.” By Rev.H. Longueville Mansel, B. D., Reader in Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, and Editor of Sir William Hamilton’s Lectures. With the CopiousNotes Translatedfor the American Ed. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

This volume is destined to create a profounder sensation in this country than any philosophical or religious work of this century. It is a defence of revealed religion, equal in ability to the “Analogy” of Bishop Butler, and meets the scepticism of our age as effectually as that great work in an earlier day. The Pantheism and Parkerism infused into our popular literature will here find an antidote. The Lectures excited the highest enthusiasm at Oxford, and the Volume has already reached athirdedition in England. The copious “Notes” of the author having been translated for the American edition by an accomplished scholar, adds greatly to its value.

THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCES OF THE TRUTH OF THE SCRIPTURE RECORDS, STATED ANEW, with Special Reference to the Doubts and Discoveries of Modern Times. In Eight Lectures, delivered in the Oxford University pulpit, at the Bampton Lecture for 1859. ByGeo. Rawlinson, M.A., Editor of the Histories of Herodotus. With the CopiousNotes translatedfor theAmerican Editionby an accomplished scholar. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON’S LECTURES ON LOGIC.With Notes from Original Materials, and an Appendix containing the Latest Development of his New Logical Theory. Edited by Prof.H. Longueville Mansel, Oxford, andJohn Veitch, M. A., Edinburgh. Royal octavo, cloth, $3.00. (In press.)

MORAL PHILOSOPHY, including Theoretical and Practical Ethics. ByJoseph Haven, D. D., late Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in Amherst College; author of “Mental Philosophy.” Royal 12mo, cloth, embossed, $1.25.

It is eminently scientific in method, and thorough in discussion, and its views on unsettled questions in morals are discriminating and sound. It treats largely of Political Ethics—a department of morals of great importance to American youth, but generally overlooked in text-books. In the history of ethical opinions it is unusually rich and elaborate.

POPULAR GEOLOGY; With Descriptive Sketches from a Geologist’s Portfolio. By Hugh Miller. With a Resume of the Progress of Geological Science during the last two years. ByMrs. Miller. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

This work is likely to prove the most popular of Hugh Miller’s writings, and to attain the widest circulation. It is written in his best style, and makes the mysteries of Geology intelligible to the common mind. As an architect explains the structure of a house from cellar to attic, so this accomplished geologist takes the globe to pieces, and explains the manner in which all its strata have been formed, from the granite foundation to the alluvial surface. It supplies just the information which many readers have been longing for, but unable to find. Also,

HUGH MILLER’S WORKS.Seven volumes, uniform style, in an elegant box, embossed cloth, $8.25; library sheep, $10.00; half calf, $14.00; antique, $14.00.

MANSEL’S MISCELLANIES; including “Prolegomina Logica,” “Metaphysics,” “Limits of Demonstrative Evidence,” “Philosophy of Kant,” etc. 12mo, cloth, (In press.)

THE CHRISTIAN’S DAILY TREASURY; a Religious Exercise for every Day in the Year. By Rev.E. Temple. A new and improved edition. 12 mo, cloth, $1.00.

☞ A work for every Christian. It is indeed a “Treasury” of good things.

THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST; or, Christianity Viewed in its Leading Aspects. By the Rev.A. R. L. Foote, author of “Incidents in the Life of our Saviour,” etc. 16 mo, cloth, 50 cts.

THE CHRISTIAN PASTOR; His Work and the Needful Preparation. ByAlvan Hovey, D. D., Prof. of Theology in the Newton Theol. Inst. 16 mo, pp. 60; flexible cloth, 25 cents; paper covers, 12 cents.

APOLLOS; or, Directions to Persons just commencing a Religious Life. 32 mo, paper covers, cheap, for distribution, per hundred, $6.00.

THE HARVEST AND THE REAPERS.Home Work for All, and how to do it. By Rev.Harvey Newcomb. 16 mo, cloth, 63 cts.

This work is dedicated to the converts of 1858. It shows whatmaybe done, by showing what has been done. It shows how much there is now to be done at home. It shows how to do it. Every man interested in the work of saving men, every professing Christian, will find this work to be for him.

THE CHURCH-MEMBER’S MANUALof Ecclesiastical Principles, Doctrines, and Discipline. By Rev.William Crowell, D. D. Introduction byH. J. Ripley, D. D. Second edition, revised and improved. 12 mo, cloth, 75 cts.

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THE CHURCH-MEMBER’S GUIDE.By the Rev.John A. James. Edited byJ. O. Choules, D. D. New edition. With Introductory Essay, by Rev.Hubbard Winslow. Cloth, 33 cts.

“The spontaneous effusion of our heart, on laying the book down, was: ‘May every church, member in our land possess this book, and be blessed with all the happiness which conformity to its evangelical sentiments and directions is calculated to confer.’”—Christian Secretary.

THE CHURCH IN EARNEST.By Rev.John A. James.18 mo, cloth, 40 cts.

“Its arguments and appeals are well adapted to prompt to action, and the times demand such a book. We trust it will be universally read.”—N. Y. Observer.“Those who have the means should purchase a number of copies of this work, and lend them to church-members, and keep them in circulationtill they are worn out!”—Mothers’ Assistant.

“Its arguments and appeals are well adapted to prompt to action, and the times demand such a book. We trust it will be universally read.”—N. Y. Observer.

“Those who have the means should purchase a number of copies of this work, and lend them to church-members, and keep them in circulationtill they are worn out!”—Mothers’ Assistant.

CHRISTIAN PROGRESS.A Sequel to the Anxious Inquirer. ByJohn Angell James. 18 mo, cloth, 31 cts.

☞ One of the best and most useful works of this popular author.“It ought to be sold by hundreds of thousands, until every church-member in the land has bought, read, marked, learned, and inwardly digested a copy.”—Congregationalist.“So eminently is it adapted to do good, that we feel no surprise that it should make one of the publishers’ excellent publications. It exhibits the whole subject of growth in grace with great simplicity and clearness.”—Puritan Recorder.

☞ One of the best and most useful works of this popular author.

“It ought to be sold by hundreds of thousands, until every church-member in the land has bought, read, marked, learned, and inwardly digested a copy.”—Congregationalist.

“So eminently is it adapted to do good, that we feel no surprise that it should make one of the publishers’ excellent publications. It exhibits the whole subject of growth in grace with great simplicity and clearness.”—Puritan Recorder.

59 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON,Would call particular attention to the following valuable works describedin their Catalogue of Publications, viz.:

Hugh Miller’s Works.Bayne’s Works. Walker’s Works. Miall’s Works. Bungener’s Work.Annual of Scientific Discovery. Knight’s Knowledge is Power.Krummacher’s Suffering Saviour.Banvard’s American Histories. The Aimwell Stories.Newcomb’s Works. Tweedie’s Works. Chambers’s Works. Harris’ Works.Kitto’s Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature.Mrs. Knight’s Life of Montgomery. Kitto’s History of Palestine.Whewell’s Work. Wayland’s Works. Agassiz’s Works.

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Williams’ Works. Guyot’s Works.Thompson’s Better Land. Kimball’s Heaven. Valuable Works on Missions.Haven’s Mental Philosophy. Buchanan’s Modern Atheism.Cruden’s Condensed Concordance. Eadie’s Analytical Concordance.The Psalmist: a Collection of Hymns.Valuable School Books. Works for Sabbath Schools.Memoir of Amos Lawrence.Poetical Works of Milton, Cowper, Scott. Elegant Miniature Volumes.Arvine’s Cyclopædia of Anecdotes.Ripley’s Notes on Gospels, Acts, and Romans.Sprague’s European Celebrities. Marsh’s Camel and the Hallig.Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words.Hackett’s Notes on Acts. M’Whorter’s Yahveh Christ.Siebold and Stannius’s Comparative Anatomy. Maroon’s Geological Map, U.S.Religious and Miscellaneous Works.Works in the various Departments of Literature, Science and Art.

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