is, that which respects the 1000l., which,
however, the Lord, I doubt not, will likewise send in His own time. In the
meantime, let my brethren help me to praise Him, that He has sent already
more than one half of that sum, and therefore more than for the present
has been needed.

3. So far as I remember, I brought even the most minute circumstances
concerning the Orphan-House before the Lord in my petitions, being
conscious of my own weakness and ignorance. There was, however, one point
I never had prayed about, namely, that the Lord would send children; for I
naturally took it for granted that there would be plenty of applications.
The nearer, however, the day came, which had been appointed for receiving
applications, the more I had a secret consciousness, that the Lord might
disappoint my natural expectations, and show me that I could not prosper
in one single thing without Him. The appointed time came, and not even one
application was made. I had before this been repeatedly tried, whether I
might not, after all, against the Lord's mind, have engaged in the work.
This circumstance now led me to lie low before my God in prayer the whole
of the evening, February 3, and to examine my heart once more as to all
the motives concerning it; and being able, as formerly, to say, that His
glory was my chief aim, i.e., that it might be seen that it is not a vain
thing to trust in the living God,--and that my second aim was the spiritual
welfare of the orphan-children,--and the third their bodily welfare; and
still continuing in prayer, I was at last brought to this state, that I
could say from my heart, that I should rejoice in God being glorified in
this matter, though it were by bringing the whole to nothing. But as
still, after all, it seemed to me more tending to the glory of God, to
establish and prosper the Orphan-House, I could then ask Him heartily, to
send applications. I enjoyed now a peaceful state of heart concerning the
subject, and was also more assured than ever that God would establish it.
The very next day, February 4, the first application was made, and since
then 42 more have been made.

4. The house mentioned in the last printed account, which we had intended
to rent, having been let before any applications had been made, and
nothing more having been done about the premises offered as a gift, on
account of the want of money needed to complete the building, I rented, at
least for one year, the house No. 6, Wi