make
confession of your sins to Him, and to put your trust for eternity
entirely in the merits of the Lord Jesus, that you may obtain the
forgiveness of your sins. Again, should any one read this who has
believed in the Lord Jesus, but who is now again living in sin, who is
again regarding iniquity in his heart, let not such a one be surprised
that he has no confidence toward God, and that he does not know the
blessedness of having answers to his prayers; for it is written: "If I
regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God
bath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer." Ps. lxvi.
18, 19. The first thing such a one has to do is, to forsake his evil
course, to make confession of it, and to know afresh the power of the
blood of the Lord Jesus on his conscience, by putting his trust in that
precious blood, in order that he may obtain confidence toward God.

Supplies for the support of the Orphans, sent in answer to prayer, from
May 26, 1848, to May 26, 1850.

When the accounts were closed on May 26, 1848, I had in hand a balance
of 1l. 10s. 3 3/4 d. With this amount then we began, whilst day by day
above one hundred and thirty persons were to be provided for in the four
Orphan-Houses in Wilson Street. Nor was there any money besides
available except what had been advanced to the four matrons in the
various Orphan-Houses for the week's house-keeping, which was already
more than half expended; and I had on the 30th to advance again many
pounds for the following week. Place yourself now, dear reader, in my
position, in order that you may the more clearly see the hand of God in
what follows.

On the very next day, after the accounts were closed, May 27, 1848, I
received from Westmoreland five pounds, half of which sum was intended
by the donor for the Orphans, and half for the other objects. This
donation I took as an earnest out of the hands of the living God, that
during the whole of this period also He would provide for these many
Orphans, as He had done in former years.

May 28. Received anonymously 3s. 9 1/2 d., and from A. S. A. 10s. 2 1/2
d.

May 29. Today I have received 100l., which, being left to me as most
needed, I took half for the Orphans, and half for the other objects. How
kind of the Lord to refresh my heart thus in sending me this seasonable
help at the very commencement of this period, as there was so little
left in hand when the accounts were closed three days si