Given to Colporteur outside Mr. Moody's Hall 100 20 O 050 10 0 0 J. W. 026 An aged believer 20 0 0 ... 0 19 1 0 E. J. Miss Sarah Gray Hill Miss Annie Armstrong Mrs. M. E. White 100 110 036 050 0 10 0 0 10 0 050 050 Messrs. J. and R. Cory, for Castletown, Cardiff, and Penrikyler Oxfordshire Association:- Stow and Aston ... Essex Congregational Union, for Pitsea 10 0 0 ... South Devon Congregational Union Grosvenor Square Calne District Church 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 050 300 200 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 Mr. 8. R. Pearce Congregational 110 Mrs. Jenkins 110 110 860 Miss Hadfield, for Ryde, Cowes, and Sandown Mr. John J. Rodgers 110 Mr. T. E. Davis 220 30 0 0 Messrs. W. Kent and Co.... 110 500 Mr. W. Izard 220 210 0 The Hon. Mrs. Howard 100 Mr. W. Wayre 110 £273 7 0 Rev. W. A. Blake 0106 Mr. J. Wells 0 10 0 £ s. d. 010 01 0 050 100 0 50 Mr. W. Y. Thompson Messrs. 8. W. Partridge and Co Mr. J. Dennish Mr. A. Chamberlin 100 220 0 10 0 110 £282 18 10 Society of Evangelists. Statement of Receipts from June 15th to July 16th, 1884. Miss Sarah Gray Hill Mr. I. Levinsohn Thankoffering for Mr. £ s. d. 500 550 20 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 1 1 0 100 500 services at Carlton and Saxmundham Mr. J. R. Bayley £75 11 0 AUCKLAND TABERNACLE FUND.-Mrs. G. E. Buckenham, £5 58; Mr. N. Cumings, 10s; C. P., 5s; A Member, £1; Mrs. Walton, £5 5s; Mrs. R. Wilson, £1; Squire, £1; Miss Allen, 10s; given to Mr. Spurgeon at the Orphanage, 10s; received by Pastor T. Spurgeon at the Orphanage Fête, £26 16s 10d; Another brick, 10s; A Friend, 5s; Miss M. Heath, £1 1s; Mr. J. Gwyer, 10s; C. H. Spurgeon, from Jubilee Testimonial, £250. Friends sending presents to the Orphanage are earnestly requested to let their names or initials accompany the same, or we cannot properly acknowledge them; and also to write to Mr. Spurgeon if no acknowledgment is sent within a week. All parcels should be addressed to Mr. Charlesworth, Stockwell Orphanage, Clapham Road, London. Subscriptions will be thankfully received by C. H. Spurgeon," Westwood," Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood. Should any sums sent before the 14th of last month be unacknowledged in this list, friends are requested to write at once to Mr. Spurgeon. Post Office and Postal Orders should be made payable at the Chief Office, London, to C. H. Spurgeon; and Cheques and Orders should all be crossed. Applications for the admission of destitute Fatherless Children, between the ages of six and ten, should be addressed in writing to the Secretary, and full particulars given. As the number of candidates is largely in excess of the accommodation, the Trustees may decline to issue a form; for it would be useless to cause trouble when there is no prospect of success. If a form be granted, it must not be regarded as a guarantee that the application will succeed. The questions must be fully and frankly answered by the applicant, and the form returned as soon as possible. The slightest untruthfulness will necessitate the immediate rejection of the case. Unhealthy, deformed, and imbecile children are not eligible. Only children born in wedlock can be received. Under no possible circumstances can exceptions be made to this rule, as the trust is definite and unalterable. If the case is entered on the list of approved candidates, the Trustees appoint a visitor to make personal inquiries. Should these be satisfactory, the child will appear before the Committee in due course, and if it is then among the most needy and deserving, it may be recommended for admission to the Institution, as soon as there is room. Friends who are only acquainted with the case in which they are specially interested must not be surprised at its rejection by the Trustees at any stage if it is proved by them to be less necessitous than others; nor must they wonder if the child is declined because of unsuitability, for the Institution is not a Hospital, nor a Reformatory, nor an Idiot Asylum. The election of children not being determined by subscribers' votes, the Trustees maintain the strictest impartiality while considering the claims of the various applicants, and the greatest need always has the loudest voice with them. Applicants are requested not to call upon the Trustees privately, as they are bound not to attend to them otherwise than officially. Cases will be considered on their own merits, and they will derive no advantage from personal solicitation. Mr. Spurgeon cannot personally see any applicants, and should not be written to. All letters on this business must be addressed to the Secretary. The Institution is mainly supported by spontaneous gifts, a number of donors sending as regularly, year by year, as if they were pledged to do so. An increase to the number of subscribers would greatly cheer the President's heart. Now that girls as well as boys have to be fed, clothed, and educated, the income needs to be doubled. Will not the reader of this Report become a helper? Subscriptions, large or small, will be gratefully received by C. H. SPURGEON, Westwood, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, S.E. Collecting Boxes or Books may be obtained of the Secretary, Stockwell Orphanage. Gifts of Food, Stores, Clothes, Books, Toys, and useful articles are always welcome, and should be directed to VERNON J. CHARLESWORTH, Head Master, The Orphanage, Stockwell, London, S.W. NOTE.-Letters requiring an answer should contain a stamped directed envelope. REPORT, 1883-4. *** HEN a year has been crowned with mercy it should be closed with praise, and we invite all who have had fellowship with us in the work of the Orphanage to join in blessing our Covenant God. Without the Lord nothing prospers, but with him nothing fails. The Stockwell Orphanage has always been covered with the wings of the Eternal, and so its little ones have nestled down in safety. Neither anxiety nor toil have been permitted to press so heavily as to become a burden, for our anxiety has yielded to a peaceful trust that "the Lord will provide," and toil has been rendered light by the assurance, "My grace is sufficient for thee." Our language is, "Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together." It is good work, for a good Master, who has set before us a good object, promises us good wages, and provides us with good supplies. We ought to be merry in the midst of such mercy. The Trustees have all been spared and enabled to perform their arduous duties through another year; friends have been raised up for the Institution; funds have been forthcoming, and every way we are called upon to praise the Lord upon the high-sounding cymbals. Our tongue shall not be silent nor our heart forgetful; the whole Institution shall be perfumed with the praises of Jehovah, the Father of the fatherless, and the Judge of the widow. To those who like to trace the progress of the Institution, the following table will be of considerable interest, from which it will be seen that we have received NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR FATHERLESS CHILDREN! This is a large family, but not too large for the bounty of the Father's House. "He openeth his hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living thing." See how easily the work is done. He does but open his hand and every need is satisfied. Another year's experience has proved that "He who feeds the ravens With gratitude be it said the orphans have never lacked a meal, and the managers have been spared the calamity of debt, and even the trial of overdrawing their banker's account. If at any time our faith has been put to the test, it has only led us to more fervent prayer, and the supplies have come when they have been most needed. NOTE. Of the 49 children whose removal we record, 35 were placed in situations, 9 were remitted to their friends, 4 were dismissed on the re-marriage of their mothers, and one died in the Hospital. Mr. John Maynard, one of the old boys, on returning from Africa, where he had charge of a church, entered the Pastors' College as a student for the ministry. As many of our supporters are removed year by year, and new friends must be added to the list, we deem it advisable to recapitulate the guiding principles of the Institution. 1. It is based on THE COTTAGE HOME SYSTEM which, in our judgment, has superior advantages over every other. The loss of home and parental influence is a calamity to a child, and the wisest and best methods are necessary to compensate the loss as far as possible. Covering an area of nearly four acres in one of the healthiest suburbs |