We must here acknowledge that it in the spirit with which subscriptions are offered, and the prayers with which they are accompanied, which give value to the little collections, and we trust that the prevailing motive in most of the givers, is the honest desire to spread the knowledge of that gospel which they have themselves learnt to prize. It is however pleasant, when such a desire is expressed. Thus on one of our districts being lately revisited with a view more especially to the promotion of free subscriptions, a fisherman came forward with his twopence a month, saying. “May a blessing go with it; and perhaps even that, may be the means of saving one soul.” A poor woman too, on giving her offering, said to the collectors, “If I have to work ever so hard, I will have the penny ready when you come again; for I will pay it for the sake of the cause.” One more instance of the same kind, we cannot refrain from giving as related by a beloved and lamented young member of our committee, who laboured diligently during her brief career, to lead others to the knowledge of those promises of the Redeemer, of which we may thankfully believe she has experienced the blessed fulfilment. “December 13th, 1833. We called on a poor woman to-day, who wished to subscribe for a bible for her son. After she had told us the size, she said, ‘I am afraid of being troublesome, but might I give a trifle to the Bible Society?’ God, she said, had done so much for her, and she felt such a great desire to do something for his glory; then she thought what a poor, miserable, sinful creature she was, could she be permitted to do anything in his service? What to do she could not guess! Then she thought she would set to work, and what she could spare of her earnings, she would give with all her heart to the Bible Society, if I would be so kind as to receive it. She made many more acknowledgments of God’s mercy, particularly that of opening her mind, to understand the word of God, which though she had read, it was without profit to herself, till lately, and when people used to speak to her of the benefit of reading it, she hardly believed them, but now she found it was her greatest comfort; when she opened her bible, she seemed directed to the particular passage that suited her case; and when she went to a place of worship, whatever the minister said, seemed meant for her. She could not express all she felt for these mercies, but still to be silent, she knew would be wrong. It was settled that she should pay one penny a week, and when she gave me her first penny, she said, ‘May God’s blessing go with my mite, that it may be useful.’”—A. U. One of our committee gives the following account of a poor old deaf widow, well known for twenty years past, as a consistent earnest christian:—