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so that at the time of his death, they had attained, in substance, the whole of their present extent,1 and besides the orphan-house, public school, and seminary, comprehended the whole number of the other useful establishments appertaining to it.2 It contained at that time, one hundred and thirty-four orphan children, who were brought up and attended to by ten male and female overseers, two thousand two hundred and seven children and youths, in the various schools, who were instructed, for the most part gratuitously, by one hundred and seventy-five teachers and inspectors, and besides the orphans, a

1 There is a minute account of the large and street-like building and its several parts in a pamphlet, entitled 'Description of the Orphan-House at Hallé.' But the best description falls short of the effect produced by the personal inspection of it.

2 There belong to it, besides a farm, brewery, &c. a bookseller's shop, a printing office, Dispensary, laboratory, hospital, library, museum, &c. The dispensary of the orphan-house, which was commenced in the year 1698, was at first only a domestic medicine chest. The library of the orphan-house took its rise from the presents and bequests to it, and contained even in 1721, eighteen thousand volumes. Franké, in the year he died, began a building for a new library, which was however only finished in 1728. The printing office and repository for the sale of books belonging to the orphan-house (the latter of which was commenced in a little room in the parsonage-house of Glaucha) owe their origin to Franké's excellent friend, Henry Julius Evers; with whom he had formed an intimate connection when in Leipzig. In 1698, he had procured the printing of a discourse of Franké's on the duties to be observed towards the poor, and although a candidate for the ministry, and notwithstanding all the ridicule it brought upon him, he publicly sold it at the Leipzig fair, on a little table, for the benefit of the orphan-house. Encouraged by the success he met with, he undertook the expense of publishing several larger works, and the divine blessing visibly rested upon his disinterested endeavours.

The laboratory also deserves to be particularly mentioned; since the great blessing which rested upon every thing that Franké undertook in believing confidence in God, was also extended to the medicines, which were therein prepared.

3 An establishment for widows was also founded, which, however, at that time, contained only six widows.

great number of poor schools; it provided dinner for one hundred and forty-eight, and supper for two hundred and twelve, and two hundred and fifty-five poor students were fed from the funds of the orphanhouse.'

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But how could Franké, who saw such a work rising up beneath his care and before his eyes, from the small sum of seven guilders, refrain from giving the glory to Him, to whom it was due? That he did give him all the praise, is perfectly evident from what has been already stated. However, we add a few more striking passages, in which he expresses his own views of the work. Wherefore," says he, "should we not give the glory to God, and confess that it is his work-and that the honour of it belongs neither to such a wretched worm as I, nor to any other individual, but solely to the One, Supreme, Creator of all things, the Almighty, the Omnipotent and lawful King who sitteth upon the throne, ‘God over all, blessed for ever?' He it is, who has formed all this, and has paternally blessed it from the commencement hitherto-not indeed from any large fund which he had previously committed to my charge, as some most mistakenly imagine, but he has formed something out of nothing; and according to the infinite riches of his mercy towards me, (his wretched and contemptible creature,) has

1 Even in 1709, so short a time after the establishment of the institution, it contained one hundred and thirty orphan children. The total number of all those who at that time received instruction in the orphan-house was about thirteen hundred, of which by far the greater part paid nothing for schooling, and besides this, were provided with books; and the number of those who were fed and maintained, without reckoning the extraordinary cases of the kind, amounted to three hundred and sixty-eight.

excited a faith and a confidence in my poor heart, so that I have simply placed my hope-not on men; nor on their power and riches-but alone on his Almighty arm, who is able to do for us abundantly above all that we can ask or think, and did not doubt of that which I saw not. My soul ventured most cordially upon him alone, as circumstances from time to time required, and with him I proved successful, to the honour of his divine word, which engages that no one shall be put to shame who waits for him; and I shall prosper further with him, to the shame and disgrace of the unbelief of men, who imagine they find in their vain mammon, a more certain refuge, than in the living God, who is able to deliver from death.... Were the idea ever to occur to me, that it was I who fed the people, and I who built the orphan-house, the reader may rest assured, that I should regard it as a temptation of Satan, and strive against it with all earnestness. The merciful God has given me fully to know, by various ways, which are uncommon to human reason, what those words signify, "The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord! and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.' And man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God.' And is it possible therefore, for any one to imagine, that when I see a couple of hundred individuals sitting down to table, every noon and evening, I should be such a fool as to think, (or if such foolish thoughts ever occurred to me, to give them any attention) that I feed, support, and provide for them all? I testify before God, that I regard the whole work as his, and do not acknow

ledge that any of the praise belongs to me, which the living God might easily put to shame, were he but once to abandon me, in the many and diversified trials I experience.

“I have frequently been obliged to laugh at the foolish world, when it has asserted, that I must have had a large fund to have ventured on erecting such a spacious edifice,-being well aware, how little I had in hand for the purpose. But it is only just and right to praise God for it, who has so graciously helped and brought it to its present state: the works of men must not be mentioned, but the work of God should be openly praised. I am therefore not ashamed to confess my poverty, but heartily bless my gracious God for it, and praise him for having by his abundance, supplied my wants, and relieved my necessities. With him I counted the cost-that is, with his love, his omnipotence, and his faithfulness, even as I have not sought my own advantage, but solely the glory of God. They who seek their own, may count the cost with their purse and outward property, but I will not say that I have done it by my wisdom, riches, and ability, nor will I say that I have accomplished it by my faith; for my gracious God has always done more than I believed he would. I therefore ascribe it solely and entirely to the superabundant mercy, love, and faithfulness of God, and praise him for it all; and hence I make this public declaration, that every one may be able to bless the name of the Lord with me.1

1 This sentiment he expressed also in the inscription upon the prin cipal building of the orphan-house : "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, and mount up as on the wings of eagles." (Isa. xl. 31.)

"For my part, I freely confess, that God led me into it, I know not how, and that the thing proceeded not so much from any purpose of mine, (which also may have emanated from God) as from a secret and divine manuduction; which also rendered the work the easier for me, from the circumstance of its commencing in a small and insignificant manner, and thus the needful experience for it secretly increased with its growth.

"God has now for twelve years together impressed his seal upon this work, in such a manner, that every one may easily perceive that it is not my work. Hence also his divine honour is pledged to support and preserve it with his Almighty arm, of which I have not the smallest doubt, since I am much more certain of the provision of my Father in heaven, and his heart-ruling power, than of all earthly riches and possessions, and all human promises and assurances."

But all Franké's contemporaries did not think of this work as he did. The party amongst the clergy, who were opposed to the whole bias of Franké's labours in general, could not endure that a work of a man so detested by them, should be made so much of, and that the finger of God should be perceived in it. Hence a periodical work, entitled, "Guileless intelligence, concerning ancient and modern theological matters; which was opposed to what was called pietism, made it its chief object from the year 1707, to depreciate the orphan-house and its founder, as much as possible, and to seek out every thing by which he might be placed in an evil light by the ill-disposed. This example found imitators, and the implacable Dr. Mayer of Griefswald published a pamphlet in 1709, under the title of

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