Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-02

Is sung practice we nave always
thought very reasonable one, especially
amongst the poor and those who cannot
read.
THE SERMON.
The text was in these words, "AIy
soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from him." He divided
his subject into two parts-an exhorta-
ton and an expectation. The exhorta-
ton" My. soul, wait thou only upon
God" The soul, he said, is the main
spring of the whole body. Keep that
right with God and all else will be right.
The Christian soul is to wait upon God
for the great object of life, for the means
of life, for protection, and direction
After much more of this kind he select
ed Sir Walter Scott as an instance of one
who had conspicuously erred through
waiting upon worldly ambition and not
upon God. What was his ambition p
said the speaker. "To be a laird, to
found family, to plant deep the roots
of great ancestral tree, whose boughs
should stretch out into the earth. and
whose fruit should be gathered by many
generations. So he in effect said, Ny
soul, wait thou only upon novel-writing,
and he succeeded. He founded his IA
mily; he reared his palace, he got him his
title, and seemed TO have his reward :;
but, one day, one of those under-currents
that run hidden along the course of trade
and speculation rose up to the surface,
and, like a flood, swept all his wealth
away, and overthrow his last and great
est hopes" Without entertaining the
question as 10 the propriety and justice
of this treatment of the graat novelist's
character, there is no denying that it was
eloquently and ably said. The COM
pany listened to it as to powerful piece
of defamation, and were with reluctance
kept from applauding the speaker.
INSTANCES OF HIS HUMoR.
After stating a variaty of cases in
which some were anxious for a Compel
ency, others for great wealth, others
for simple responsibility, and others again
for independence, pointing to different
portions of his audience as he spoke, as
if certain that he could lay his finger
upon the exact example in point, he
broke out, Il know an Independent
gentleman whose income is 3s Cd a week!
{ a roar of laughter showed the relish
for pleasantry) 1t is parish pay, and
he lives upon it and enjoys it. For all
else that he wants he draws upon the
bank of Faith, where he has large
credit, and his cheques are never dishon-
ored. If you tell him that his pay is
stopped, he will answer that he does not
lay it to heart. He must live as long as
his Heavenly Father orders, and to live
he must have food and if it come not
from the parish his Heavenly Father
will send it from somewhere else. -
Speaking of the duty of prayer in times
of doubt he said, "the proper way is to
go TO God straight at once, and before
going to anybody else, and before you
have made up your mind. People often
come TO me for advice-mostly young
people-who ask me if | advise them TO
get married-(no neutrality-suspicious.
as everybody knows that that is a sub
ject on which people do not like advice.
and on which they make up their minds
on their own account" But the crown
ing piece Of fun, that by which his per-
Torrance on that day will be most re-
membered, was towards the close of the
discourse, when the speaker proposed to
treat Of the second part of the text
" My expectation is from Him" Look
ing Significantly for a moment, and point.
ing with his finger as if to some one on
whom his eye had fixed, he said. You
have grandfather, or an old grand,
mother, or a great aunt. She has some
thousands of pounds. Of course, YOU
do not care for them, but your affection
for her is quite overwhelming. You
torment her with your anxieties about
her. Your frequent inquiries after her
health, and the tenderness of your EN-,
braces are extremely teazing. You are
waiting upon her continually. (Great
laughter.) Why is this You expecta.
ton is from her; By-and-by you will
hear that the health you have so tender.
ly inquired after, is broken down, and
then-that she is dead. You will mourn
and grieve over her, and dress yourself
in the deepest black, but oh there will
be magnificent consolation in those
thousands of pounds that have come al