A Long Sermon

A preacher who had divided his sermon into numerous divisions and sub-divisions, quite exhausted the patience of his auditors, who finding niglit approaching, quitted the church one after another. The preacher not perceiving this rapid desertion, continued to dispute with himself in the pulpit; until a singingboy, who remained, said, "Sir, here are the keys of the church; when you have finished, will you be careful to shut the door."