They wanted him at their picnics; and, whenever he preached, they flocked to hear him.

It was a significant thing that his title of Professor was never heard.

From first to last, he was always called "Parson Dorrance;" and there were few Sundays on which he did not preach at home or abroad.

It was one of the forms of his active benevolence.

If a poor minister broke down and needed rest, Parson Dorrance preached for him, for one month or for three, as the case required.