101. The treatment also of such subjects as the
teaching of faith, instruction on self-restraint, discussion on
justice, exhortation to activity, must not be taken up by us and fully
gone into all at one time, but must be carried on in course, so far as
we can do it, and as the subject-matter of the passage allows.
Our discourse must not be too lengthy, nor too soon cut short, for fear
the former should leave behind it a feeling of aversion, and the latter
produce carelessness and neglect. The address should be plain and
simple, clear and evident, full of dignity and weight; it should not be
studied or too refined, nor yet, on the other hand, be unpleasing and
rough in style.