BREVITY
The feature of any address should be its brevity. Few people realize the importance of this, on account of their very great love for self. I often recall the story of the Rev. Dr. Joseph Channing, whose brother was an eminent surgeon in New York. One day a stranger called on the medical doctor in error, and after being admitted said, "I hope you are well, but you have changed considerably since I heard you preach." "Heard me preach?" said Dr. Channing. "Why, yes," preach?" said Dr. Channing. "Why, yes," answered the visitor; "aren't you the Dr. Channing that preaches?" "No; I am the doctor that practises," answered the eminent physician. And so do I.