You were abusive.

You are too well self-governed to understand the working-man's temptations.

You preached from the heart as you felt, without the charity of the head." "Perhaps--perhaps," he returned humbly; and then with a quite gentle retort, "Don't you sometimes preach too much from the head, Brother Rivers ?" "Yes, that may be the case.

I am conscious sometimes that I lack your power of direct appeal--your personal application of the truth.

I ought to preach the first half of the sermon--the appeal to the reason, the head part--and ask you to conclude with the heart share--the personal application of my cold logic." "Let us try it," said Grace rising and much amused; "cold, Rivers! your cold logic! There is nothing cold in all your nature.