Ministers must know how to lose arguments on non-essential matters.  Care must be taken not to harangue others into silence.  Preachers have a way with words.  Their whole career is related to the skillful communication of ideas.  It is a disgraceful fact that some ministers love to talk and have a habit of dominating discussion on every subject.  Even when ignorant on an issue, a preacher can usually out-talk knowledgeable men.  Thus in a controversy it is possible to silence men by sheer force of verbiage without convincing them.  How exemplary would it be if all ministers exercised self-control over their tongues in the church!  It is to be feared that some men are able to handle texts of Scripture who cannot discipline themselves.