Make it evident that we are penetrated with what we teach, and that we have begun to practice, before attempting to instruct others
1818 Rule Part 1, chapter 3, §1
That Eugene was preaching from his own intimate experience and knowledge of Christ the Saviour becomes clear in the description which Marius Suzanne gave of Eugene’s preaching on Palm Sunday:
“He expressed himself with such force and eloquence, and put into the mouth of the Saviour, a speech so full of gentleness and grace.”
M. SUZANNE, Quelques lettres sur la mission d’Aix, p. 11-12.