Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

known to those that hear.
"Whom we preach, warning every man, and
teaching every man in all wisdom," not as novices,
not in ignorance, "that we may present every man
perfect in Christ Jesus: whereunto I also labor,
striving according to His working, which worketh
in me mightily." Colossians 1:28, 29. It is the work
of God, the grace from God, realized and felt,
gracing the life and actions, which is to make a
sensible impression upon those that hear.
But it is not this only. There are other things to
be considered, in which some have been negligent,
but which are of consequence, in the light in which
they have been presented before me. Impressions
are made upon the people by the deportment of the
speaker in the desk, by his attitude, and by his
manner of speaking. If these things are as God
would have them, the impression they make will be
in favor of the truth; especially will that class be
favorably impressed who have been listening to
fables. It is important that the minister's manner be
modest and dignified, in keeping with the holy,
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