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

vocal organs by their manner of speaking. Some
ministers have acquired a habit of hurriedly rattling
off what they have to say as though they had a
lesson to repeat and were hastening through it as
fast as possible. This is not the best manner of
speaking. By using proper care, every minister can
educate himself to speak distinctly and
impressively, not to hurriedly crowd the words
together without taking time to breathe. He should
speak in a moderate manner, that the people may
get the ideas fixed in their minds as he passes
along. But when the matter is rushed through so
rapidly, the people cannot get the points in their
minds, and they do not have time to receive the
impression that it is important for them to have; nor
is there time for the truth to affect them as it
otherwise would.
Speaking from the throat, letting the words
come out from the upper extremity of the vocal
organs, all the time fretting and irritating them, is
not the best way to preserve health or to increase
the efficiency of those organs. You should take a
full inspiration and let the action come from the
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