Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

importance, in order that grace and dignity may be
brought into the impartation of truth.
By learning correctly to use the voice in
speaking, many who are weak-chested may save
their lives. Make the student stand erect, throwing
back his shoulders. The ladies especially need to
cultivate the voice.
In every reading exercise, require the students
to speak the words distinctly, clearly pronouncing
even the last syllable. Teach the students not to let
their voice die away at the end of the sentence.
Require a full, clear, round tone of voice to the
very close, including the last syllable.
Many who use their vocal organs in so careless
a way that they can scarcely be called vocal organs,
if allowed to continue speaking defectively, will
die of consumption. For want of exercise the lungs
will close their healthful action. In the respiration
there is not a full inhalation of pure, vital air to
give nourishment to the lungs, consequently they
become diseased.
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