By earnest prayer and diligent effort we are to obtain a fitness for speaking. This fitness includes uttering every syllable clearly, placing the force and emphasis where it belongs. Speak slowly. Many speak rapidly, hurrying one word after another so fast that the effect of what they say is lost. Into what you say put the spirit and life of Christ.... To those who hear, the gospel is made the power of God unto salvation. Present the gospel in its simplicity.—Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students, 253-255 (1913). {Ev 175.2}

Vær alvorlig i bønnen og ved ihærdige anstrengelser bliver vi gode til at tale. Denne færdighed indbefatter at alle stavelser siges klart, lægger vægt og eftertryk hvor der skal. Tal langsomt. Mange taler hurtigt, og haster enhvert ord efter hinanden så hurtigt at virkningen af det de siger, går tabt. Læg Kristi ånd og liv i hvad du siger. . . . For dem som hører, bliver evangeliets Guds kraft til frelse. Overbring evangeliet i sin enkelhed. - Råd til lærere s. 253-255. (1913)