In his teachings, Christ drew his lessons from the objects of nature around him,--those things with which his hearers were acquainted in their daily life. He was a perfect teacher. His speech was never hurried. His words were spoken with clear enunciation and appropriate emphasis. And this is the Pattern set before every one who would become a teacher of the truth. Rapid utterance is a defect that every speaker should make decided efforts to overcome. There is altogether too much jingling of words. They sound upon the ear, but are spoken in so hurried a manner that the hearers cannot get the sense of one word before another is spoken, and another, and the meaning is lost. Every word should be spoken plainly, so that it may have its full significance. Only in this way can God's truth, deep with meaning, come to human ears with such import as to impress the mind.

I sin lære, drog Kristus sine lektier fra naturens genstande omkring ham – de ting som hans tilhører kendte til fra deres dagligdag.. Han var en perfekt lærer. Hans tale var aldrig forhastet. Hans ord blev talt med klar udtale og passende eftertryk. Og dette er det Mønster der sættes for enhver som vil blive en sandhedslærer. Hurtige ord er en defekt, som enhver taler bør anstrenge sig alvorligt for at overvinde. Der er i det hele taget for megen remser af ord. De lyder på øret, men tales på en så skyndsom måde at tilhørerne ikke kan få fornemmelse af et ord før det andet er sagt, og meningen går tabt. Ethvert ord bør udtales tydeligt, så at det kan have sin fulde betydning. Kun på denne måde kan Guds sandhed, med meningens dybte, komme til menneskeøret med en sådan vigtighed at det gør indtryk.