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the hearers with the fact that he is in earnest, without straining the fine
organs of the throat or the lungs.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:672
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Channel for the Voice—Brother A, your love for reading and
your dislike for physical taxation, while talking and exercising your
throat, make you liable to disease of the throat and lungs. You should
be guarded and should not speak hurriedly, rattling off what you have
to say as though you had a lesson to repeat. You should not let the
labor come upon the upper portion of the vocal organs, for this will
constantly wear and irritate them, and will lay the foundation for
disease. The action should come upon the abdominal muscles. The
lungs and throat should be the channel, but should not do all the
work.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:311
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Exercise After Eating—There are men and women of excellent
natural ability who do not accomplish half what they might if they
would exercise self-control in the denial of appetite.
Many writers and speakers fail here. After eating heartily, they
give themselves to sedentary occupations, reading, study, or writing,
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allowing no time for physical exercise. As a consequence the free flow
of thought and words is checked. They cannot write or speak with the
force and intensity necessary in order to reach the heart; their efforts
are tame and fruitless.—
The Ministry of Healing, 308, 309
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Help for Patients—Plans should be devised for keeping patients
out of doors. For those who are able to work, let some pleasant, easy
employment be provided. Show them how agreeable and helpful this
outdoor work is. Encourage them to breathe the fresh air. Teach
them to breathe deeply, and in breathing and speaking to exercise the
abdominal muscles.—
The Ministry of Healing, 264, 265
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Correct Speaking a Healthful Exercise—The exercise of the
voice in speaking is a healthful exercise. Teach and live carefully.
Hold firmly to the position that all, even our leading men, need to
exercise good common sense in the care of their health, securing equal
taxation of the body and the brain.—.
Right Use of the Vocal Organs—Careful attention and training
should be given to the vocal organs. They are strengthened by right
use, but become enfeebled if used improperly. Their excessive use,
as in preaching long sermons, will, if often repeated, not only injure
the organs of speech, but will bring an undue strain upon the whole
nervous system. The delicate harp of a thousand strings becomes worn,
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