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The Voice in Speech and Song
Their words are not like a desolating hail, crushing everything before
it; they come forth sweetly from their lips. They scatter seeds of love
and kindness all along their path, and that all unconsciously, because
Christ lives in their heart. Their influence is felt more than it is seen.
Kind, tender, compassionate words will flow from sanctified hearts
and lips.—
Sons and Daughters of God, 180
.
Words of Solid Sense—Those who have this Spirit [of Christ] are
earnest workers together with God; the heavenly intelligences coop-
erate with them, and they go weighted with the spirit of the message
that they bear. They speak words of solid sense, and from the trea-
sury of the heart bring forth pure, sacred things, after the example of
Christ.—
Gospel Workers, 288
.
Simple, Straightforward Speech—Those who have learned of
Christ will “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness.”
Ephesians 5:11
. In speech, as in life, they will be simple, straightfor-
ward, and true, for they are preparing for the fellowship of those holy
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ones in whose mouth is found no guile.—
Prophets and Kings, 252
.
A Subdued Gentleness—Those who abide in Jesus will be happy,
cheerful, and joyful in God. A subdued gentleness will mark the
voice, reverence for spiritual and eternal things will be expressed in
the actions, and music, joyful music, will echo from the lips; for it is
wafted from the throne of God.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:626
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