Seite 9 - The Voice in Speech and Song (1988)

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Chapter 30—Care in Speaking of Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 31—Hope and Encouragement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Chapter 32—Faith a Topic of Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Chapter 33—Simplicity in Our Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Section 4—Voice Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chapter 34—Importance of the Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chapter 35—Clarity and Purity of Utterance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 36—Importance of General Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 37—Proper Use of the Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Section 5—Effective Methods of Public Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Chapter 38—Love and Kindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 39—Simplicity and Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 40—Pure Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 41—Earnestness and Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 42—Conversational Manner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Chapter 43—No Harsh Words nor Debating Spirit . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 44—Brevity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Chapter 45—Speed and Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Chapter 46—Anecdotes and Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Chapter 47—Illustrations and Visual Aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Chapter 48—Oratorical and Theatrical Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Chapter 49—Danger of Excessive Emotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 50—Being Heard, but Not by Shouting . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter 51—Refinement and Solemnity of Demeanor . . . . . . . 190
Chapter 52—Every Person an Original . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Chapter 53—The Real Proof of Preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Section 6—Content of Our Discourses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 54—Christ the Sum and Substance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter 55—Promise of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Chapter 56—Eternal Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Chapter 57—Testing Truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Chapter 58—Soon Coming of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Chapter 59—The Way of Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Chapter 60—Practical Godliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Section 7—Examples of Effective Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Chapter 61—Men and Women of the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Enoch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Jochebed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225