The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-05-25
Cultivating the Voico.

u - except the hINti kiuGs v. hsnIicfani.
Hiur-iruihs ~ ali that - done 10 'lt world 10
!oa, hy mean. Of III" rOice.--h, ,.iiing IL u
~ talking ~ buy and sell hy laiking tie
a~yct the iociOf. ;hs minister. the tsschcr
perform the chief OF Their functions by talking
the intercourse and machinery OF liz are chie.y
KEEP, IN motion As Il Was by - wosl creation
was accomplished. as the worlds came into being
and were moulded into shapc net by the hAnd
but BY the omnihc voire Of God, sdy.J Let
there be light and there was light 50 10 THE
lower sphere Of human action, the tongue 10
niighisr than the hand The moulding pro-
pe!!ing forvCs Of society come from the use of
words by words, more than by 81! other means
~e persuade. convince, alarm, arouse, OF soothe,
or Whatever else leads men TO action and achieve
meat and while written words are full Of power
yet even these ATE feeble as compared With spoken
words, the living uticrAness OF the human voice
Not only so. but the manner Of speaking the
tone and quality ofthe voice influence us quite
as much ss the words spoken
Yet how strangely we ncglee, this wonderful
instrument The mechanic sees TO il that his
tools are ns keen aa6 strong as il is 10 the power
Oi art AMI labor 20 make them. The sportsman
spares no expense OF care 20 have the articles
thu, ininis,e, 10 his pleasure IL tbs highos,
lossible state Os finish and perfection How lavish
we are IN the purchase Of instr uinen,s of music
and 10 keeping them properly ,unei and cared
FOR Yet this most wonderful organ. ih, vo.ce
which God has given 10 every oEe " Us. and
which Is worth more to Us than al the instruments
81 music, al the inven;ions Of pleasure, all the
iools " trade. that human skill has devised 10
left for the moe; part in utter neglect, without
intelligent guidance, its wonderful powers almost
totally uncu.iivAird AMI nndcveloped We all
feel the sway tha, well cultivated aud mod ulaied
voice has upon Us, i's power 20 give us pleasure
and win our assent. and yet The great majority
o. us neglect 10 cultivate 10 ourselves that which
may give us such power over othefs We are
not oblivious OF other advantages. wesirive TO
make ourselves acceptable aud 90 increase our
influence. by attention 20 dress, by the adornmen,
Of our persons, and by the cultivation Of our
minds. by stores os knowledge aud By accom-
plishtnents of various kinds while the voice
which mors than anything else is the dr,e, insirn.
nsnt OF the soul, Is treated with neglec,
We mumble and mut,ef what should come cut
el-erly and Distinctly. We speak with nasal
drawl, or IN sharp key that tcts All IL. hnei
chords ofsymia,hy ajAf We use JgH e. much o.
the vocal power that is gwen us ~ - needed
10 express IN the fainiest way oui mos, impt aiive
wants and indolently leave ali the rect Of is
untold and exquisite resources 20 go 20 waste
M.s Siidons once made shopkSIei turn pale
with alright and unconsciously dsop nis goods
upon the counter simply By the tone 10 Shirh
by way Of experiment, she asked him the price
had natural gifts Of voice which 30 not belong
TO every one Bui grea, part Of the wonderful
fascination which she and the Other members Of
that remarkable family cHeried was due to
cultivation
fsunday-school superiaicndenI aud ministers
Of the GOSPEL, aud others Who undertake 10 in.
fiuenee the minds OF congregation on the side
Of religion would give this matter more attention
they would hnd u vtry greatly 10 their own
advantage and tina, Of oihrss The manner in
which the words OF eternal life are read and
uttered from the desk aud the pulpit is onen
such IS TO kill all vitality out Of them II u not
enough that preacher should be good thcolo-
gian, aud that his sermon contain sound and
valuable thought Tho influence which they
are TO exer, upon the people. is largely dependeu'
upon the voice which gives them ui,efance \
competent teacher Of eiocution 70 quite A. smpor-
iant part Of the maehinery Of = theological Sc
minary. as teacher Of Hebrew Yet, In or.
gaming our Summaries this matter " usually
entirely ignored - Sgndig Sckooi nme'