TO MINISTERS by W. H. Littlejohn

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 14, 1882

TO MINISTERS.

By W. H. Littlejohn

The habit of drinking when speaking is, under ordinary circumstances, an unnecessary one. A little practice will enable a public speaker to dispense with the same, greatly to his own advantage. It is frequently difficult to obtain water suitable to be employed on such occasions, and when the speaker finds himself compelled to do without it entirely, he is greatly incommoded. The better way, therefore, is to dispense with the practice altogether, except in cases where the speaker is suffering from hoarseness or a hard cold. When

he finds himself in that condition, water will afford him some relief.

Personal experience, however, has satisfied me that there is nothing which can be employed to so great advantage in cases of hoarseness as a mixture of honey and water in the proportion of one part of honey to two parts of water. An occasional swallow of this beverage not only lubricates the organs of the throat, but seems also to relieve the lungs temporarily, when they are badly oppressed and speaking is both painful and difficult. We think that it would many times afford relief, where, without its use, the speaker might be compelled to give up public effort entirely. We recommend our brethren to try the experiment whenever they may feel the necessity of relief in the direction mentioned.

W. H. LITTLEJOHN.