怀爱伦所受的正规教育结束于她九岁之时，所以她从未有幸在当时演讲或发声的专业人士手下学习。然而在主的教导下，她成了一位美国杰出的布道士。在话筒和公共播音系统发明之前很久，她就曾向多达两万人的听众演讲。她的服务长达七十多年。
她随时准备演讲，特别是关于节制的题目，她说：“当有人要求我讲论节制时，我从不犹豫”(《文稿》1911年第31号)。有一次她曾在密歇根州巴特尔克里克向五千热心的听众作了90分钟的节制演讲，以应付巴纳姆马戏团的竞争。她曾在马萨诸塞州黑弗里耳的市政厅里演讲;曾在俄勒网州塞伦的一所监狱演讲;曾在挪威用啤酒桌临时搭建的讲台上演讲;曾在三个大陆的户外聚会和教堂、礼堂及帐棚里演讲。她常受邀去帐棚大会演讲。怀爱伦是一位大有能力的福音传道士。
就算没有怀爱伦的书，她无疑也会因她公开的服务而受到最好的纪念。但她不止讲道。她是多产的作家。目前约有70本书归在她名下。每本书的销量都有好几万册，有些甚至达到好几百万册。本书就列于那一长串的畅销书中。它必受到传道人、教师、音乐家和所有特别关心声音使用之人的欢迎。
本书所发表的勉言是上帝所赐的，是值得信赖而且可靠的。诚愿本书能给凡为荣耀上帝造福同胞而设法改善自己声音才干的人带来福气。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会
Ellen White’s formal education ended when she was only nine years old, so she never had the privilege of studying under the speech or voice professionals of her day. Nevertheless, taught by the Lord, she became one of America’s outstanding women preachers. For more than 70 years, long before the days of microphones and public address systems, she spoke to large audiences of up to 20,000 people.{VSS 5.1}[1]
Always ready to speak, especially on the subject of temperance, she declared, “When asked to speak on temperance, I have never hesitated” (MS. 31, 1911). Once she met the competition of Barnum’s Circus in Battle Creek, Michigan, with a 90-minute temperance lecture delivered to 5,000 eager listeners. She spoke in a city hall in Haverhill, Massachusetts; in a prison in Salem, Oregon; on an improvised platform composed of beer tables in Norway; and at open-air meetings and in churches, halls, and tents on three continents. She was in constant demand as a camp meeting speaker. Ellen White was a powerful evangelist.{VSS 5.2}[2]
Were it not for her books, Ellen White no doubt would be best remembered today for her pulpit ministry. But she did more than preach; she wrote—?prolifically. Some 70 books currently carry her byline. Nearly all have sold in the tens of thousands, some even in the millions. The present work joins this long line of best sellers. It will be welcomed by ministers, teachers, musicians, and all others who are especially concerned with the use of the voice.{VSS 5.3}[3]
The counsels published here are God-given; they are trustworthy and reliable. This volume is sent forth with the prayer that it will bring a blessing to all who seek to improve their voice talent for the glory of God and the benefit of humanity.{VSS 6.1}[4]
The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate[5]
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