Show silent as lightning A LAY preacher who had for amany 1 many years preached in a somewhat boisterous manner emphasizing his points by excessively raising his voice suddenly changed his style in the pulpit and thereafter spoke softly and very earnestly asked why he had adopted the new way he replied when I 1 was a little boy I 1 thought it was the thunder which was the most impressive now I 1 know that it is the silent lightning it is true that a loud voice has its uses occasionally but the right word whispered is frequently far more effective |