A good sermon should have a good beginning and a good ending, and they should be as close together as possible.

Local Church leaders also have a responsibility to review the content of what is taught in classes or presented in worship services, as well as the spiritual qualifications of those they use as teachers or speakers. Leaders must do all they can to avoid expressed or implied Church endorsement for teachings that are not orthodox or for teachers who will use their Church position or prominence to promote something other than gospel truth.

True eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only.

"The ability to speak to others is the ability to move individuals, masses, even nations and the world to action.

I recall these wonderful words written so long ago by Walt Whitman. Said he: “Surely, whoever speaks to me in the right voice, him or her I shall follow, as the waters follow the moon, silently with fluid steps, anywhere around the globe” (Voices by Walt Whitman).

And so it is. Wherever we go, whatever we do, we are inclined to follow the leader. And we will discover that the leader is one who knows how to communicate to others the principles or the plan in which he or she believes. "