His voice was never pitched to an unnatural key, and His words came with an earnestness and assurance appropriate to their importance and the momentous consequences involved in their reception or rejection. When His doctrines were opposed, He defended them with so great zeal and certainty as to impress His hearers that He would die, if need be, to sustain the authority of His teachings ∙∙∙ . When He taught, His words came with authority; for He spoke with positive knowledge of the truth.—The Review and Herald, January 7, 1890. (VSS 92.4) MC VC