- Nelson, Nels L. (Nels Lars), Preaching and Public Speaking; A Manual
for the Use of Preachers of the Gospel and Public Speakers in General.
Salt Lake City: Deseret New Publishing, 1898. Call No. BX8647.1 .N33p
- West, Emerson Roy. How to Speak in Church. Salt Lake City: Deseret,
1976. Call No: BX 8647.1.W52h
Much more sophisticated than I thought it would be, including
chapters on grammar, humor, time, using scriptures, listening, impromptu
talks, firesides, testimonies, funeral sermons, and missionary reports.
It also includes an index by subject and an interesting bibliography on
funeral sermons as well as a general bibliography in which he cites Nelson’s
book, Preaching and Public Speaking among Latter-day Saints. [Shannon Scow]