The Three Gates - Is It True? Is It Kind? Is It Needful?
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Poem "The Three Gates" with an illustration of three gates. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Psalm 141:3 "If you are tempted to reveal A tale someone to you has told About another, let it pass, Before you speak, three gates of gold— Three narrow gates—First, 'Is it true?' Then, 'Is it needful?' In your mind Give the truthful answer. And the next Is last and narrowest, 'Is it kind?' "And if, to reach your lips at last It passes through these gateways three, Then you may tell the tale, nor fear What the result of speech may be." |
