Be True

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Thou must be true thyself, 
If thou the truth would’st teach 
Thy soul must overflow, if thou 
Another’s soul would’st reach:
It needs the overfiow of heart 
To give the lips full speech.

Think truly, and thy thoughts 
Shall the world’s famine feed; 
Speak truly, and each word of thine 
Shall be a fruitful seed; 
Live truly, and thy life shall be 
A great and noble creed.

(Hymns of Faith and Hope, second series, Horatio Bonar, 1862, www.ForgottenBooks.org, 19-03-2017)