Before I start.. This was an assignment for English class while were reading Hamlet. It's about witnessing and sharing the Gospel with others. :)

To Speak or Not to Speak

To speak or not to speak - that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The guilt and pain of an unopened mouth

Or to take arms against a sea of opinions

And, by opposing, offend them.

To cower, to silence-

No more - and by silence to say we end

The offense and discord of different beliefs

That souls are heir to-

'Tis a peace

Devoutly to be wished.

To hide, to conceal-

To conceal, perchance to evade scorn. Ay, there's the rub,

For in unspoken Gospel what ignorance may come,

When we have concealed all powerful Truth,

Must give us pause.

There's the conviction

That makes calamity of so long life.

For who would bear the whips and scorns of judgment,

Th' oppressor's sentiment,

The proud man's intolerance,

The pangs of despised fact,

The wit's delay,

The disdain of the populace,

And the rejection

That the bold proclaimer endures,

When he himself might his worldly acceptance secure

With silence?

Who would mockery and contempt bear,

To grunt and suffer under an unashamed tongue,

But the dread of a soul swallowed by death,

The suffering of the lost in Hell's fire

Secured by our silence,

Pricks the heart

And makes us rather bear those ills we have

Than see others devoid of the Gospel by which they canst be saved?

Thus Love dost make apostles of us all,

And thus the native hue of resolution

Is amplified o'er with the hope of Kingdom come,

In opportunities of fruit and harvest

With authority their voices rise to declare

And gain the boldness for action.

For in remembrance of our own salvation, to speak or not to speak is never a question.