“IN MEMORIAM.” THE REV. R. TEMPLETON, WHO DIED IN THE ZUURBERG FOREST, JANUARY 1886.

By winding paths, amid the tangled woods That skirt the silent deep-kloofed Zuurberg hill, A lately wedded pair meandering, fill Their cup of tender joy. The peace that broods O’er Nature’s tranquil face reflected shines From loving eyes, as they in converse sweet Plot out a rose-fringed path with prudence meet, And mark with glowing hearts its “pleasant lines.” Mysterious are Thy ways, great King of saints In sudden fear they vainly strive to thread Their homeward track, when lo! the husband faints. Deaf to her voice, with agonizing dread She dares the maze, in search of human aid. In vain! The Teacher “sleepeth” in the shade. William Selwyn. Port Elizabeth, 25th Jan. 1886.