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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 72

In Memoriam

In Memoriam.

Thy image comes to us amid the toil and fret
Of busy day—a loving memory—a picture sweet,
Without which life seems so incomplete,
Undarkened by one shadow of regret,
Thy dear old-fashioned face that charms us yet;
page 28 Smiling from soul unsullied by deceit,
Recalling happy hours that fled too fleet,
Crowded with memories we can ne'er forget,
Brightening the misty canvas of the past.
Dunedin's noblest father, proved by unselfish test,
Whoso character in noblest mould was cast,
Whose memory holds our hearts while life shall last,
Death claimed thee yesterday, as God thought best,
And now thy tired soul has found that blessed rest.
Oh, venerable pastor, truest friend to all,
Thy soul has fled from out its earthly wall,
Thy pulse is still, thy noble form is cold,
Thy weary spirit's resting in God's sheltering fold.
'Tis hard to think thy face no more we'll see,
Whose noble countenance bespoke a soul so free.
No more we'll hear thy earnest, manly voice
Bid youthful converts glory in their choice;
No more we'll listen to thy cheery word,
Prompting old age to lean upon the Lord.
Good doctor, now thy earthly labours cease,
Thou'rt gone to dwell in "Heaven's perfect peace,"
Among thy loved ones there, the choirs to swell-
With bleeding hearts we bid a fond "Farewell."

H.F.C.A.

Dunedin,