POETRY.
IN MEMORIAM.
Lieutenant Frederick Edward Halton Sams, D.C.L.L, Athlete, Priest, and Soldier.
[Born November 21st, 1881. Educated at Harrow awl Trinity College, Cambridge. Took orders and worked as a Bush Brother in Queensland for five and a half years. Joined the Army shortly after the outbreak of the war. Was killed at Idooge, July Slat, 1915, as he was crawling from cover to fetal water for his wounded men.] LAST night, when sick with grief I fell Asleep, I saw the Master stand And gaze in love unspeakable On me heart-stricken and unmanned.
And in my dream I cried, "Lord Christ Have mercy ; on Thy help I call, For this My son as gold was priced— More precious in my sight than all.
"Moreover as God's priest he stood— Preached in rude camps Thy message free— Gave of Thy Body and Thy Blood Into rough hands held out for Thee.
'Strenuous in toil, his fee was naught But nightly rest and daily bread. . Nay, save for grace of those he taught, He bad not where to lay his head. "Like Thee in life, in death he bore Semblance to Thee, for lo, he died At thrice ten years and three, was sore Athirst and wounded in the side.
"Shall this in hint be held a wrong, That, drawn by that he could not quell, He grasped the sword, took place among His country's hosts and fought and fell P" Thereon the Christ His silence broke—.
"Be comforted; he died for men; Thy hope stands sure." And I awoke, And peace .possessed toy soul again.
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