IN DARKEST GERMANY.

(Being a humble appeal to English Divines, suggested by the attitude of Teuton Professors to the Belgian atrocities.)

Hear me, most noble missionaries who,

Toiling on Africa's half-tutored shore,

Had words quite recently at Kikuyu

Whereof the motley bard may say no more.

I would not dare to judge of warring creeds;

It may be that the dark-skinned Hottentot

Has skill to balance up his spirit's needs

And know that this is truth and that is not.