Okay I restored the help.tpl file.
I looked at the template's home file as well only to find that even in it's original and unedited form... no help box. That makes sense to me as I really don't recall ever having a need to edit it out for any reason.
After restoring the help.tpl I tried to put the code in and got the following (see attached screenshot.)
Sorry to be such a pain but I really don't know what the flip is up with this.
