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EREV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINES SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ssThe City of Blood"

TEXT: HOur bones are scattered St tnS
graves mouth, as when one cutteta and
3eyes are unto Thee, o, God, the Lord ~
Psalms cxli., T.
Though you may read this text from the
Bible, read It as cut by chisel into the pc.
8 destai OF q cross beneath which lie many OF
the massacred at Cawnpur, India. TO snow
YOU what Hindooism and MohammedanlSm
kreally are, where they have full swing, and
knot as they represent themselves In
"parliament CT religions" and to demon
= stra.sto what extent OF cruelty and abom-
! tnation human nature may go when fully let
! loose. and to illustrate the hardening pro-
&sess OF sin, and to remind you now our
Rlorious Christianity may utter Its triumph
over death and the grave, preaoh TINS my
and shall speak Of "The City OF Blood,' or
Cawnpur, India. ,.u
occurrence Joseph Lee, OF the ShroEshire
Regiment of foot, rode in upon the GAVIN
!, pur massacre. He was the first man met
at Cawnpur. I wantedfto hear the story
/ from some one who had been here IN 1897
Aand with his own eyes gazed upon the
slaughtersd heaps OF humanity. could
tlrdly wait until the horses were put 20 the
sarriage, and Mr.. Lee. seated Win US,
krted for the scene, the story OF which
makes tame in contrast all Modoc and
Ghoctaw butcheries.
It seems that all the worst passions Of the
century were to be impersonated by one
man, and he Mana Sahib, and our escort at
Carnpur, Joseph Lee, knew the man per-
/ eonally. Unfortunately there Is no cor
rect picture Of Mana Sahib in existence. The
pictures OF him published in the books OF
Europe and America and familiar to US all
I are an amusing mistake. This is the fact In
regard to them: Alawyer OF England was
5 called to india for the purpose OF defending
> the case of native who had been charged
with fraud. The attorney came and SO
skillfully managed the case of his client that
s the client paid him enormously Tor MS
5 services, and he went back to England. tax
lag with him picture Of his Indian Client
After awhile the mutiny In India broke out,
and Mana Sahib was mentioned as the
champion villain of the whole affair, and the
newspapers OF England wanted picture OF
him and to interview some one on Indian
affairs who had recently been in India.
Among others the journalists called upon
Z this lawyer, lately returned. The only pic
I ture be had brought from India was pic
|, ture of his client, the man charged with
fraud. The attorney gave this picture to the
: Journals as a specimen OF the way the Hin
3 docs dress, and forthwith that picture was
/ used, either by mistake or Intentionally, for
Mana Sahib. The English lawyer said he
lived In dread that his client would some
day see the use made Of his picture, and 1t
I was not until the death OF his Hindoo client
that thelawyer diyulged the facts. Perhaps
It was never intended that the face OF such
demon should be preserved amid human
Aeecords. said to our escort. "Mr. Lee,
was there any jpsculiarity In Mana Sahib's
appenrancew The reply was: Nothing
very peculiar. He was dull. lazy, coward
IL, sensual man, brought up to do nothing
and wanted to continue on the same scale to
DO nothing. s."s-.. .
From what Mr.. Lee told mo and from all
, I could learn In India, Mana Sahib ordered
I the massacre In that city from sheer revenge.
Ibis father abdicated the throne. and the
1, English paid him annually pension OF
4 e400, 900. When the father died, the Eng
iish Government declined to pay the same
pension to the son, Mana sahib, but the poor
fellow was not In any suffering flom lack OF
/, funds. His father left him 900 In gold
ornaments, $500. 900 In jewels, $780, 600 In :
bonds and other resources amounting to at
5least 81, 500, ,000 But the poor young man
Twas not satisfied, and the Cawnpur massa-
kpre was his revenge. General Wheeler, the
En2lishman who had command OF this city,
aithough often warned, could not see that
the sepoys were planning for his destruc-
! the Europeans In Cawnpur.
Mr.. Lee explained all this to me by the
fact that General Wheeler had married ma
live, and he naturally took her story and
!. thought there was no peril. But the time
! for the proclamation from Mana Sahib had
come, and such document went forth as
sneyar before had seen the light OF day. I
$givs only nm extract
S~."As By the kindness Of God, and the good
Z - ha Ghrigt1ana
Eho were at Delhi, Poonab. Sattara and
othef places, and even those 5000 European
soldiers who went in disguise into the for
! nner city and were discovered, are destroyed
kand sent to hell by the pious and sagacious
troops who are firm to their religion, and as
they have all been conquered by the present
2 government, and as no trace OF them islelt
IN these places, 1t is the duty OF all the sub
ects and servants OF the government to re-
otce at the delightful intelligence and carry
n their respective work with comfort and
ase. As by the bounty Of the glorious AL
mighty and the enemy destroying fortune OF
he emperor, the yellow faced and narrow
minded people have been sent to hell, and
Cawnpur has been conquered, it is neces-
sary that all the subjects and landowners
4 and government servants should be as
obedIent to tho present government as they
I have been to the former one. that It is the
\ Incumbent duty OF all the. peasants and
landed proprietors Of every district to re-
Z 3oice at the thought that the Christians have
been sent to hell, and both the Hindoo and
Mohammedan religions have been confirmed.
and that they should, as usual, be obedient
| to the authorities OF the government and
never suffer any complaint against them
selves 10 reach to the ears OF the higher Su-
thority."'
"Mr. Lee, what is this?" I said to our es-
%ba hale hx-o hot b
kment. "Here," he said, sis the intrenoh-
ment where the Christians Of Cawnpur took
refuge" It Is the remains OF wall which
! at the time of the mutiny was only four feet
high, behind which, with no shelter from
the sun, the heat at $50 degrees, 40 men,
l $50 women and children dwelt nearly
month. A handful of -four and split peas
was the daily ration, and only two wells near
! by, the one In which they buried their dead,
| because they had no timo to bury them In
[ the earth, and the other we'll the focus on
which the artillery OF the enemy played, so
that it was choice between death by thirst
land death by bullet or she'll. Ten thousand
Fyeliing Hindoos outside this frail wall and
1000 suffering. dying people inside. In ad-
dition to the army of the Hindoos and
Moslems, and invisible army of sickness
swooped down upon them. Some went raw
ing mad under exposure. Others dropped
under apolexy. A starving, mutilated,
fsvered, sunstruck. CHASTITY sroup waiting
| to die Why did not the heather dash down
khose mud walls and the 10000 annihilate
The now less than 1000? It was because they
seemed supernaturally defended.
Nanf Sahib resolved to celebrate an an
kniversary. The 23i OF June. 1857. would be
! iDO years since the battle or PIassy, when,
1rnder Lord Give, India surrendered to
England. That day the last European In
Cawnpur was to be slaughtered. Otheran-
hiversaries have been celebrated with wine
ts was to be celebrated with blood. Other