The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-12-14
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINES sun
DAY SurRNVON.
Subject "Siege OF Lucknow"


my XXX, 10.
The awlulest thing in war is besiegement.
for;o the work Of deadly weapons it adds
munger and starvation and plague. Besiege-
ment is sometimes necessary, but my text
commands mercy even in that The fruit
trees must be spared because they afford
iood for man. Thou shalt not destroy the
trees thereof by forcing an AK against
them" But in my recent journey round the
world found at Lucknow. Indin the remains
OF the most merciless besiegement of the
ages, and proceed TO tell you that story for
four grent reasons-to show you what q hor
rid thing war is and to make you all advo-
Gates for peace, to show you what genuine
Christian character is under bombarlment.
to put coronation on Christian courage,
ana 10 show you how splendldly good people
die
As our train gllded into the dimly lighted
station | asked the guard, sis this Luck
nowF' and he answered, Lucknow" at the
pronunciation OF which proper name strong
emotions rushed through body, mind and
soul
The word is a synonym OF suffering, OF
cruelty, OF herolsm, OF horror such us Is sug-
gested by hardly any other word. We have
Tor thirty-iive years been reading of tho
agonles there endured and the daring deeds
there witnessed. 1t was my great desire to
have some one who had witnessed the
scenes transacted in Lucknow in 1857 con-
duct us over the place. We found Just the
man. He was young soldier at the time
the greatest mutiny Of the ages broke out,
and he was put with others inside the
residency, which was q cluster OF buildings
makinga fortress in which the representa-
ttves OF the English GOvercment lived and
which was to be the scene Of an endurance
and bomhardmcnt the story Of which
poetry and painting and history and secular
and sacred elOquence have been trying to de-
pict. Our escort not only had a good
! memory OF what had happened, but had
talent enough to rehoarse the tragedy.
In the early part OF 1857 all over India the
natives were ready to break out in rebellion
! against all foreigners and especially against
| the civil and military representatives OF tho
! English Government.
! A half dozen causes are mentioned for the
feeling OF discomfort and instruction that
! was evinced throughout India. The most
! ofthese causes were mere pretexs. Creased
/ cartridges were no doubt an evaporation.
| The grease ordered by the English Govern
ment 10 be used on these cartridges was
! taken from COWS or pigs, and grease 10 tho
/ Hindoos is unclean, ana to bite these car
tridges at the loading Of the guns would be
an offense TO the Hinioo religion. The
leaders Of the Hndoos said that these
/ creased cartridges was only part of an at
I tempt by the English Government 10 make
the natives give up their religion hence I'M
; bounded indignation was aroused.
/ Another cause OF the mutiny was that an
other large province Of India had been an
neXed to the British empire. and thousands
OF officials in the employ OF rhe King of that
province were thrown out OF position, and
they were all ready for trouble making.
Another cause was said to be the bad GOV
eminent exercised by some English officials
in India.
The simple fact was that the natives Of In
dia were a conquered race. an1 the English
were the conquerors. For 100 years the
British scepter had been wavel over India,
and the Indians wanted to break that scep-
ter. There never had been any love or sym
pathy between the natives of india and the
Europeans. There is none now.
Before the time OF the great mutinv the
English Government rlsked much power in
the hands of the natives. Too many of them
manned the forts. Too many Of them were
in the Governmental employ. And now the
time had come for a wide outbreak. The
natives had persuld themse YES that they
could send the English Government flying.
and to accomplish 1t dagger and sword an
firearms and mutilation and slaughter must
do their worst
1t was evident in Lucknow that the nj
tives were about to rise and put to death all
the Europeans they could lay their hands
on, and into the rpsidency the Christian DoD-
ulation OF Lucknow fastened for defense
from the tigers in human form watch were
growing for their victims The occupants
OF the residency, or fort, were-military and
non-combatants, men, women and children
in number about 1892.
l suggest in one sentence some of the
chief woes TO which thoy were subie,tei
when l say that these people were in the
residency five months without a single
change OF clothing; some OF tho time the
heat at 100 and $50 degrees; the place black
with flies and all a-squirn with vermin
ilring OF the enemy upon them ceasinl
neither day nor night the hospital crowde,
with the dying; smallpox, scurvy. cholera
adding their work TO that OF shot ana shell
women brought up in all comfort and never
having known want, crowded and sacri
heed IN cellar where nine chilireI
were born i1ss and less foo no water OK
cept that which was brought from n well
under the enemy's fire, 50 that the water ob
tanned was at the price OF blOoi; tho stencil
ofthe dead bors Is add3i 10 the effluyla o
corpaes, and all waiting for the momen
when the army OF 10000 shrieking Hiniot
devils should break IN upon the garrison o
the resldency, now reduced by wounds anC
sickness and death to 976 men, women an
chll ren.
"Call me early" Isald, tomorrow morn
ing, and let rs be at the rasidency beforeth,
sun becomes too hot" At o'clock in th
morning we leit our hotel in Lucknow, an,
sniI to our oblislng, gentlemanIy escort
"Piense take us along the road by whic
Hayeloc6 AMI Outram came TO the relief q
the lesidency." That was The way We went
There WAS Il solemn stiffness as we IN
preached tho gate OF the residency Bat
tered and torn is the masonry OF the en-
trance. Signature of shot and punctuatio
OF cannon ball all up and down and every
where.
Here 10 the left, said our escort, ear
theremains of a building the frat floor o
which in other days had been usei rs a ban
quoting hail. but then was used rs a hos
pltal. AT this part the amputations too
place, and all such patients died. The heG
WAS so great and the TOOL so insufficient