Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-07

tuo uedu SOl0lerS await thO OOHiHS
Lord Of Hosts at the last day, and we
could endure no more. Ny nerves were
all a-tremble, and my emotions were
wrung out, and / said, "Let us go.
had seen the residlncy at Lucknow tbs
day before with d beloved missionary,
and hs told me many interesting facts cou-
eerning the besiegement OF that place, but
this morning had ssen 1t in company vii
one who in that awful 1857 oil the ln1ia1
mutiny with his own fire had fought the be-
siegers, an with his own ear had heard tCo
yell OF the miscreants as they tried TO storm
the walls, AMI with his own eyes hal w't-
messed a scene OF pang AMI sacrifice and eh,
durance and bereavement and proves au
rescue which has made all this LucznoY
fortress an its surroundings the Mount Cal
vary OF the nineteenth century.
On the following day, about four muss
from the residency, [ vistet the grave OF
Havelock. The scenes OF hardship an s9lt
sacrifice through which he n I'd passed Wero
too much for mortal endurance and rev
days a ter Havelock left the residency wnlc
he had relieved he lay in tent a-dyinS.
while his son, whom | saw in London on my
way here, was reading to the old hero tn)
consolatory Scriptures. The teleSrap
wires had told all Nations that Have
received the message OF congratulations fro d
Queen Victoria over his triumphs AMI hi
bean knighte !, an SUBJ reception as En;-
land never gave to any man since WellinS'
ton came bacx from Waterloo awaited h'3
return Blu. he will never agli1 see his NJ
tive land. He has led his last army IN
planned the last battle. Yet he Is to gain
another victory. He declared it when III
his last hours he saidto General Outrap III
die happy and conlentel. l have for forty
wears so ruled my life that when death CAM
l might face it without fear. To DIES
gain" Indeed this was no new ssntim,n-
talty with him. He once stated that II
boyhooI with iour companions he was &c
customed to seek the "seclusion OF one OIL
the dormitories for purposes o! devotion,
though certain in those days Of being brand,
ed rs Methodist an canting hypocrltes.
He had in curly life been immersed IN Bap'
fist church. He acknowledged Colin every
victory an | says in ono OF his disp tcae3
that he owes it "to the power of the Enhed
rife in British han Is. to British pluck and to
the blessing OF Almighty Go on n most
righteous cause" He was accustomed to
spenl two hours ev5ry morning in prayer
and Bible reading, AMI If the army WAS to
m1rcl mt O'Clock hs aroso for purposes Of
religious devotion ut o'co,t, AMI IL t1s
army was 10 march at O'clock he arose at I.
A plain monument mlr11 Hav1socT5
grave, but the epltaph is "a b'aIttful an
comprehensive as anything hlvs ever sesni
AMI copied it thea au1 there, an | it Is a.
follows: "Hers rest ths mortal r9mlin' o.
Henry Havelo:i, m or general In the Brlt-
ISL army AMI knight Com mn Ter OF tas
Bath VINO dlsi at DiIkoosla Lucknow OF
dysen'ry pro u;e by ths harlship' OF y
camp lign in wlicl he achieve immortal
fame, on the 9th OF November, 1851.
He was born Oh the sta Of April, 1875, nc
Bishops, Wernouth County. Durhlm, + :.
Ian |. Entered the army 1876 Cane - IL
dia 1923 an ssrvsl there with little ilt3r-
ruptlon till his delth. H. bore an honora IL
part in the wars OF Burma, Afghanis.au, ~
Mahratta emp lign OF 1913 AMI tho Sutlil Of
1915. Retained by adverse circa Instances
Ill Sill )orIiuate position, it WIS tle ain
of his life to show TINT the profession OF
Cnristian is consistent with tbs fullest
discharge OF the duties OF Il sol lie. H5
connandeI division In the Persia | exp.
ditic1 OF 1851. In the terrible CONFUSION OF
that wear his genius an | character were Mt
length fully developed an knDHh to tne
world. Saved from shpwrscS Oh the cay
lon coast By the PrOvidence WI desi3ns
him for greater things, he WIS no Minated
to the command of the column destiuei to
relieve the brave garrison o, Lu,xnoT.
This object after almost super lum1n
tx triton. he by tho bles-in; Of Col, ac-
complsaed. But he was no. spared to re-
ceive on earth the rev I'd he so dearly
earned. The Divine Mister whom NJ
served saw fit 10 remove him from the sphere
OF his labor i'll tho moment OF MS greatest
triumphs. He departed TO his rest in hum
bio but confident expectation Of far greater
reYar Is and honors which grateful coul-
try was anxious 10 bes.ow. In him the 5 Il
OF Il commander, tho courage an devotion
of II soldier, the learning OF Il scholar, the
grace OF highly bred gentleman an I'LL
the social and domestic virtu 8 Of hus-
band, father AMI friend were blent'
cd TO 5ether, I'm strengthened, harnonize
and adorned By the spirit OF Il truo Chris
tian, the result of the influence OF the Holy
Spirit on his heart, and Of an humble rel'-
ancs on the merits of a cr1cllled Saviour.
II Timothy, w., 7. 81 I have fought goo
fight. l have flnisle1 my course. | nay1
kept the faith. Hencsforta there is laid up
for me a crown of righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, shIil gtva me AZ
that day. and not to me Odiy, but unto alt
them also that love His Appearing Tai5
monument is erected by his Borrowing widow
and family"
Is not that magnificent? But said while
standing at HavelocS's grave, Way does not
England take his dust to herself, an in
Westminster abbey make him 4 pillow? In
all her history Of wars there is 10 name 50
magnetic, yet she has expressed nothing
on this mans tomb. His widow reare th)
tombstone. Do you say, "Let him sleep |
the region where he di | his gran lest dee IL?
The same reason would have buri3l Wel-
lin ston in Belgium, and Won Moltke at Ver-
sailles, and Grant at Vicksburg. and Ston =
wall jackson far away from his beloved
Lexington, Va. Take him home, 0 Eng
land The rescuer OF the men, women AMI
children at Lucknow His ear now du.led
could not hear the roll oil the organ wAen it
sounds through the venerable ab9ey tn
national anthem. But it would hear thu
sumo trumpet that brings up from among
those sacred walls the form OF Odtram, his
fellow hero in the overthrow OF tho Indian
mutiny. Let Parliament mako apprOpria-
ton from tho national treasury. and some
great war ship under some favorite admiral
sail across Mediterranean aud Abraham seas
and wait at Bombay harbor for tho comm;
of this conqueror OF conquerors. an | then,
saluted by the shipping OF all Tree nations,
let him pass on and pass up and come IN Ter
the arches OF the abbey an along the alsles
where have been carried tire miShtiest dead
Of many centuries.
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