The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-31
midas FAMOUS PALACES.
Rev. Talmage Tells Of His Visit TO the
CITY Of Delhi.

Years Before Christ Is Built on the
Ruins of Seven Cities-The Cashmere
Gate and a Wonderful Deed Of Daring.
The Palace Of the Mogul and the Fa-
nous Peacock Throne-The Mosque of
Jumma Musjid Also One OF the Sights
ofthe City-The Depopulated City of
Amber.
Brooklyn. Dec. SO.-Continuing his Sc
ries OF 'Round-the- World sermons through
the press. Rev. DIT. Talmage to-day chose
for his subject. Palaces in India" the
text being: Amos $40; who store up vio-
lence and robbery in their palaces"
In this day when vast sums of money are
being given for the redemption Of India,
I hope 10 increase the interest in that
great country, and at the same time draw
for all classes Of our people practical les
sons. and so present this fifth sermon
IN the 'Round-the- World series. We step
into the ancient capital of India, the
mere pronunciation Of its name sending
q thrill through the body. mind and soul
of all those who have ever read its stories
OF splendor. and disaster, and prowess-
Delhi.
Before the first historian impressed his
frst word in clay. or cut his first word on
marble. or wrote his first word on papy-
rus, Delhi stood in India. a contemporary
Of Babylon and Ninevah. We know that
Delhi existed longer before Christs time
than we live after his time. Delhi is built
on the ruins Of seven cities, which ruins
cover forty miles with wrecked temples,
broken fortresses. split tombs, tumble
down palaces. and the debris Of centuries.
An archaeologist could probably spend his
life here talking with the past through its
lips Of venerable masonry.
There are q hundred things here you
ought to see in this city OF Delhi but three
things you must see The first thing l
wanted to see was the Cashmere Gate, for
that was the point at which the most
wonderful deed of daring which the world
has ever seen was done. That was the
1urning-point Of the mutiny of 1851. A
lady at Delhi put into my hand an oil
painting Of about eighteen inches square,
a picture well executed, but chiefly valua-
bic for what IT represented. 1t was scene
from the time of mutiny; two horses at
full run, harnessed tc a carriage in which
were four persons. She said: Those per-
sons on the front side are my father and
holding in her arms a baby of a year was
my older sister and the baby was myself.
NY mother, who Is down with fever III
the next room, painted that years ago.
The horses are in full run because we are
fleeing for our lives My mother is driving
for the reason that father, standing up in
the front of his carriage, had to defend
us with his gun, as you there see. He
fought our way out and on for many
mile, shooting down the Sepoys as we
went. We had somewhat suspected trou-
bic, and had become suspicious of our SER
wants. A prince had requested a private
interview with my father, who was edi-
tor OF the Delhi Gazette. The prince pro-
posed to come yelled. SO that no one might
recognize him, but my mother insisted on
being present, and the interview did not
take place. A large fish had been sent to
our family and four other families, the
present an Offering of thanks for the
kings recovery from a recent sickness.
But we suspected poison. and did not eat
the fish. One day all our servants came up
and said they must so and see what was
the matter We saw what was intended
and knew that If the servants returned
they would murder all Of MS. Things grew
Verso and worse until this scene
OF flight shown you in the pic
ture took place. You see the
horses were wild with fright. This was
not only because of the discharge of guns.
by Sepoys, and ropes were tied across the
way and the savage halloo, and the shout
of revenge made all the way Of our flight
horror"
The books have fully recorded the hero
ism displayed at Delhi and approximate
regions but make no mention of this fam
lily Of Wagentreibers whose flight l am
mentioning But the Madras "Atheneum"
printed this:
And. nowi Are not the deeds of the
Wagentreibers, though he wore a round
hat and she crinoline, as worthy OF
innperishable verse as those of the heroic
pair whose nuptials graced the court of
Charlemagne? A more touching picture
than that Of the brave man contending
with well-nerved arm against the black
and threatening fate impending over his
wife and child. we have never seen. Here
was no strife for the glory of physical
prowess or the spoil of shining arms, but
conquest of the human mind, an assertion
Of the powers of intellect over the most
appalling array of circumstances that
could assail human being. Men have be-
come gray in front of sudden and unex-
pected peril, and in ancient days so much
was courage a matter of heroics and mere
instinct that we read in immortal verse
of heroes struck with panic and fleeing be-
fore the enemy. But the savage Sepoys,
with their hoarse waT-cry, and Swarming
like wasps around the Wagentreibers,
struck no terror into the brave man 5
heart. His heroism was not the mere ebu-
lition of despair, but, like that of his wife,
calm and wise; standing upright that he
might use his arms better
AS an incident viii sometimes more im-
press one than generality of statement
present the flight of this one family from
Delhi merely to illustrate the desperation
of the times. The fact was that the Sc
poys had taken possession of the city of
Delhi, and they were, with all their artil-
lery, fighting back the Europeans who
were on the outside, and numbering all
the Europeans who were inside. The
city OF Delhi has a circulated wall on
three sides, a wall five and one-half miles
long, and the fourth side of the city is
defended by the river Jumna. In addition
10 these two defenses of wall and water,
there were 1000 Sepoys all armed. Twelve
hundred British soldiers were TO take that
city. Nicholson, the immortal general,
commanded them, and you must visit
his grave before you leave Delhi. He fen
leading his troops. He commanded them
even after being MORALLY wounded. You
viii read this inscription on his tomb:
John Nicholson, who led the assault