Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-12-21
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The City of Blood"


graves mouth, as when Ona cuiteth and
cloaveth wool upon the elrth. But mine
eyes are unto Thee. Q, God, the Lord -
Psalms cxli.. 7
Though you may read this text from the
Bible, read it as cut by chisel into the pc
destal of n cross beneath which lie many Of
the massacred at Cawnpur, India. To show
you what Hindooism and MOhammedanism
really are, where they have full swing, aad
not as they represent themselves in a
parliament CT religions" and to demon
strate to what extent OF cruelty and abom-
Ination human nature may go when fully let
loose, and to illustrate the hardening pro-
cess OF sin, and to remind you how our
glorious Christianity may utter Its triumph
over death and the grave, | preach this my
second sermon in the round the world SERIES
and shall speak of 'tThe City of Blood" or
Cawnpur, India.
Two hours ard ten minutes after its
occurrence Joseph Lee, of the Shropshire
Regiment OF foot. rode il upon the Gavin
pur massacre. He was the first man l met
at Cawnpur. I wanted to hear the story
from some one who had been here in 1857
and with his own eyes gazed upon the
slaughtered heaps of humanity | could
hardly wait until the horses were put to the
carriage, and Mr.. Lee. seated with us,
started for the scene, the story OF which
makes tame in contrast all Moioo and
Choctaw 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
Cawnpur, Joseph Lee, knew the man per-
sonally. 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
are an amusing mistake. This is the fact in
regard to them: A lawyer Of England was
called to india for the purpose Of defending
the case of a native who had been charged
with fraud. The attorney came and so
skillfully managed the case of his client that
the client paid him enormously for his
services, and he went back to England, TAX
ing with him q 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 tho
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
this lawyer, lately returned. The only pic
ture he had brought from India was pic
ture of his client. the man charged with
fraud. The attorney gave this picture to the
Journals as specimen of the way the Hin
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 it
was not until the death OF his Hindoo client
that the lawyer divuIged the facts. Perhaps
1t was never intended that the face Of such
demon should be preserved amid human
records. | said to our escort, "Mr. Lee,
was there any popularity in Mana Sahibs
appcarance?" The reply was Nothing
very peculiar. He was a dull. lazy, coward
ly, sensual man, brought up to do nothing
and wanted to continue on the same scale to
do nothing.
hot r. f0II nd fro oil
could learn in India, Mana Sahib ordered
the massacre in that city from sheer revenge.
His father abdicated the throne, and the
English paid him annually pension of
S40O, 900. When the father died, the Eng
lish Government declined to pay the same
pension to the son, Mana Sahib, but the poor
fellow was not in any suffering fIom lack of
funds. His father let him $50 900 in gold
ornaments, $500.000 in jewels, $780, 900 in
bonds and other resources amounting to at
least 81 800, 900. But the poor young man
was not satisfied, and the Cawnpur massa-
Gre was his revenge. General Wheeler, the
Englishman who had command of this city,
although often warned, could not see that
the sepOys were planning for his deStruc-
tion. and that of all his regiments and all
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 proc amation from Mana Sahfb had
come, and such a document went forth as
never before had seen the light Of day. l
give only an extract
GAS by the kindness of God, and the good
fortune of the emperor, all the Christians
who were at Delhi. POOnab. Sattara and
other places, and even those 5000 European
soldiers who went in disguise into the for
mer city and were discovered, are destroyed
and 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
government, and as no trace of them IS left
in these places, it is the duty of all the sub
iects and servants of the government to re-
ioice at the delightful intelligence and carry
on their respective work with comfort and
ease. 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 cOnqCRred, it is neccs-
sary that all the subjects and landowners
and government servants should be as
obedient 10 tho present government as they
have been to tho former one that it Is the
incumbent duty or ali the peasants AMI
landed prOprictOrs Of every district to re-
ioice at the thought that the Christians have
been sent to hell, and both the HindOO and
religi ons 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 to reach to the ears Of the higher au-
thority."
"Mr. Lee, what is ths?" I said to our es-
cort as the carriage halted by an embank-
ment. Here; he said, sis the intrench-
ment where the Christians OF Cawnpur took
refuge" 1t is the remains OF wall which
at the time Of the mutiny was only four feet
high, behini which, with no shelter from
the sun, the heat at 130 degrees, 440 men,
$50 women and children dWelt nearly a
month. handful of -four and split peas
was the daily ration, and onlytr 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 a choice between death by thirst
and death by bullet or shell. Ten thousand
yelling Hindoos outside this frail wall aud
1000 suffering. dying people inside. In ad-
diton to the army of the Hindoos and
Moslems, and invisible army of sickness
swooped down upon them. Some went raw
ing mad unier exposure. Others drOppcl
under aroleXy. A starving. muttlatei,
fevered, sunstruck, CHASTITY group waiting
10 diei Why did not the heather dash down
those mud walls AMI the 10000 annihiiate
the now less than 1000? 1t was because they
seemed suparnaIur4iiy defen !e /.
Mana Salib resolved to celebrate an an
niversary. The % of June. 1857. would be-
100 years since the battle OF Piass', when,
England. That day the last European in
Cawnpur was to be sau gnteCsl. Otuer an
livers irics hav3 been cele Dratei with win :.
This WAS to be celebrated with blood Other
anniyer5ari - hav5 been atOrn4l with gar
an1s. Tn.5 with drawn swords. Others
have been kept with songs. This with exc
crations. Otners with the dance oithe gay.
This with the dance Of deun. The infantry
and cavalry ana artillery Of Mana Sahib made
on that day one gran assault. but the few
guns oi the English an Scotch put to flight
.hese Hindoo tigers. The courage of the
fends broke against that mu wall as the
waves OF the sea against Il lighthouse. The
cavalry horses rrlurne full run without
their riders. Tho Tor ln0reI ont from the
heavens, ana on :hat anniversary day gave
the victory to His people.
Therefore Mana Sahib must try some
other plan Standing in field not far from
the intrenohment OF the English was q
native Christian woman, Jacobee by name,
holding high up In her hand letter. 1t
was evidently a communication from the
enemy, and General Wheeler ordered the