The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-13
REV DIR. TALMAGE.
rur BROOKLYN DivINE's Sun
DAY SERMON.
subject: "Tha City of Blood"

ios,,'h wood upon the earth. But mine
go. are unto Thee, o, God, tho Lord -
'salms cxli, T.
Though YOU may read this text from the
,itir I read II as cut by chisel into the pe-
'es,ai of cross beneath which lie many OF
se ma sacred at Cnwnpur. India. To show
~, ,vhat Hindooism and Mobammedanism
s,lly are. where they have full swing. and
,ot as they represent themselves in n
n,r,iament CT religions" and TO Gemon-
,rra,e TO what extent OF cruelty AMI abom-
nation human nature may go when FULLY let
80 and to illustrate the hardening pro-
,s.. NJ sin. ani TO remind you how our
,lo-ious Christianity may utter iis triumph
1rsr toath anl the grave. pre1ch this my
loud sermon In the round the world series
H. shall speak OF "rhe City OF B.ood," or
fawnpur. India.
Two hours and ten minutes after It's
l.nrrence Joseph Lee. OF the Shropshire
kee,ment OF foot. rode in upon the Gavin
H. massacre. He was the first man met
| Cawnpur. wanted TO hear the story
T., some one who had been here in 1857
H. with his own eyes gazsd upon the
r. -htered heaps OF humanity. I could
i,rI,y wait until tho horses were put 90 tho
{rrlre. and Mr.. Lee. seated with ia.
Iartel for tho scene. the story OF which
,trs tame in contrast all Mo loo AMI
/
{ho-taw butcheries.
II seems that all the worst passions OF the
Injury were to be impersonnted 10y ona
L. and he Mana Snhib, and our escort n.
Iawppur, Joseph Lee. knew the man per-
knaliy. Unfortunately there is no cor
T. picture OF Mana Sahib in existence. The
I,ures OF him published in tho books Of
urope and America and familiar TO us all
T. an amusing mistake. This Is the fact In
a. A la Of EnnlopI
kIled to india for the purpose OF defending
10 case OF a native who had been charged
ith fraud. The attorney came and SO
8illiully managed the case OF his client that
l. client paid him enormously for his
&ryces and he went back TO England. TAX
/, with him picture OF his Indian client.
Irter awhile the mutiny in India broke out.
HI Mana Slhib was mentioned as the
hampton villain OF the whole affair. and the
kvspapers OF England wanted picture OF
n and to interview some one on Indian
hairs who had recently been In India.
lnorg others the journalists called upon
h lawyer. lately returned. The only pic
=, he had brought from India was pic
Re Of his client. the man charged with
hud Tho attorney gave this picture to the
irnas as a specimen OF the way the Hin
os dress, and forthwith that picture was
a. either by mistake or Intentionally. for
na sahib. The English lawyer said he
"a in dread that his client would some
y see tho use made OF his picture, and IL
Is not until the death OF his Hindoo client
at the lawyer divulged the facts. Perhaps
was never intended that the face OF such n
lmou should be- preserved amid human
lords l said to our escort, "Mr. Lee,
s there any popularity in Mana Sahib's
pearance?" The reply was Nothing
~ peculiar. He was n dull. lazy, coward
sensual man. brought up TO do nothing
"a wanted TO continue on the same scale 10
nothing.
From what Mr.. Lee told me and from all
Eoull learn In India, Mana Sahib ordered
massacre In that city from sheer revenge.
iather abdicated the throne. and the
bgiish paid him annually pension OF
700, 900. When the father died. the Eng
n Government declined to pay the same
nsion 10 the son, Mana Sahib. but the poor
low vas not in any suffering nom lack OF
Eis fniire .eft higF $50 ;eo0- .a~eoiti-
ban nts, S500.000 In jewels, $4,000 In
nls aud other resources amounting 10 az
st =, 500, 900. But the poor young man
not satisfied, and tho Cawnpur massa-
was his revenge. General Wheeler, tho
gsnman who had command of this city.
lough often warned, could not see thar
sepoys were planning for his destruc-
b. aud that OF all his regiments ana all
Europeans in Cawnpur.
IT, Lee explained all this to me by the
that General Wheeler had married n M
and he naturally took her story ami
lght thero was no peril. But the dine
the proc 'ama,ion from Mana Sahib had
b.. and such document went forth as
|sr before had seen the light OF day. l
only an extract;
A. BY the kindness OF God. aud the zoo
|une Of the emperor. all the Christians
were Ut Delhi, Pconah. Sattara and
|er places, and even those 5000 European
Hers who went in disguise into the for
city and were discovered, are destroyed
sent to hell by the plous and sagacious
pps who are Arm to their religion, AMI ~
have all been conquered by the present
ernment. and as no truce OF them is left
hese places. II Is the duty OF all the sun
and servants OF tho government to re-
at the delightful intelligence and carry
their respective work with comfort an
As by the bounty OF the glorious Al
Eh,y and the enemy destroying fortune o'
emperor, the yellow faced and narrow
ied people have been sent to hell, AM
Enpur has been conquered II is neces-
that all the subjects AMI landowners
government servants should be n
dent 10 the present government as they
been 10 the former one that It is the
lmhent duty OF all the peasants AMI
dei propr"torS OF every district 10 re-
b at the thought that the Christians havr
sent to hell. and both the Hindoo aud
ammelan religions nave been coniicmsi.
that they SHOULD, as usual, be obedient
le authorities OF the government nud
suffer any complaint against them
s 10 reach 10 the ears OF the higher au-
Ftv."
h Mr. Lee, wnat is this2" | said to our es-
a. the carriage halted by nn emblnG-
\. T. "llere,h he said "ls tho intrench-
where the Christians OF Cawnpur tooS
d sh.' IL Is the remains OF u wall which
time OF the mutiny was only four feet
benin 1 which, with no shelter from
a 'ln, the heat at l30 degrees, 4iJ mon.
women ana children dwelt nearly u
ln. A handful OF Hour and split peas
The daily ration, ami onlytwo wells near
lH one in wlich they buried their dead,
d ls' they had no timo 10 bury them IN
10 drth, and the other we'll the locus on
a the artillery OF the enemy playel. 50
M ! was u caolca between death 10y THIRST
ieath by bullet or shell. Ton thousand
b; ns Hlndoo1 outside tnis frail wall aud
suffering. dying people inside. In nd
ed to tho army of the HinGoos an
'ms, and Invisible army OF sickness
o ped down upon them. Some went raw
ol mad under exposure. Others dropped
apoleXy. 4 starving. mutilatei &
10 Fey, sunstruck, CHASTITY sroup WAITING
Il A ~ -. 4.