Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-07
REV. DR.. TALMAGE
Tha Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sum-
day Sermon.
Subject: "siege of Luohnow:"

. TExw; "When thou shalt NesieSe city
Ions time in making war against it otake
1t, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by
forcing an Ak against them. "-Deuterono-
my xx., 10.
The awfulest thing in war IS besiegement,
for 10 the work OF deadly weapons it adds
hunger and starvation and plague. Besiege-
ment is sometimes necessary, but my text
commands mercy even in that. Tho fruit
trees must be spared because they afford
food for man. ''rhou shalt not destroy the
trees thereof by forcing an Ak against
them" But in my recent Journey round tho
world found at Lucknow, India. the remains
OF the most meEciiess besiegement Of the
ages, and proceed TO tell you that story for
four great reasons--to show you what nor
rid thing war is and to make you all advo-
Gates for peace,-to show you what genuine
Christian character is under bombar lment,
10 put coronation on Christian courage,
and to show you how splendidly goo people
die.
As our train glidel into the dImly lighted
station | asked the guard, as this Luck
nowW and he answered, LUCKNOW" at the
pronunciation Of which proper name strong
emotions rushed through body, mini and
soul.
The word is a synonym OF suffering, of
cruelty, OF herojsm, OF horror such as Is sug-
gested by hardly any other word. We have
for thirty-fvo years been reading OF the
agonies there endured and the daring deeds
there witnessed. 1t was my great desire to
have some ona 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 tho time
the greatest mutny OF the ages broke out,
and he was put with others inside the
residency, which was cluster OF buildings
making a fortress in which the representa-
tives OF the English Govercment lived and
which was to be the scene of an endurance
and q lonbardment the story Of which
poetry and painting and history AMI secular
and sacred eloquence have been tryingtO de-
pict. Our escort not only had goo
memory OF what had happened, but had
talent enough TO rehearse the TRACE iy.
In the early part Of 1857 all over India the
natives were rea ~ to break out in rebellion
against all foreigners ana especially against
the civil and military representatives, OF the
English Government
A half dozen causes are mentioned for thu
feeling of discomfort AMI insurrectioa that
was Cvincei throughout India. Tao most
Of these causes were mere preteXis. Creased
were no doubt an evaporation.
TIE grease ordered by the English Govern
ment 10 be usel on these cartridges was
taken from COWS or pigs, ami grease TO the
I1ndOos is unc.ean, an | &c bite thtss c1r-
tridges at the loading Of the guns would be
an offenss TO the Hin loo religion. The
leaders of the HinlOos sail that these
CREASED cartridges was only part Of an at
tempt 10y the English Government 10 nuke
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 lila hal bean an-
nexed TO the British empire, and thouS1n Is
0. Officials in the employ o. the King OF tn 1t
province were thrown out OF position, AMI
they were all ready for trouble maxim.
Another cause was slid to bs the ba gov
eminent exercised 10y some Eaglish officials
In India.
The simple fact was that the nltiv's OF In
dia were conquered RICE, an the En- ,lisl
were the conquerorS. For 100 years the
British scepter had been waYel over In liza,
and the Indians wanted to break that sep
ter There never hal be III any love o. sym.
patty between the n1tiv,s OF ln1ia an tho
Europeans. There is none now.
Before the time of the great mutiny tho
English Government rsked much power in
the hands Of tho natives. Too many of them
manned the forts. Too many Of them wer3
time hal come for wide outbreak. The
natives had psrsu lded themselves that they
could send the English Government flying,
and TO accomplish it dag ger IN sworl AMI
firearms and mutilation and slaughter must
do their worst.
1t was evident in Lucknow that the ma
tives were about to riS9 AMI put to death all
the Europeans they could lay their han Is
on, and into the residency the Christian pop
ulation OF Lucknow fastened for defense
from the tigers in human form watch vera
growing for their victims The occupants
of The residency, or fort, ware--mIitary an |
non-combatants, men, women and children
IN number about 1892.
l suggest in one sentence some of the
chief woes to which they were SUBJECTED
when l say that these people were in the
rsidency five months without single
change OF clothing some Of the time tho
heat at 100 and 13) degrees the place black
with flies and all a-squirn with vermn
firing OF the enemy upon them ceasing
neither day nor night the hospital crowded
with the dying smallpox, scurvy, cholera,
adding their work TO that o! SHOT and shell
women brought up in all comfort an never
having known want, crowded and slcri-
feed in cellar where nine children
were born less and less foo no water eX-
cept that which was brou ght from well
un Ter the enemys fira, so that the water o..
tanned WIS at the prc9 OF biooi; the stencil
Of the dead horses add ii to the effiuyia Of
corpscs. ana all waiting for the moment
when the army OF 1900 shrieking Hn1oo
devils should break in upon the garrison Of
the residency, now reduced 10y wounds AMI
sickness and death to 976 men, women AMI
chi iren.
Call me carly" Isaid, tomorrow morn
ing. and let us be- at the rSs1ency bsforethe
sun becomes too hot" At o'clock in the
morning we left our hotel in Lucknow, and
l said to our obliging, gentlemanly escort,
"Please take us along the road by which
Havelock and Outram came TO the relief OF
the residency." That was the way we went.
There was solemn stiffness az We APP
preached the gate OF the residency. Bat
tered and torn is the masonry OF the en-
trance. Signature OF shot and punctuation
o! cannon ball all up AMI down and every
where.
"Here TO the left" sail our escort, care
OF building the first floor OF
which in other days had been used as ban
Duet NJ hall, but then was used as hos
pital. At this part the amputations took
place, and all such patients died. The heat
was so great and tho fool 50 insufficient
lna( the poor FELLOWS cOuiu uOl IecONeL
from the loss OF blood. They all died. Ampu-
tations were perfornel without chloro'orm.
All the anaesthetics WERE exhausted. A
fracture tina. in other climates and I'm
der other circumstances would have come 10
easy convalesceGce here proved fatal. YOn-
der was DR.. Fayrer's house, who was sur
geon of the place AMI is now Queen Victor
las 'octor. This upper room was the Off
GERS room, and there Sir Henry Lawrence,
our dear commander, was wounded. While
he sat there Il she'll struck the room, and
some one sug sestc that he had better
leave the room, but he smiled AMI said,
Il 'ghtning never strikes twice in the
same place Hardly had no said this
when another shell tore of his thigh, an he
,ves corred diving into Dr. Fayrer's house