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thrown, the dying with tho dead, into the
we'll beneath on the 18th day Of July, 1851"
On the arch OF the mausoleum were cut the
words, "These are they who came out OF
great trlbulation."
The sun was sinking beneath the horizon
as I came down the seven or eight steps OF
that place o. sepulcher, and I bethought
myself: "No emperor, unless It was Napol-
leon, ever had more glorles around his pill.
low Of dust, and no queen, unless 1t wera
the one of Tai Mahal, had reared for her
grander cenotaph than crowns the resting
pIaces OF the martyrs OF Cawnpur. But
where rest the bones OF the Herod OF the
nineteenth century, Mana Sahib? Two men
sent out to find the whereabouts OF the
daughter of General Wheeler tracked Mana
sahib during weeks ride into the wilder
dess, and they were told that for awhile
after the mutiny Mana Sahib set up little
pomp In the jungles. Among few thousad
Hlndoos and Mohammedans he took Tor him
self the only two tents the neighbors had,
while thew lived In the rain and mud. Mana
SahIb, with one servant carrying an um.
brella, would 60 every day to bathe, and
peopIe would 70 and stare. For some
reason, after awhile he forsook even
that small attention, and disap-
pesred among the ravines of the
Himslayan Mountains. He took with
him In his flight that which he always took
with him-a ruby OF vast value. He Woreit
as some wear an amulet. he wore It as
some wear q life preserver. He wore 1t on
his bosom. The Hindoo priest told him as
ie..p as he wore that ruby his fortunes would
be good, but both the ruby and the prince
Who wore 1t have vanished. Not treasure
on the outside OF the bosom, but treasure
inside the heart, Is the best protection. Solo
mon, who had rubies In the htlt OF SWORDS,
and rubiesdn the lip Of the tankards. ana
rubies In his crown, declared that which
Mana Sahlb did not find out In time, "Wls-
dom Is better than rubies." When the
forests of India are cleared by the axes OF an
other civilization, the lost ruby Of this GAVIN
pur monster may be picked up and be
brought back again to blaze among the
worlds Jewels. But who shall reclaim for
decent sepulture the remains OF Mana SahfDI
Ask the yultures! Ask the reptiles ASK
the jackals! Ask the midnight Himalayas !
Much criticism has been made OF Sir
Henry Havelock and Sir Colin Campoeil Do.
cause Of the exterminating work they dld
with these sepoys. Indeed 1t was aWfui. My
escort, Mr.. Lee, has told me that ne an saw sne
sepoys fastened to the mouths OF cannon,
and then the guns would fire, and Tor few
seconds there would be nothing but SMOKE,
and as the smoke began to lift fragments OF
flesh would be found flying through the air.
You may do your own criticism. here ex-
press no opinion. There Gun be no doubt,
however, that that mode OF finally treating
the sepoys broke the back OF the muttny.
The Eindoos fouri that the Europeans
the Asfatics had started. The plot
was organized for the murder OF
all the Europeans and Americans In
India. Under its knives and bludgeons
American Presbyterianism lost Its glorious
missionaries, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell,
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. MacMullln, Rev. MIR. and
Mrs. Johnson, Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman.
The work of slaughter had been begun IN
all directions on an appalling scale, and the
commanders OF the English army made up
their minds that this was the best way.
The Black Hole prison has been torn
down, but stone pavement twenty feet by
twenty indicates the ground covered by the
prison The building had two small win
dows, and was intended for two or three
prisoners. These natives OF India crowded
Into that one room Of twenty feet feet by
twenty feet A8Europeans. The midsummer
heat, the suffocatton, the trampling OF one
upon another, the groaning and shrieking
and begging and praying OF all, are matters
to the small windows and Knocked the suffer-
ers. Then all the sounds ceased. That
night Of June 20, 175s, passed, and 12S
corrses were taken out. Only twenty-three
people of the 146 were alive, and they had
to be pulled out from under the eorpses.
Mrs. Carey, who survived, was taken by the
Indian nabob into his harem and kept
prisoner six years. Lucknow In 1857 was
only an echo Of Calcutta In 1756. During the
mutiny Of which have been speaking ma
tiYes who had been in the service OF Euro
peans and well treated by them, and With no
cause of offense, would, at the call OF the
mutineers, and without any compunction,
stab to death the fathers and mothers OF the
household and dash out the brains OF the
children. These natives are at peace now,
but give them chance, and they will re-
enact the scenes OF 1756 ard 1857. They look
upon the English as cor ,rors and them
selves as conquered. The mu(.ay of 1857
occurred because the British Government
was too lenient and Put In places Of trust
and In command Of forts too many OF the
natives.
7 call upon England to stop the present at
tempt to palliate the natives by allowing
them to hold positions OF trust. I am no
alarmist, but the only way these Asiatics can
be kept from another mutinY Is to put them
out Of power, and I say beware, or the Luck
now and Cawnpur and Delhi martyrdoma,
over which the hemispheres have wept, will
p0 ocupScu ny luo LuChuOH duu SdWupuE
and Delhi martrydoms yet to be enacted.
speak OF what have seen and heard. Igive
the opinion OF every intelligent Engishman
and Scotchman and Irishman and American
whom I met In India. Prevention Is better
than cure. do not say It Is better that
England rule In India. Isay nothing against
the right OF India to rule herself, but I do
say that the moment the native population. OF
India think there Is a possibility OF driving
back Europeans from India they. will make the
attempt, and tina. they have enough cruel
ties for the time suppressed, which, II let
loose, would submerge with carnage every
thing from Calcutta to Bombay and from the
Himalayas to Coromandel.
Now, my friends, 60 home, after what
have said, to see the beauties OF the Mo.
hammedanism and Hindoolsm which many
think It will be we'll to have Introduced into
America, and to dwell upon what natural
evolution will do where It has had its un-
hindered way for thousands Of years. and to
think upon the wonders OF martyrdom for
Chrlst's sake, and to pray more earnest
prayers for the missionaries, and to con-
tribute more largely for the worlds evange-
liZation, and TO be more assured than ever
that the overthrow Of the idolatries OF Ma.
tions is such stupendous work that moth
ing but an omnipotent God through the
gospel OF Jesus Christ can ever achieve 1t.
Amen2
Hawaii Has Thanksgiving Day.