The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-01-02
AMONG nNI...s.
Rev. Or. 'ralmrye Pays Visit TO the
City c LSiai, India.

Hs Graphically De-cy'hcs wrerEcd Tenn
Piles, Broken IOrtrrsses und tile Ruins
of Centuries--A ontinuation OF the
"Around the World" Sermons.
Continuing his series OF round the
world sermons through the press, Rev
DIR. Talmage sunday chose for his ssub-
iect Palaces In India" the text being
Amos iii, 10: Who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces"
In this day, when vast sums of money
are being given for the redemption of
India, hope to increase the interestin
that great country and az; the same
time draw for all classes of our people
practical lessons, and so present this
fifth sermon in the round the world
series. We step into the ancient cap
ital of India. tic mere pronunciation
of it's name sending thrill through
the body, mind and soul of all those
who have ever read its stories of splen-
dor and disaster and prowess-Delhi
Before the first historian impressed
( his first word in clay, or cut his first
Z, word on marble, or wrote his first
word on papyrus, Delhi stood in India,
u contemporary of Babylon and Nine
veh. We know that Delhi existed
longer before Christ's time than we
five after his time. Delhi is built on
theruins of several cities. which ruins
cover forty Eliies, with wrecked tenn
pies, broken fortresses, split tombs,
tumble-down palaces and the debris of
centuries. An archmologist could
probably spend his life here, talking
with the past through its lips OF vener-
able masonry.
There are hundred things here you
ought TO see in this city of Dc.hi. but
three things you must see. The first
thing wanted to see was the Cashmere
J. gate, for that was the point at which
" he most wonderful deed of daring
which the world has ever seen was done.
That was the turning point of the mu-
tiny of 1857. A lady at Delhi put into
my hand an oil painting of about
eighteen inches square, picture well
executed, but chiefly valuable for
what it represented. 1t was a
Scene from the time of mutiny; two
borses at full run, harnesseG to
carriage in which We're four
persons. She said: "Thosc per-
sons on the front seat are NY
father and mother. The young lady
On the back seat holding i'll ber
arms baby of year was icy
older sister, and the baby ives
myself. My mother, who is down with
fever in the next room, painted That
years ago. The horses are in full run
because we are fleeing for our lives,
bly, mother is driving. for the reason
that iather, 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, shoot
ing down the Sepoys as we went. We
had somewhat suspected trouble and
had become suspicious of our servants
~ Aprihce had requested private inter-
view with my father, who was editor
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 in
terview did not take place. A Nige
fish had been sent to our famil, = and
four other families. the present an Of
fering of thanks for the kings recov-
ery from recent sickness. But we
suspected poison and did not eat the
fsh.
One day all servants came up and
GNid they must go and see what was
the matter. We saw what was intend
ed and knew that If the servants re-
turned they would murder all of us.
Things grew worse and worse until
this scene of fight shown in the pic
tnre took place. You see, the horses
we're wild with fright. This was moi
only because of the discharge of guns
but the horses were struck and pound
ed by Sepoys, and ropes were tied
across the way, and the savage halloc
and the shout of revenge made all the
way our fight horror
The books have fully recorded the
heroism displayed at Delhi and approx
ir,te regions, but made no mention Of
[ IS family of Wagentreibers whose
eight am mentioning. But the Mad
ta Atheneum printed this:
"And now! Are not the deeds ot t,!'
Vagentriebers though he worca rouLt
bn, and she crinoline, as worthy o
ilpperishable verse as those of the he
Enic pair whose nuptials graced tn,
court of Charlemagne? A more touch
IT, picture than that of the brave mar
contending with well nerved aru
ugainst the black and threatening fatt
Impending over his wife and child wt
have never seen. Here was no strife TO
Che glory of physical prowess or thu
spoil of shining arms, but a conquest o
the human mind, an assertion of th'
powers of intellect over the most ap
pulling array of circumstances tina
could assail human being. Men hay
tecome gray in front Of sudden an
unexpected peril and in ancient day
90 much was courage u matter of hero
Gcs and mere instinct that we read i
Immortal verse of heroes struck W.T.
ganic and fleeing before the enemy
But the savage Scpoys, with thei
hoarse war-cry and swarming lik
vasps around tho Wagentrieber'
struck no terror into the brave man
heart. His heroism was not the mer
e1ullition of despair, but, like that Q
his wife, calm and wise; standing VI
right that he might use his arms bel
Ger"
As an incident will sometimes NOR
Impress one than generality Of STATE
u,ent, present the fight Of this on
family from Delhi merely to illus,rat
Che desperation Of the times. The fac