The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-02-14
AMONG RUINS.
Rev. Dr.. Talmage Pays Visit to the
City ofDelhi, India.

He Graphically Describes Wrecked Ten.-
pies, Broken Fortresses and the Ruins
of Centuries-A Continuation of the
"Around the World" Sermons.
Continuing his series of round the
world sermons through the press, Rev.
DIR. Talmage Sunday chose for his sub
ject 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 interest in
that great country and at the same
time draw for all classes of our people
practical lessons, and so l present this
fifth sermon in the round the world
series. We step into the ancient cap
ital of India, the mere pronunciation
| OF its name sending a thrill through
| the body, mind and soul of all lh,'se
| who have ever read its stories of splcn-
dor and disaster and prowess-Delhi.
| Before the first historian impressed
his first word in clay, Or cut his first
word on marble, or wrote his first
word on papyrus, Delhi stood in India,
contemporary of Babylon and Nine
veh. We know that Delhi existed
| longer before Christ's time than we
| live after his time. Delhi is built on
the ruins of several cities, which ruins
cover forty miles, with wrecked tenn
pes, broken fortresses. split tombs,
tum mble-down palaces and the debris of
centuries. An arch9ologist 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 Delhi, but
three things you must see. The hrst
thing I wanted to see was the Cashmere
gate, for that was the point at which
the 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, a picture we'll
executed, but chiefly valuable for
what it represented. 1t was a
horses at full run, harnessed to
carriage in which were four
persons She said ''Those per-
sons on the front seat are my
father and mother. The young lady
on the back seat holding in he1
arms a baby of year was my
older sister, and the baby wa:
myself. My mother, who is down with
fever in the next room, painted tha
years ago. The horses are in full rur
because we are fleeing for our lives
Ny mother is driving. for the reasor
that father, standing up in the front O
his carriage, had to defend us with hi
gun, as you there see. He fought ou;
way out and on for many mile, shoot
ing down the Sepoys as we went. w
had somewhat suspected trouble ant
had become suspicious of our servants
A prince had requested a private inter
view with my father who was edito
of the Delhi Gazette. The prince pro
posed to come yelled. so that no on,
might recognize him, but my mothe
insisted on being present and the in
terview did not take place. A larg
fish had been sent to our family an
four other families, the present an .o1
fering of thanks for the kings recoy
cry from recent sickness But w
suspected poison and did not eat tn
fish. ~.
One day all servants came up an
said they must go and see what wa
the matter. We saw what was intend
ed and knew that if the servants rt
turned they would murder all of IL:
K Things grew worse and worse unit
this scene of fight shown in the pi.
4, ture took place. You see, the horse
were wild with fright. This was nc
! only because of the discharge of gun
;, but the horses were struck and pount
ed by Sepoys, and ropes were tie
/, across the way, and the savage halle
% and the shout of revenge made all til
way our fight horror"
4 The books have fully recorded tt
a. heroism displayed at Delhi and appro:
innate regions, but made no mention
this family of Wagentreibers who's
fight am mentioning. But the Ma
y ras Atheneum printed this:
;. s.And now! Are not the deeds of tt
=. Wagentriebers, though he wore rour
,. hat and she crinoline, as worthy
!, imperishable verse as those of the h
/ role pair whose nuptials graced Il
;, court of Charlemagne? A more touc
!. ing picture than that of the brave ms
IN contending with well neryed ar
,s against the black and threatening fa
o impending over his wife and child Y
70 have never seen. Here was no strife +
,e the glory of physical prowess or Il
"a spoil of shining arms, but conquest
m the human mind. an assertion of tt
1T powers of intellect over the most a
Y. palling array of circumstances tn
O. could assail human being. Men ha
s. become gray in front of sudden a,
y. unexpected peril, and in ancient da
te so much was courage d matter of he1
!, les and mer. instinct hat we read
h immortal verse of heroes struck wi
n panic ard fleeing before the enen
.. But the savaga Sepoys, with tht
a. hoarse war-cry and swarming Ii
"a wasps around the Wagentriebe
stru. k no terr. into the brave mai