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REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "Palaces In India"


Subject: "PaIaces In India"
TEXT: "who store up violence and rob-
berry IN their palaces. Amos Ill, 10.
In this day. when vast sums OF money
I are being given for the redemption OF In
8 dia. T hope to increase the interest in that
! great country and at the same time draw
: for all classes of our people practical les
sons, and SO I present this fifth sermon in
the round the world series. We step into
: the ancient capital of India, the mere pro-
i nunciation Of its name sending a thrill
through the body, mind and soul OF all
y those who have ever read its stories OF
splendor and disaster and prowess-Delhi.
q, 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 Nineveh. We know that Delhi
existed longer before Christ's time than we
live alter His time. Delhi is built on the
ruins OF seven cities, which ruins cover forty
miles, with wrecked temples, broken
fortrssses. split tombs, tumble down palaces
: and the debris of centuries. An archBolog1st
could proftably spend his life here talking
with the past through its lips Of venerable
J; masonry.
There are a hundred things here you
Z ought to see In this city of Delhi, but three
|. things YOU must see. The first thing want.
: ed TO see was the Cashmere gate, for that
!. was the point at which the most wonderful
deed OF daring which the world has ever
ssen was done. That was the turning point
sof the mutiny Of 1857. lady at Delhi put
& Into my hand an oil painting Of about eight;
cen inches square, a picture well executed,
but chiefly valuable for what 1t repre-.
3 ssented. It was a scene from the time OF
mutiny; two horses at full run, har,
messed to a carriage in which were four.
persons. She said: "Those persons on
the front side are my father and mother.
5 The young lady on the back seat hold
my older sister, and the baby was my,
sell. Ny mother, who Is down with a,
fever In the next room, painted tnaf
years ago. The horses are In full run
4 because we are fleeing for our lives. My
mother Is driving, for the reason that father.
: standing up In the front of his carriage, had
20 defend US with his gun, as you there see.
He fought our way out and on for many
mile, shooting down the sepoys as we went;
s We had somewhat suspected trouble ana
had become suspicious OF our servants. A
prince had requested a private interview,
with my father, who was editor OF the
Delhi Gazette. The prince proposed to
j come yelled, so that no one might recog-'
.nize him, but my mother insisted on being
1 present, and the interview did not take
place. A large fish had been sent to our
l family and four other families, the present
an offering Of thanks for the Kings recovery
4 from recent sickness. But we suspected
poison and did not eat the fish. :,
One day all our servants camel up and said.
they must 20 and see what was the matter.
5 We saw what was intended and knew that ~
The servants returned they would murder all
Z of Us. Things grew worse and worse until
this scene Of flight shown you In the picture
: took place. You see, the horses were Wild
( with fright. This was not only because OF
the discharge Of guns, but the horses were
struck and pounded BY sepoys, ana ropes
y were tied across the way, and the savage
halloo and the shout OF revenge made all the
y way Of our flight a horror. -
The hooks have fully recorded the hero
Ism displayed at Delhi and approximate
regions, but made no mention OF this fam
Ny,of Wagentreibers whose flight I am mem
doning. But the Madras Atheneum printed
this:
g And now Are not the deeds Of the Wag.-
entreibers, though he wore round hat and
{ she crinoline, as worthy OF imperishable
verse as those Of the heroic paIr whose nup-
! daIs graced the court Of Charlemagne2 A.
more touching picture than that OF the,
brave man contending with well nerved
arm against the black and threatening fate
Impending over his wife and child we
i have never seen. Here was no strife for the
glory Of physical prowess or the spoil OF
\ shining arms, but g conquest OF the human
mind, an assertion OF the powers o. inteileot
over the most appalling array OF circum-
srancest that could assail human being.
Men have become gray in front OF sudden and
unexpected peril, and In ancient days 50
much was courage q matter OF heroic
and mere instinct that we read In I'M
mortal verse OF heroes struck with panic
and fleeing before the enemy. But the saw
age sepoys, with their hoarse warery and
swarming like wasps around the wagon
name heart. His heroism was not the mere
! ebuiltion Of despair, but, like that OF his
Z vile, calm and wise-standing upright thar
) he might use his arms BETTER" qE
1 AS an Incident will sometimes more Inn
6 press one than generality of statement,
present the flight OF this one family from
Delhi merely to illustrate the desperation OF
I the times. The fact was that the sepoys had
I taken possession Of the city OF DELHI, and
!, they were. with all their artillery, fighting
8 back the Europeans who were on the OUT
I. side and numbering all the Europeans who
were inside. The city OF Delhi has a
4 crenulated wall on three sides, wall
Z Aveand half miles long, and the fourth side Of
{ the city Is defended by the River Jumna. In
addition to these two defenses OF wall and
(. water there were 10000 sepoys. all armed.
Twelve hundred British soldiers were to
J take that city. Nicholson, the immortal
4 General, commanded them, and you must
visit his grave before you leave Delhi. He
5 fell leading his troops. He commanded
them even after being mortally wounded.
You win read this Inscription on his tomb /;
:, !, 1John Nicholson, who led the assault of
Delhi, but fell In the hour Of victory,
mortslly wounded, and died Esd September,
1857. aged thirty-fve years.
= With what guns and men General Nichol-
son could muster he had laid siege to this
walled city filed with devils. What fearful
odds! Twelve hundred British troops un-
covered By any military works, to take q
cify surrounded by firm and high masonry,
on the top OF which were ia guns and de-
7 Tended by 40, 900 foaming sepoys. A larger
any great battle happen to know OF. The
Z Crimean percentage Of the fallen was 17.4s I,
but the percentage Of Delhi --as $40. Yet
that city must be taken, and 1t can only be
Z taken by such courage as had never been re-
4 corded IN all the annals OF bloodshed. Every
charge Of the British regiments against the
walls and gate, had been beaten back. The
a u Oh 0luQOOl6m
howled over the walls, and the English
I. army conld do nothing but bury their own
dead. But at this gate T stand and watch
an exploit that makes the page Of history
fremble with agitation.
This city has ten gates, but the most fam
Gus is the one before which we now stand,
and It ia I'd Cashmere gate Write the
words k..SSEred ink because OF the carnage.
Write them In letters Of light for the fllus-
trious deeds Write them In Letters Of black
for the bereft and the dead. VIII the world
! ever forget that Cashmere gate2 Lieuten.
cy-ii,.2A a ~ .uovna and g. pr1