The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1895-01-05

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~ g1A@S In this day when
06S 5 vast sums OF money
cefSAf0 are being given for the
~ redemption Of India, |
hOrc to increase tie interest in that
great country, and at the same time
draw for all classes of our people prac-
teal lessons, and SO present this fifth
sermon in the round the world
series. We step into the ancient capl-
tai of India, the mere pronunciation OF
its name sending thrill through the
body, mind and soul OF all those who
have ever read its stories Of >plendor,
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 In
dia, contemporary of Babylon and
Nineveh. We know that Delhi eX-
,sted longer before Christ's time than
we live after his time Delhi is built
on the ruins of seven cities, which
ruins cover forty miles with wrecked
temples, broken fortresses, spllt
tombs, tumble down palaces, and the
debris of centuries. An archnologlst
could proftably spend his life here
talking with the past through its lips
of venerable masonry.
There are a hundred things here
you ought to see IN this city of Delhi
but three things you must see The
arst thing that | wanted to see was
the Cashmere gate, for that was the
poist at which the most wonderful
deed Of daring which the world has
ever seen was done. That was the
turning point of the mutiny of 1857.
A lady at Delhi put into my hand an
oil painting of about eighteen inches
SQUARE. a picture well executed, but
chiefly valuable for what it repre-
sentcd. It was scene from the time
Of mutiny; two horses at full run,
harnessed to carriage in which were
four persons. She said: Those per-
sons on the front side are my father
and mother. The young lady on the
back seat holding in her arms baby
of year was my eldest sister and
the baby was myself. My mother
who is down with u fever in the next
room, painted that years ago. The
horses are in full run because we are
fleeing for lzar lives. My mother is
driving, for the reason that father
standing up in the front of his car
riace, had to 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. We hat
somewhat suspected trouble and be
come suspicious Of our servants. (
prince had requested private inter
view with my father, who was edito
Of the Delhi Gazette. The prince pro
oosed 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
. ash had been sent to our family, an
four other families, the present an Of
fering of thanks for the kings reco'
erv from a recent sickness. But W
suspected poison and did not eat tn
esh. One day all our servants cam
up and said they must 60 and see wha
was the matter. We saw what wa
\ intended and knew that if the servant
returned they would murder all OF u
Things grew worse and worse unit
this scene Of fight shown you in TT
picture took place. You see the hors'
were wild with fright. This was NJ
only because Of the discharge OF gun
a but the horses we're struck and poun
J ed by sepoys, and ropes were til
across tho way, and the savage halo
ssd the shout of revenge made all tt
way Of our fight a horror"
The books have fully recorded t
heroism displayed at Delhi and a
proximate regions, but make no me
ton of this family of Wagentreibe
whose fight I am mentioning. b
\ the Madras "Atheneum" printed tt
y "And nowl Are not the deeds OF t
Wapentreibers, though he wore rou
hat and she crinoline, .as worthy
lmperishable verse as those OF
heroic pair whose nuptials graced t
court Of Charlemagne? A more tou'
Ing picture than that Of brave men c.
o tending with well nerved arm aga''
d. the black and threatening fate impe'
= Ing over his wife and child, we hs
never seen. Here was no strife tor
glory Of physical prowess, or the ST
Of shining arms, but conquest OF
human mind, an assertion OF the pc
ers of intellect over the most appall
array Of circumstances that could
sail a human being. Men have beco
oray in front of sudden and unexpec
Seril, and in ancient days SO much
courage matter of heroics and m
,nstinct that we read in immortal We
- Of heroes struck with panic and nee
- before the enemy. But the say
aarova with their hoarse war cry,