Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-01-05
IN RUINED PALACES.
REV. Or. TALmAGE At THE CITY OF
DELHI, INDIA.

REV. DR.. TAlMAGE AT THE CITY OF
DELHI. INDIA.
Among Wrecked Temples, Broken For
tresses and the Debris of Centuries-At
/ the Cashmere Gate-The City Of Amber.
! A vivid World Picture.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 3o.-Con,inuing his
series Of round the world sermons
through the press, Rev. DIR. Talmage to-
/ day chose for his subject 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 practi-
| cal lessons. and so l present this fifth
sermon In the round the world series
! We step into the ancient capital Of
India. the mere pronunciation Of its
name sending a thrill through the body,
mind and soul Of all those who have ever
read its stories Of splendor and disaster
and prowess-Delhi
I 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, a con.
I temporary Of Babylon and Nineveh. We
know that Delhi existed longer before
| Christ's time than we live after his
time Delhi ia built ON the ruins of sew
en- cities. which ruins cover 30 miles.
with wrecked temples. broken fortresses.
| split tombs. tumble down palaces and
the debris of centuries. An archaologist
could profitably spend his life here talk
ing with the past through its lips OF
venerable masonry.
The Mutiny In India
There are hundred things here you
ought to see in this city OF Delhi, but
three things you must see. The first
thing | wanted to see was the Cashmere
gate, for that was the point at which
the most wonderful deed nf 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 IS
inches square. q picture well executed,
but chiefly valuable for what it repre-
sented. IL was a scene from the time Of
mutiny; two horses at full run, har-
messed TO carriage in which were four
persons. She said: Those persons ON
the front side are my father and moth
er The young lady on the back seat
holding in her arms q baby Of a year
was my older sister, and the baby was
myself My mother. who is down with
a fever in the next room. painted that
years ago The horses are in full run
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 to defend us with his gun,
as you there see. He fought our way
out and on for many n mile. shooting
down the sepoys as we went. We had
somewhat suspected trouble and had be-
come suspicious of our servants. A
prince had requested private interview
! with my father. who was editor OF the
Delhi Gazette. The prince proposed 10
como yelled, so that no one might recog-
niZe him, but my mother insisted on be-
ing present. and the interview did not
take place. A large fish had been sent
| to our family and four other families
the present an Offering Of thanks for the
kings recovery from a recent sickness.
But we suspected poison and did not
eat the fish.
One day all our servants came up and
said they mnst go and see what was the
matter We saw what was intended
and knew that il the servants returned
they would murder all of us. Things
grew worse and worse until this scene
of flight shown ron in the picture took
! place Yon 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.
and ropes were tied across the way,
and the savage halloo and the shout OF
revenge made all the way Of our flight
horror. "
The Savage Sepoys.
/ The books have fully recorded the he.
roism displayed at Delhi and approx
mate regions. but made no mention Of
this family of Wagentreibers whose
flight am mentioning But the Madras
! Atheneum printed this:
And nowi Are not the deeds of the
Wagentreibers. though he wore round
hat and she crinoline, as worthy Of
1 imperishable verse as those Of the he,
roic pair whose nuptials graced the
court Of Charlemagne: A more touch
ing picture than that Of the brave man
contending with well nerved arm
against the black and threatening fate
impending ever his wife and child we
have never seen Here was no strife tor
the glory Of physical prowess OF the
spoil Of shining arms. but conques; of
the human mind. an assertion OF the
powers Of intellect over the most ap-
palliug array of circumstances that
could assail human being Men have
become gray in front of sudden and un-
expected peril. and in ancient days 50
much was courage a matter of heroicS
and more instinct tina: we read III i'm
mortal verse Of heroes struck with panic
and fleeing before the enemy. But the
savage Sepoys. with their hoarso war
cry and swarming like wasps around
the Wageniriehers. struck no terror into
the brave mans heart. His heroi m
was not the mere ebul!ition Of despair,
but. like that Of his wife. calm and
wise; standing upright that he might
use his arms better.
rs an incident will sometimes more
impress one than generality of state
ment, present the flight OF tins one
family from Delhi merely TO illustrate
the desperation Of the times The fact
was that the sepoys had taken pass,.>-
sion OF the city Of Delhi. and they were.
with all their artillery. fghtin: back
the Europeans who We're on the outs de
and numbering all the Europeans who
were inside. The city of Delhi has a
circulated wall ON three sides. wall
5ts miles long and the fourth side Of