Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE,S SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "The City of Flood"

TExT: "Our bones are scattered 1t the
Iraves mouth, as when ono cutteth and
cleaveth wood upon the earth. But mine
eyes are unto Thee, o, God, the Lord p
Psalms c1Ii.. 2,
Though you may read this text from tn,
Bible. l read 1t as cut by chisel into the pc
| iestal OF a cross beneath which lie many OF
he massacred at Cawnpur, India. To show
| you what Hiniooism and Mohammedanism
| really are. where they have full swing, and
not Gs they represent themselves in n
| "parliament CT religions" and to demon
] straie to what extent of cruelty and abom-
ination human nature may go when fully let
| loose, and to illustrate the hardening pro-
| cess OF sin. and to remind you how our
! glorious Christianity may utter its triumph
] over death an the grave, l preach this my
| second sermon in the round the world series,
and shall speak of "The City OF B.ood," or
| Cawnpur. India.
Two hours and ten minutes after its
occurrence Joseph Lee. of the Shropshire
| Regiment OF foot. rode in upon the Gavin
pur massacre. He was the first man met
at Cawnpur. I wanted to hear the story
from some one who had been here in 1857
md with his own eyes gaze1 upon tho
slaughtered heaps OF humanity. L could
hardly wait until the horses wers put to the
| carriage. and Mr.. Lee. seated with Us,
| started for the scene. the story of which
| makes tame in contrast all Mo ioc and
| Choctaw butcheries.
| 1t seems that all the worst passions OF the
! century We're TO be inpersonated by ono
| nan. and he Nam Salio, and our escort at
xnpur, Joseph Lee. knew the man per-
sona!ly. Unfortunately there is no cor
| rect picture of Mana Sahib in existence. The
pictures of him published in the books OF
Europe and America and familiar TO us all
are an amusing mistake. This is the fact in
regard to them: Alawyer of England was
called to india for the purpose of defending
UsI.- 1, d.
| with fraui. The attorney came and so
| skillfully managed the ease of his client that
the client paid him enormously for his
| services, and he went back TO England. TAX
| ilg with him n picture of his Indian client.
After awhile the mutiny in India broke out,
and Mana Sahib was mentioned as tho
champ. on villain of the whole affair. and tho
newspapers OF England wanted n picture OF
him and to interview some one on Indian
affairs who had recently been in India.
| Among others the journalists called upon
| .hiS lawyer, lately returned. The only pic
ture he had brought from India was a pic
ture OF his client. the man charged with
| fraud. The attorney gave this picture to the
Journals as a specimen OF the way the HIM
docs dress, AMI forthwith that picture was
lusai, either by mistake or Intentionally, for
Mana Sahib. The English lawyer said he
lived in dread that his client wolld some
day see the use made of his picture, AMI 1t
Was rot until the death OF his Hindoo client
/
Ii was never intended that the iaca OF such a
demon sIouid be preserved amid human
recor s. [ said to our escort, "Mr. Lee,
WIS there amy POPULARITY in Mana Sahibs
IappelrIDcef" The reply was: Nothing
very peculiar. He was dull. lazy, coward
w. sensual man. brought up to do nothing
and wante TO continue on the same scale 10
do nothing.
From wnat Mr.. Lee told me- and from all
| could learn in India. Mana Sahib ordered
the massacre in that city from sheer revenge.
His father abdicated the throne, and the
EnCish paid MIN annually a pension OF
500, ,O01. Wnen the father died. the Eng
;sh Government declined to pay the sama
pension 20 the son, Mana Sahib. but the poor
fellow was not in any suffering fl on lack OF
funds. HIS father let him 1000 in gold
ornaments, $500. 900 in jewels. SS00,000 in
bonds nni other resources amounting to ut
least 81 500. 900. But the poor young man
was not satisfied, and the Cawnpur massa-
ere WIS his revenge. General Wheeler, the
IEnglslmnu VINO mad command OF this city,
although o,ten warned, could not SEQ that
The sepoys were planning for his destruc-
lion. and that of all his regiments and all
the Europeans in Cawnpur.
| Mr. Lee explained all this to me by the
| .act that General Wheeler had married a ma
Tive, and he naturally took her story AMI
Thought therc was no peril. But the time
for the proc amation from Mana Sahio had
leone, and such document went forth as
j
Igivs only an extract:
s.As by the kindness of Col. and the gooi
fortune of the emperor, all the Christians
Iwho were ut Delhi, Poonab. Sattara and
] yhcr places, and even those 5000 European
| soldiers who went in disguise into the for
mer citv AM wers discovered, are destroyed
and sent 10 hell by the pious AMI slgacious
Troops who are firm to their religion, an as
lthey have all been conquered by the present
government, and as no trace OF them Is iett
in these places, II is the duty OF all the sub
jects and servants OF the government to re-
joice at the delightful inteliy yence and carry
| on their respective work with comfort and
| ease. As by the bounty of the glorious AL
mighty and the enemy destroying fortune OF
| he emperor, the yellow facei and narrow
minded people have BEEN sent to hell, AMI
Cawnpur has been conquered, it is neces-
| sary that all the subjects an l lau!ownpri
land government servants should be as
| obedient to the present government as they
have been 10 the former one; that It Is the
| Incumbent duty of all the peasants AMI
1 landed proprie;or5 of every district to re-
joice at the thought that the Christians have
been sent to hell, and both the Hindoo and
| Mohammedan religions nave been contirnei.
and that they should, as usual, be obedient
to the authorities of the government and
inever suffer any complaint against them
selves TO reach to the ears OF the hisher au
:hority."
"Mr Lee, what is this?' I said TO our es-
sort as the carriage haltei by an embank-
Iment. "Here," he said, sis the intrench-
ment where the Christians of Cawnpur took
| refuge" 1t is the remains OF wall which
! At the time of the mutiny was only four feet
high, behni whlch. with no shelter from
| the sun, the heat at 13) degrees, 4iD men,
b6O women and children cwelt nearly a
month. A handful OF Hour anu sp'lt peas
! was the daily ration, an only two wells near
BY, the one IN waich they buried their dead,
hecausa Ih.y had no time to bury them In
the earth, An / the other well the locus on
! which the artillery oi the enemy playe1, so
that it was cdo.ce between death by thirst
and death by bullet or shell. Ten thousand
Iyelling Hinioos outside this triil wall and
1000 suffering. dying people inside. In adj
iitiOu to the army OF the Hnioo5 and
lMosems, AMI invisible army OF sickness
i swoopsd down upon then. Some went raw
ing ma under exposure. Others dropped
under aposexy. STRIVING, mutilatei,
ieyered, sunstruck, Chastiy group waiting
10 die! Why did not the heathrn dash dowa
thoss mu walls an | the 1000 annihila;e
the now less than 100? Ii WAS because they
SCENE !; supern1iur atty dcfen iei.
| Mana Sanib resolved to celebrate an an.
adversary. The % of June, 1851, would be
100 years since the battle OF Plassy, when,
under Lord Give, India surrendered to
England. That day the last European In
Cawnpur was to be slau yhtered. Other an
niversares have been cafe hrated with wine.
This was 10 be celebrated with blood. Other
anniversaries have been iiorn Il with gar
| lands. This with drawn swords. Others
have bean kept with songs. This with exc
crat oDs. Otlers VITA ths dance otthe gay.
This with the dane. of death. The infantry
and cavalry and artillery of Mana Sahio made
on that day one grani assault. but the few
guns OF the English and Scotch put TO figh
these HindoO tigers. The courage OF the
| fiends broke against that mud walls as th'
| waves of the sea against a lighthouse The
| cavalry horses returned full run withou
their riders. The Lord looked out from thu
eeavens, ami on chat anniversary 4ay gave
| the victory to His people.
! Therefore Mana Sihib must try some
| 2ther plan. Stan ling in fie'i not far from
| Inc intrenctmen. of tha English WIS a
| native Christian woman, Jlco1cs by name,
| holding high up in her hsnt n letter. 1t
\ was evidently communication from the
1 enemy, An Generd Waealsr or ierel the
| vom1n hro1;h. in. Sae han q him Il pro-
| DossI tr,liy. Il General " 'eeer AMI his
| hen woui gvs IN their weapons. Nlna