   |
Titanic History Thursday, December 25, 2025 |
| 1869 - 1st class passenger Mr Christopher Head was born.
1878 - 1st class survivor Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of Rothes was born to Thomas Dyer-Edwardes and Clementina Georgina Lucy Dyer-Edwardes in Kensington, London, England, UK. 1955 - 1st class survivor Miss Annie Moore Ward died at the age of 81. 1864 - 2nd class passenger Mr Benjamin Hart was born. 1882 - 3rd class passenger Mr Frederick William Blainey Shellard married Mary Harriet Greenham, who was not on the Titanic. It was Christmas Day. 1872 - 3rd class passenger Mrs Alfrida Konstantia Brogren Andersson was born to Anna Lovisa Brogren in Kisa, Östergötland, Sweden. 1957 - 3rd class survivor Master William Loch "Willie" Coutts died in Steubenville, Ohio, USA at the age of 55. 1895 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Thamine "Thelma" Thomas was born in Lebanon. 1891 - Fireman / Stoker Mr Christopher William Light was born to James John Light and Annie Emma Nicholas in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. |
| Shop at Cafepress |
 |
 |
 |
| more Titanic designs |
Lyrics: Nearer My God, to Thee
|
Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841; verse 6, Edward Henry Bickersteth, Jr.
Music: "Bethany (Mason)," Lowell Mason, 1856
|
|
Some Titanic survivors said it was played by the ship's orchestra as the ocean liner went down (though other survivors said it was a different song).
In 1901, Dr. Mann, the attending physician, reported that among American president William McKinley's last words were "Nearer, my God, to Thee, e'en though it be a cross, has been my constant prayer." On the afternoon of September 3, 1901, after five minutes of silence across the nation, bands in Union and Madison Squares in New York City played the hymn in memory of the fallen president. It was also played at a memorial service for him in Westminster Abbey, London.
"Nearer, My God, to Thee" is sung at the end of the 1936 movie San Francisco, which was nominated for several Academy Awards.
|
|
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Refrain
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, Refrain
There let the way appear, steps unto heav'n; Refrain
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise, Refrain
Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky, Refrain
There in my Father's home, safe and at rest, Refrain |
| Source: The Cyber Hymnal |
Music
mp3s
winamp media
Lyrics
my heart will go on
eternal father
come josephine
nearer my god, to thee
alexander's ragtime band
for your website
about back-to-titanic.com | contact us