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Titanic History Wednesday, April 8, 2026 |
| 1881 - 1st class survivor Miss Ellen Bird was born to Samuel Bird (shepherd) and Maryann Bird in Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England, UK. She was one of 11 children.
1888 - 2nd class passenger Mr Clifford Thomas Jefferys was born to W. Jefferys and his wife. 1954 - 2nd class survivor Mr Percy Thomas Oxenham died at the age of 64. 1888 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Amy Frances Christy Jacobsohn was born in London, England, UK. 1912 - 3rd class passenger Mr Alfred J. Davies married Miss Cartwright, who was not on the Titanic, in Oldbury parish church, Oldbury, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. the day before he sailed on Titanic. 1894 - 3rd class passenger Mr Viktor Richard Rosblom was born to Viktor Rosblom and Helena Wilhelmina Rosblom. 1908 - 3rd class survivor Miss Luise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann was born to Anton Kink and Luise Heilmann in Zürich, Switzerland. She was born four weeks before her parents were married. 1959 - 3rd class survivor Mr Anton Kink died at the age of 76. |
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Lyrics: Nearer My God, to Thee
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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
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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.
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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 |
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