Hymn

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	TITANIC HYMN, 1912 This is another french hymn in honour of the band of the Titanic. 'Plus près de toi, mon dieu' is the translation of 'Nearer my god to thee'...	1912
	TITANIC HYMN, 1912 This is another hymn published in France to honour the band of the Titanic...	1912
	TITANIC HYMN, 1912 This is one of the many in memoriam cards published in Great Britain...	1912
	TITANIC HYMN, 1912 As every other country in the world, France published many hymns celebrating the band of the Titanic....	1912
	ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING The Hymn "On the Resurrection Morning" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) and the music "Resurrection Morn" by Ira David Sanke...
Schenectady Gazette	BACK IN TIME: CHURCHGOERS PRAYED IN 1912 FOR VICTIMS OF TITANIC SINKING The men and women at Schenectady's Union Presbyterian Church sang 'Nearer My God to Thee' on Sunday, April 21, 1912.The hymn's verses, always solemn, seemed sadder this day: 'Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down, darkness be over me, my rest a stone. Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee . . .'...	22nd April 2008
	OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST (O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Ca...
The Times	THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris...	25th May 1912
	NOW THE DAY IS OVER The Hymn "Now the Day is Over" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Sabine Baring-Gould (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1865, and the tune “Merrial” was composed by Sir Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)...
Cambridge Chronicle	A CAMBRIDGE VICTIM Mr. A. W. Barringer [photo] The greatest sympathy is felt with the relatives of Mr. A. W Barringer, whom as reported in last week's issue, was amongst those who lost their lives in the terrible Titanic disaster. The dece...	26th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	MILLVINA DEAN TO BE BURIED TODAY Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today. Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner when the ship left on her maiden voyage from Southampton in April, 1912 The funeral service at Southampton Crematorium was set to include the seafarers' hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save, which includes the famous chorus: For those in peril on the sea....	16th June 2009
Somerset Standard	JOHN GILL The John Gill, one of the Titanic victims, whose body was recovered the other day, was late chauffeur to the Rev. C R Braithwaite, vicar of Hewish St Ann, near Puxton. He met his death exactly two months after his wedding day. He left his bride with ...	1912
	THERE IS A GREEN HILL FAR AWAY The Hymn "There is a Green Hill Far Away" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander (1818-1895), in 1848, for the collection Hymns for Li...
	LEAD KINDLY LIGHT The Hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. Verses 1-3 were written in 1833 by John Henry Newman (1801-1890). While traveling in Italy as a young priest...
	ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
Southern Evening Echo	ARTICLE Titanic survivor 77-year-old Mr Lee James Hyland, of Sarnia Court, Boniface Crescent, Lordshill, Southampton who recalls Fred Allen a boy crew member mentioned in reference the playing of the Titanic Hymn. Allen, who lost his life in the disaster was...	24th November 1970
The New York Times	SINKING SHIP'S BAND CHOSE FITTING HYMN "Hold Me Up in Mighty Waters," a Suggestive Line in "Autumn" WERE NOTED MUSICIANS Friends of the Titanic's Bandmaster Say He Believed In Music's Power t...	21st April 1912
	NEARER MY GOD TO THEE The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Full...
Bowerchalke Parish Papers	UNTITLED Page 44. Extract:- More tragic was the death of Tom Kerley a chef on the ill-fated Titanic. His parents who worked on the Elliott's farm were very proud of their smart and popular son and especially of his progress to the largest and m...	24th April 1912
Guardian	MOUNT CHARLES VICTIMS It is now almost certain that Mr. W. H. Nancarrow and Mr. Alex. Robins have gone down with the ill-fated liner. Hopes were held that at least Mrs. Robins might have secured a place in the rescue boats, but now the Carpathia has reached the shore it i...	26th April 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer	SAYS MUSICIANS KNELT AS THEY PLAYED HYMN Mrs Ada M Clarke, one of the survivors, went to the White Star offices today to arrange for her passage back home to Southampton, England. Her husband, Charles S. Clarke, with whom she was on her way to California to make her...	20th April 1912
Standard Union	COL. ASTOR BURIED IN GRAVE BESIDE MOTHER Body Brought to Manhattan After Funeral Services at Rhinecliff --- The body of John Jacob Astor was buried this afternoon beside the grave of his mother in Trinity Cemetery, on Washington Heights. The funeral services were held at Rhin...	4th May 1912
guardian.co.uk	SINKING OF THE TITANIC: THE WATERY SOUND MEDITATION RETURNS Gavin Bryars's piece of 'conceptual art' music has been performed in a swimming pool and water tower by child violinists and an experimental DJ. It now comes to the Roundhouse...	11th May 2009
Chicago Tribune	DULUTH WOMAN TELLS STORY . . . Miss Constance Willard of Duluth, Minn., who left the Titanic twenty minutes before the vessel sank, arrived in Chicago during the day over the Lake Shore limited. "One subject talked of after we were on board the Carpathi...	21st April 1912
New York Times	DAUGHTERS OF JACOB HONOR IDA STRAUS Unveil Tablet in Their Home Commemorating Her Beautiful Life and Heroic End --- AGED CHANT PRAYERS FOR HER --- Self-Sacrificing Devotion of Titanic Victim Held Up as an Inspiration to the Women of Her Race ---...	25th November 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	THE SAGE FAMILY LOST In the appalling calamity which befell the Titanic on Monday - (pages 7 and 8) - a toll of eleven lives was exacted from Peterborough, and remarkable to say, all in one family. These were Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone Street, an...	April 1912