The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-26
q THE MURMUR
- OF THE WORLD

The news accounts of the manner
in which the hundreds of men sacri-
feed themselves in the recent marine
disaster, going down to the sea in the
shattered hulk OF the great steamship
Titantic, bring vivldly the mental
picture of sublime patbos. There is
an unWritten law Of the sea, the same
as the true manhood on land has his
unwritten law that must not be VIC
lated, and out on the wide expanse Of
desolate waters the captain and otli
GERS stand with pis n in hand seeing
THAT men keep out Of the lie b tHts
until the women and children are
taken care of. Those are moments that
try mems souls, as, perhaps, they lift
their own loved ones into life boat.
pressing last fare we'll kiss in transit,
and smrlingly wave them god bye,
while the doomed vessel slowly settles
for that awful plunge into the un-
known depths Of the cold aud relent
less waters The annals of the sea.
ne it said to the everlasting credit %
he unanhopd to all uaitus, carry at
$olated in-t -tanceS u Ahlan Ae cap
tam and ntlitt.r- % Il >tuk(nl sSt'i
have been compiled 10 sh ioG down
men who fought rtanLlcai'y for posi-
tons nf advantage 10 the departing
life blaLs That were reserved for The
woman and children. The early news
accHunts Ut the recent disaster told
OF how the milipnaire and the ignor
ant Immigrant stood shoulder to
shoulder, facing That unesca pa ',le |
doom that slowly crept upon them,
and sent the Womeu and children and |
weaker ones into the life boats with !
a prayer PERHAPS, that The god IT the |
ocean would see them safely picked |
~ and taken To shore. Bnhhy Burns |
said that a "mans man for all that" I
and the mere possession OF wealth In |
millions, when the moment of su
lIeme danger came upon that unfor-
Junate vessel ana her male passen-
sers, brought out the one great fact
If Gods creatiou-each man was bat
/ human soul and all the wealth OF
,he world could not purchase immun
ty from the ultimate end Of all crea
.iOu. While the names Of the most
aud wealthy OF the men
Yh9 were lost will be most frequently
there is evidence that
hose more obscure in the material
,hings Of the world went TO their
raves only as the bravest Of the
)rave know how To 60. Fortunately,
( the word can be used in connection
With such supreme tragedy, the an
.er of the storm tiend was not added
% the other horrors Of the catas-
rophe, as has been the case 10 mum.
rous shipwrecks in the years agone.
Who has not been stirred in the read
ng of that other marine disaster dur
ny IA raging storm wherein The
led by two Salvation Army
dssies, sent their voices in IA mighty
olume that arose above the shriek-
ng Of the stormy @Inds, in that won
erful hymn Nearer My God To
Thee" while the men worked in the
Greckage for the safety OF these
Romen and their children? Man, in
erently, is heroic, and woman, stoo,
nd while the entire civilized world {
hudders at the magnitude of the ter
ible disaster. all mankind bows III $
ender tribute ana splendid adniira- {
ion OF the beruism Of all those men, {
nd the captain who cluDg Ia the ship
&C loved, who calmly went down to a |
latery grave that Others might be c
aved, and returnsd to the bosom Of I
he Lord OF All the Seas and the |
.ands.
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