New-York tribune., 1912-04-22

seas, which bv its swift and unexpected
! occurrence has startled and appalled, us,
| has also struck US dumb and feeling an6
sharing the sorrow of those who have been
! bereft We know not what 10 do but 70
! how our heads and suffer IN silence VIII
! them and weep with those that weep ~
| this certainly is not the occasion or me
service i'm which to try 10 show N "hd'
| way or ways that disaster on r." sea
might nave been avoided. with view ~
preventing a future recurrence Of ". Ina
| time will come
| IL mus come. and come soon. tor th"
public conscience has been stirred by mat
| great disaster, as we'll AS the public heaIt'
and fun inquiry must be mddt mo mo
J causes Of il. and great will be our blame,
: criminal will il he il, when We know the m.
we fail 10 do what wc can 10 remedy or
ITemoye them
| This morning. however. and in tlis church
We are not thinking so much Of those who
| shall hereafter sail nDOn the sea ana ~
| the measures TO be adopted for the better
protection of them, but rather Of those who
| haze already faced and met it's present
| risks and perle. some to sink beneath them
And what is our message for them? An.
my friends I would fan not put II so
what Is our message for them?-but What
is their message for us? From thos" who
have gone, not to return, a message, indeed,
has come which. throughout the country
and throughout the world has been al
ready voiced, and | can but repeat 1t.
Message Of SacrifcaI Bravery.
II is the message of courage. uf hero
ism, Of a saCrlfCial bravery of the finest
and highest type: not the courage OF the
| soldier on the field Of battle, who is racing
physical danger or facing physical dcaIn n
| and to whom such courage has come
J through the discipline OF war, but a courage
greater than that-the courage OF those
who were facing then. the courage OF those
who were feeling then, the anguish OF sepd-
| ration from all that made their lives on
earth dear and precious to them, who saw
! that precious freightage lowered into the
boats drifting and fioating from them Nc
yond their reach and call.
where. on all the famous battleiields OF
history do we find n hner and greater
courage than that? And II what II re re
| strains which floated then about them. For
were they not at that moment while stand
| ing bravely on that sacrlncial DUTY ana pc
! fore the wonderful "Sea change" which car
! ried them into His presence, standing
/ nearer to Cod
| Shall not their example teach this tWofOld
lesson TO us, that In spite OF all thelr laGks i
and all their limitations the men OF TINS
| generation and the women are not lacking
! IN courage and that they do not need the
! training the discipline, the experience OF
| war to teach it or TO give II?
Basic Qualities of Human Life.
/ And again from this disaster another mes
! sage comes, or another great disclosure or
| revelation comes. we learn SeoloSy,
= ouakes" and when we can see the world 3
! hidden structure, the things beneath the
surface, those deep and strong fOundalon
| forms which support and hold it,: An"
! have we not seen from this great disaster
and for q little while at least spread out
before our eyes what the basic qualities OF
| human life are and what thelf real ana
! true and essential character is:
| Have we not seen that in spite OF all the
] surface strifes Of sefshneSs and greco
which mar and deface our social IRE TO-
oil lalNF % n
/ day. and that deeper than an the CIedNdse s.,
lines OF race or creed or circumstance by
| which we are divided, is that deep and
strong, that invincible family bond by
which we are united and which has made
! the bereavement OF some lne common De-
| reaVement OF all
! Ali, YES. my friends. while we fail not to
| heed that message from the sea which bids
us do what we can to lessen for the future
| It's dangers and it's risks, let us not fail 10
heed this other message rom II, that II Is
not selfshness, but unselfshness, that il Is
not enmity. but charity and fraternity and
/ good will and brOtherly love, which are not
! only the nobler but the truer human quail
/ ties in which we should believe, upon
| which we should stand and by which we
should try 70 build safely and securely our
modern social life. Let us not fail To heed
I ard learn and take to heart this message
Ana what is the message from the sea 10
/ those who have survived it, That iS q
| message which in the sanctuary OF their
/ sorrow God alone can give, We may not
/ intrude into that holy place, lest any voice
! of ours should make them less distinctly
hear that other voice Of God
! To His gracious mercy and protection we
! commend them. these bereft and afflicted
/ souls whom to-day We bear upon the bur
! den OF our prayer In their loneliness may
| they have the comfort Of His presence in
! their perpleXity the guidance OF His wis
! dom and in the sorrow Of their separation
! from friends out of sight may they have
! the peace OF the fellowship Of Him who
! hath borne our griefs and carried our sor-
rows and by whose stripes we are healed.
I our Saviour, Jesus Christ