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All right, guys, we made it to the end of another week. This week, we've been looking at real

life stories of courage and sacrifice from the tragic shipwreck and sinking of the

RMS Titanic on April the 15th of 1912 and how they relate to historical occurrences described

in God's word. So I teased today's episode on Monday of this week, so I'm glad you're here for it.

It is simply one of the most moving and powerful stories of evangelism that I've ever heard in my

entire life. So today I'm going to tell you about one of the greatest heroes in the history of

Christianity. And I would venture to guess that almost all of you guys have never heard of this man, right?

I'm talking about John Harper.

So John Harper was a 39-year-old Scottish Baptist evangelist and pastor of Walworth Road Baptist Church in London.

So he was a widow, and it was raising his only child, a six-year-old girl named Annie Jesse,

when he, his sister, and Annie, boarded the

RMS Titanic as second-class passengers on April the 10th of 1912. So Pastor John was traveling

from London to Chicago, where he was set to preach for several weeks at Moody Church. So this was

where he actually was a guest preacher the previous fall, and he was coming back to continue

his ministry in America.

So obviously, those plans changed entirely

when the Titanic hit an iceberg on April the 14th, 1912.

So Pastor John quickly surmised that his fate was likely already set,

but that he could still save his daughter and his sister.

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