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It was a lawyer, a successful one in Chicago, and he was married to a woman named Anna, and they had five children together. He was a big supporter of D.L. Moody, who was a

very well-known evangelist of that day. Despite of his success, this lawyer's success, he experienced

tragedy. In fact, his son, his only son died of fever at the age of four. And the following

year after his son died, he actually, some of you read about Chicago fires and these fires,

they claimed a lot of the real estate property of this lawyer.

And so he planned a vacation to kind of take time to rest and recoup with his family.

At the same time, D.L. Moody was organizing crusades in Europe.

So he was, you know, trying to kill two birds with one stone.

Help D.L.Mudy with Crusades as well as have a vacation with his family. Europe so he was you know trying to kill two birds with one stone help deal moody with

crusades as well as have a vacation with his family because of all the suffering loss of real

estate and loss of their child that they experienced because he had some pressing issues he

said to his wife and four daughters to go on ahead and he will join them later.

What happened next was tragic. On November 22nd, 1873, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean,

the ship was involved in a collision with another sea vessel and the ship sunk within 12 minutes claiming

226 lives all of his four daughters died his wife survived and she sent him now

famous telegram saved alone what shall I do?

After getting this desperate message from his wife, the lawyer set sail for England.

The captain of the ship on which he was traveling knew that this lawyer lost his four daughters.

He was now on the ship.

He invited him on the bridge to show him exact spot where the shipwreck happened a few weeks ago that claimed four of his daughters.

And as he was standing there right after that, he went to his room. And with him was Philip Bliss, who was a vocalist and a songwriter.

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