The vision of angels

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0:48:09 > 0:48:11There's a postcard produced by a company called Bamford.

0:48:11 > 0:48:14Just a few weeks after the sinking of the Titanic,

0:48:14 > 0:48:17they produced a series of six postcards,

0:48:17 > 0:48:18to sell, I believe, commercially.

0:48:18 > 0:48:22It shows the Titanic going down with angels ascending up into heaven

0:48:22 > 0:48:23from the ship, and then on the bottom,

0:48:23 > 0:48:27are the words of the hymn, Nearer, My God, To Thee.

0:48:28 > 0:48:30I think there's enough eyewitnesses

0:48:30 > 0:48:31to believe it was actually

0:48:31 > 0:48:33played as the ship sank.

0:48:33 > 0:48:36The female figure on the side appears to be commending those

0:48:36 > 0:48:40in the ship ascending to heaven in their final hours.

0:48:40 > 0:48:44Many here, sitting in these pews, helped build the Titanic.

0:48:44 > 0:48:48And she was described as unsinkable.

0:48:48 > 0:48:52This card would have said it. In the midst of all this, there is a God.

0:48:52 > 0:48:54A God who people could turn to.

0:48:54 > 0:48:57So, I believe it would have brought comfort to people.