It was an unforgettable night when Jesus went with his disciples by boat to a place of rest. The wind and the waves overwhelmed the disciples. The boat was taking on water. Before it sank, the disciples awakened Jesus and cried, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?" Jesus woke up and rebuked the storm. The disciples said to Jesus, "Carest thou not that we perish?" People say to us in many different ways, "Carest thou not that we perish?"

On April 10, 1912, the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from which it would never return. Captain John Smith said of modern ocean liners like the Titanic, "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." For that reason, Captain John Smith disregarded the many warnings that they were entering an ice field.

On the moonless night of April 14, inside the Titanic, rich and poor, illustrious and insignificant folks from all walks of life enjoyed beautiful music and exquisite dining. At 11:30 p.m., Frederick Fleet in the crows nest spotted a black object ahead. Fleet sounded the alarm that they were on a collision course with an iceberg. On the bridge, First Officer Murdoch ordered "full speed astern" and "hard to starboard." Slowly the ship turned and it seemed as if the ship would avoid the iceberg. People barely noticed that the ship shuddered slightly. The iceberg scraped the side of the hull for over 200 feet across six compartments. The water crashed inside the ship. First Officer Murdoch informed Captain Smith, who continued to dine with distinguished passengers and finished a second cigar, that the ship was lost.

Captain Smith ordered the evacuation of the Titanic. At 1:40 p.m. the ship's bow dipped under the water. Women, children, and a few men from the distinguished list of passengers were boarded on life-boats. At 2:15 p.m. the Titanic's stern was high up in the air. Major Butt helped women into the lifeboats and fought off men. Colonel Astor said good-bye to his wife. Mr. Guggenheim dressed and died as a gentleman. When Mrs. Strauss was ordered on the lifeboat, she said, "I will not leave my husband. We have been together all these years and I'll not leave him now."

John Harper, the pastor of the Wallroad Baptist Church in London, comforted the crowds and turned down invitations into the boats because he was a minister. He tried to comfort the hysterical and win them to Christ. When asked to leave, he instead said, "Women, children, and the unsaved next. I know where I am going." In less than three hours after hitting the iceberg, the Titanic slipped beneath its watery grave. Of the 2,200 passengers, 1250 perished, and 866 were rescued. Because the Titanic was believed to be unsinkable and unstoppable, the crew had only a third of the lifeboats necessary for its passengers. In lifeboats that could hold 40, some only had 12 passengers. For the disaster of the century, they were not prepared. 85 years later the tragedy of the Titanic is still remembered with the blockbuster movie that virtually swept the Oscars.