‘Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone’ Page 424
Words: Thomas Shepherd (1665 – 1739) Music: George Nelson Allen (1812 - 1877)
The words of this hymn originally read “Shall Simon bear the cross alone, and other saints be free.” Thomas Shepherd, the author, wrote this hymn after preaching about Simon Peter, who was believed to have been crucified upside down. The words were later changed to the words, which we use today.
1841…166 years ago…in Silver Creek…
U.S. President: John Tyler…V.P.: None
One ghastly August morning in 1841, 250 bodies washed up onto Silver Creek’s shores. This was due to an excursion boat, the ‘Erie,’ which failed to reach shore before it was consumed by fire. On August 9, 1841, at eight in the evening, the steamship The Lake Erie was taking a load of about four hundred emigrants from Buffalo to Erie, Pa.
When the ship was only a few miles off the shore of Silver Creek, a can of varnish ignited and the ship burst into flames. The captain immediately headed toward shore and while only about a mile from shore the ship went under. The next morning the shore was lined with over two hundred and fifty dead bodies of those who couldn’t make the swim. This incident is often considered the most tragic of the Lake Erie disasters.
One newspaper article of that date stated that each grave was marked with a stone bearing the inscription “A life lost on August 9, 1841, on the steamship ‘Erie’ near Silver Creek.” This may be true of the Sheridan Cemetery, but no markers were erected in Silver Creek, and there were no inscriptions to perpetuate either the date or the disaster. These thirteen graves, eloquent in their anonymity, comprise a row on the right after the main driveway curves at the crest of the upgrade. They were behind the original tool house of earlier days. There you will find them today, but with one change. One grave now bears a marker which reads “Noah P. Crittenden, 1841,” and thereon hangs a story.
Not too many years ago a stranger appeared in the cemetery inquiring about the graves of the victims of the ‘Erie’ of August 1841. He was the grandson of one of the victims. Not long after, a stone arrived to give name and honor to at least one of the thirteen and to perpetuate the date on which they perished.
Ref. HymnHistories Cyberhymnal WebEdelic DMarie TanBible OnceUponATime
Words: Thomas Shepherd (1665 – 1739) Music: George Nelson Allen (1812 - 1877)
The words of this hymn originally read “Shall Simon bear the cross alone, and other saints be free.” Thomas Shepherd, the author, wrote this hymn after preaching about Simon Peter, who was believed to have been crucified upside down. The words were later changed to the words, which we use today.
1841…166 years ago…in Silver Creek…
U.S. President: John Tyler…V.P.: None
One ghastly August morning in 1841, 250 bodies washed up onto Silver Creek’s shores. This was due to an excursion boat, the ‘Erie,’ which failed to reach shore before it was consumed by fire. On August 9, 1841, at eight in the evening, the steamship The Lake Erie was taking a load of about four hundred emigrants from Buffalo to Erie, Pa.
When the ship was only a few miles off the shore of Silver Creek, a can of varnish ignited and the ship burst into flames. The captain immediately headed toward shore and while only about a mile from shore the ship went under. The next morning the shore was lined with over two hundred and fifty dead bodies of those who couldn’t make the swim. This incident is often considered the most tragic of the Lake Erie disasters.
One newspaper article of that date stated that each grave was marked with a stone bearing the inscription “A life lost on August 9, 1841, on the steamship ‘Erie’ near Silver Creek.” This may be true of the Sheridan Cemetery, but no markers were erected in Silver Creek, and there were no inscriptions to perpetuate either the date or the disaster. These thirteen graves, eloquent in their anonymity, comprise a row on the right after the main driveway curves at the crest of the upgrade. They were behind the original tool house of earlier days. There you will find them today, but with one change. One grave now bears a marker which reads “Noah P. Crittenden, 1841,” and thereon hangs a story.
Not too many years ago a stranger appeared in the cemetery inquiring about the graves of the victims of the ‘Erie’ of August 1841. He was the grandson of one of the victims. Not long after, a stone arrived to give name and honor to at least one of the thirteen and to perpetuate the date on which they perished.
Ref. HymnHistories Cyberhymnal WebEdelic DMarie TanBible OnceUponATime
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