Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

I heard something that I thought would be interesting to post. Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer of the Antartic Expeditions, always carried with him two things, the Bible and the words of "Abide with Me, I need thy presence every passing hour", a hymn written by the Rev Henry Francis Lyte. When he was buried in one of the exploratory expeditions, these were clutched by him, the bible and the words of "Abide with me".




If you'd like to read the words of the Hymn and read about Henry Lyte, go here