It Is Well With My Soul
Horatio Gates Spafford planned a family vacation in Europe. He sent his family ahead on the ship Ville du Havre. Out on the high seas, the Ville du Havre collided with the Lochearn and sank. His wife was saved, but tragically their four daughters perished. Spafford took the next boat to meet his wife in Cardiff, Wales; and while sailing past the spot where his daughters lost their lives, he penned these familiar words…
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea-billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
“It is well, it is well with my soul.”
Though Satan should buffet, tho’ trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
Even so, it is well with my soul.
Then as a statement of affirmation of the text of his song, he declared in the chorus:
“It is well with my soul, it is well, it is well with my soul!”
Philip Bliss, a close friend, wrote the music to Spafford’s poem.
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