IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL



When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well,it is well, with my soul.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.


Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!


For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!


And Lord, haste the day when my 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.
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.



This hymn was writ­ten af­ter two ma­jor trau­mas in Horatio
Spaf­ford’s life. The first was the great Chi­ca­go Fire of Oc­to­ber
1871, which ru­ined him fi­nan­cial­ly (he had been a weal­thy bus­i­ness­man).
Short­ly af­ter, while cross­ing the At­lan­tic, all four of Spaf­ford’s
daugh­ters died in a col­li­sion with an­o­ther ship. Spaf­ford’s wife
Anna sur­vived and sent him the now fa­mous tel­e­gram, “Saved alone.”
Sev­er­al weeks lat­er, as Spaf­ford’s own ship passed near the spot
where his daugh­ters died, the Ho­ly Spir­it in­spired these words.
His ordered his crew to shut down the ship, as he wrote this famous
hymn, we know today. They speak to the eter­nal hope that all
be­liev­ers have, no mat­ter what pain and grief be­fall them on earth.





This is my first page back on line, after some troubling times.
I heard this story told by a minister today, and thought it was
very heart touching, especially after losing a child of my own.
I thought I would try to make a page of it, and pass it on. For
Horatio, to have lost all four of his children and still kept his
faith in God, is a valuable lesson we all need to learn. Live for him
and he will provide -- be it peace or monitary. Isn't GOD wonderful!!

I had to use this picture, as it portrays to me the image of how
I think Jesus really looked -- as he exited the tomb, on that wonderful
RESURRECTION morning. It is my favorite, of all time.




Page by Mindy Sayre
July 22, 2004





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