It Is Well

[southernbelle47]

YouTube - "It Is Well With My Soul" By Wintley Phipps

Horatio G. Spafford (1828-1888)
Courtesy of American Colony Hotel
Words: Ho­ra­tio G. Spaf­ford, 1873.
Music: Ville du Havre, Phil­ip P. Bliss, 1876 (MI­DI, score). The tune is named af­ter the ship on which Spaf­ford’s child­ren per­ished, the S.S. Ville de Havre. Iron­ic­al­ly, Bliss him­self died in a tra­gic train wreck short­ly af­ter writ­ing this mu­sic.

Philip P. Bliss (1838-1876)

This hymn was writ­ten af­ter two ma­jor trau­mas in 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. They speak to the eter­nal hope that all be­liev­ers have, no mat­ter what pain and grief be­fall them on earth.
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.
Refrain
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.
Refrain
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!
Refrain
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.
Refrain
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!
Refrain
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.
Refrain

[lushy]

This has always been one of my favorite hymns. I wanted this played at my mom's funeral but our music people did not know it! I was shocked.

[livingfree]

truly one of my favorites as well. I had heard the story told of Spaffords life but never have read the whole detail. Thanks I love Wintleys voice sining it.

It is well ~ with my soul

[shelbysmiles]

Absolutely beautiful!

[Theme2be]

Your post, mininstering to my soul as my day's focus has been just this.

Plan to get some guitar strings, as one of my favorites to play is : "Be ye still"

Also, as unusual as this may sound, my gifted and amazing 80+ year old Mother and I, and another brother are adhering to her wishes already , when, come the day, she is to be gloriously honored.

Besides the presentation of her life in a compostition already being arranged by her choosing, this song, a long time favorite will be sung by myself, her daughter.
Lushy, come the day, I promise, with all honor, dignity and respect, to send it your Mother as well.

Be well~