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Psalm 93: 4
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters,
yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.


It Is Well With My Soul


In 1873, the French liner, “S.S. Ville du Havre,” was the most luxurious ship afloat when it sailed from New York in November, 1873. Among the passengers was Mrs. H.G. Spafford of Chicago, making the trip with her four children, Maggie, Tanetta, Annie and Bessie. Mr. Spafford was unable to make the voyage with his family because of business commitments in Chicago. He told them “Goodbye,” promising to meet them in France in a few weeks.

At two o’clock on the morning of November 22, 1873, when the luxury liner was several days out, she was rammed by the English iron sailing vessel, the “Lochern.” In two hours the “Ville Du Havre,” one of the largest ships afloat, settled to the bottom of the ocean, with a loss of some two-hundred twenty-six lives, including the four Spafford children. Nine days later when the survivors landed at Cardiff, Wales, Mrs. Spafford cabled her husband these two words, “Saved alone.” When he received her message, he said to a dear friend, “I am glad to trust the Lord when it will cost me something.” As soon as he could, he booked passage on a ship to Europe to join his wife. On the way over, in December of that same year, 1873, the Captain called him into his cabin and said, “I believe we are now passing over the place where the ‘Ville du Havre’ went down.”

That night in the mid-Atlantic, out of his heart-break and pain, Mr. Spafford wrote five stanzas, the first of which contained these lines: 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!”

It was the greatest comfort to the bereaved parents to know that all four children had been converted to God at one of Mr. Moody`s meetings, shortly before the fatal voyage.

Philip Paul Bliss, song leader and composer, was also associated with Mr. Spafford and Moody. In 1876 tragedy came to Mr. and Mrs. Bliss when they were traveling by train. A bridge crossing a ravine gave way and the train and its seven cars of passengers plunged into the icy river below. It is said that Philip Bliss survived the fall and climbed out through a window, but he returned to the train to try to rescue his wife, Lucy. In the process, he died along with her in the fire.

Both the Spaffords and the Blisses could truthfully and triumphantly say, “It is well, it is well with my soul.”

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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."

Tho' Satan should buffet, tho' trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And has 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!

And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds rolled back like a scroll,
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend,
"Even so" - it is well with my soul.

It is well, It is well.
It is well, it is well with my soul.




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