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, 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!
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.
Well,let me share the story abt this song and the writer...
Here we go>>>>>
Spafford was born on October 20, 1828 in North Troy, New York. He was a successful lawyer in Chicago who maintained a keen interest in Christian activities, deeply spiritual and devoted to the scriptures.
Sometime in 1871, there is a fire in Chicago heavily devastated the city, and the months before that Spafford had invested hugely in real estate by the shore of Lake Michigan. The disaster greatly wiped out his holdings. But before the fire, Spafford also experienced the loss of his son named Horatio at his age of four years due to scarlet fever.
Two years after the fire, Horatio Spafford planned a trip to Europe for him and his family(anna-wife[Anna Larssen, later Americanized to Lawson, was born in Stavanger, Norway, in 1842. Horatio was immediately attracted by Anna's beauty and intelligence when she attended his Sunday school class in Chicago. When Horatio realized that Anna, fourteen years younger than he, was only fifteen, he arranged for three years tuition at a boarding school near Chicago before the idea of marriage could be discussed. The couple married in 1861.] ; daughther-Annie, Maggie, Bessie, and Tanetta). He wanted a rest for his wife and four daughters, and also to assist Moody and Sankey in one of their evangelistic campaigns in Great Britain. He was not meant to travel with his family. The day in November they were due to depart, Spafford had a last minute business transaction and had to stay behind in Chicago. Nevertheless, he still sent his wife and four daughters to travel as scheduled on the S.S. Ville du Havre, expecting to follow in a few days. On November 22, the ship laden with his wife and daughters was struck by the Lockhearn, an English vessel, and sank in few minutes.
After the survivors were finally landed somewhere at Cardiff, Wales, Spafford's wife cabled her husband with two simple words, "Saved alone." After receiving Anna's telegram, Horatio immediately left Chicago to bring his wife home. On the Atlantic crossing, the captain of his ship called Horatio to his cabin to tell him that they were passing over the spot where his four daughters had perished. He wrote to Rachel, his wife's half-sister, "On Thursday last we passed over the spot where she went down, in mid-ocean, the waters three miles deep. But I do not think of our dear ones there. They are safe, folded, the dear lambs." And at the same time he wrote this most poignant text so significantly descriptive of his own personal grief – "When sorrows like sea billows roll..." The hymn "It is Well with My Soul" was born.
It is noteworthy that Horatio Spafford did not dwell on the theme of life's sorrows and trials, instead, focused in the third stanza on the redemptive work of Christ, and in the fourth verse, anticipates His glorious second coming.
"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 be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul."
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, 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!
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.
There is story about this song which reali make me shock out my life.. Every time listen to this song i felt that the writer had reali strong faith and he able to stand strong on any storm tat come his way...
Well,let me share the story abt this song and the writer...
Here we go>>>>>
Spafford was born on October 20, 1828 in North Troy, New York. He was a successful lawyer in Chicago who maintained a keen interest in Christian activities, deeply spiritual and devoted to the scriptures.
Sometime in 1871, there is a fire in Chicago heavily devastated the city, and the months before that Spafford had invested hugely in real estate by the shore of Lake Michigan. The disaster greatly wiped out his holdings. But before the fire, Spafford also experienced the loss of his son named Horatio at his age of four years due to scarlet fever.
Two years after the fire, Horatio Spafford planned a trip to Europe for him and his family(anna-wife[Anna Larssen, later Americanized to Lawson, was born in Stavanger, Norway, in 1842. Horatio was immediately attracted by Anna's beauty and intelligence when she attended his Sunday school class in Chicago. When Horatio realized that Anna, fourteen years younger than he, was only fifteen, he arranged for three years tuition at a boarding school near Chicago before the idea of marriage could be discussed. The couple married in 1861.] ; daughther-Annie, Maggie, Bessie, and Tanetta). He wanted a rest for his wife and four daughters, and also to assist Moody and Sankey in one of their evangelistic campaigns in Great Britain. He was not meant to travel with his family. The day in November they were due to depart, Spafford had a last minute business transaction and had to stay behind in Chicago. Nevertheless, he still sent his wife and four daughters to travel as scheduled on the S.S. Ville du Havre, expecting to follow in a few days. On November 22, the ship laden with his wife and daughters was struck by the Lockhearn, an English vessel, and sank in few minutes.
After the survivors were finally landed somewhere at Cardiff, Wales, Spafford's wife cabled her husband with two simple words, "Saved alone." After receiving Anna's telegram, Horatio immediately left Chicago to bring his wife home. On the Atlantic crossing, the captain of his ship called Horatio to his cabin to tell him that they were passing over the spot where his four daughters had perished. He wrote to Rachel, his wife's half-sister, "On Thursday last we passed over the spot where she went down, in mid-ocean, the waters three miles deep. But I do not think of our dear ones there. They are safe, folded, the dear lambs." And at the same time he wrote this most poignant text so significantly descriptive of his own personal grief – "When sorrows like sea billows roll..." The hymn "It is Well with My Soul" was born.
It is noteworthy that Horatio Spafford did not dwell on the theme of life's sorrows and trials, instead, focused in the third stanza on the redemptive work of Christ, and in the fourth verse, anticipates His glorious second coming.
"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 be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul."
~THE END~
So after the story abt these song...how everyone felt??does u felt poignant on thing had happen all this while??why every time we face dilemma we enable to strong on our own feet??does we felt ashamed after knowing how does the writer go thru his life without broking down..Wat shud we do on gaining back all the strength and faith for our self??how shud we move on even thr is stumbling block stopping us to move??
I will leave those question to rewind in out mind as we move on in life...the is no other way but....................................................................................................................................................................
I will leave those question to rewind in out mind as we move on in life...the is no other way but....................................................................................................................................................................
TO TRUST ON HIM(JESUS)
Only Him understand each and everyone of us and do continue draw strength from Him..I wan to thanks this song writer had let me understand wat kind of life we might face...at tis moment or in future..i do appreciate every single diffficulties tat had happen in my life...even it is hard to go thru but God had been a faithfull DAD and He want me stand strong for myself(which all the while i was not)..Thanks again for letting how worthful my life is to be in this moment even thou thr is up and down going on in my life......
PS:while writting all this my ears felt like rollin down and this song had ply at tis moment alot of time...i felt pressure with thing tat had mess around but i will stand strong cos i knw u are THERE...just rite THERE
love,
eveee_gal <3
Only Him understand each and everyone of us and do continue draw strength from Him..I wan to thanks this song writer had let me understand wat kind of life we might face...at tis moment or in future..i do appreciate every single diffficulties tat had happen in my life...even it is hard to go thru but God had been a faithfull DAD and He want me stand strong for myself(which all the while i was not)..Thanks again for letting how worthful my life is to be in this moment even thou thr is up and down going on in my life......
PS:while writting all this my ears felt like rollin down and this song had ply at tis moment alot of time...i felt pressure with thing tat had mess around but i will stand strong cos i knw u are THERE...just rite THERE
love,
eveee_gal <3
