I was even more touched when recently I learned how this song was composed. It was written Horatio Spafford after several traumatic events in his life.
The first was the death of his only son and that is followed by the great Chicago fire that ruined him financially and forced him to file for bankruptcy(he had been a successful lawyer). Two years later, the ship in which his wife and four daughters were in collided with another vessel and quickly sank, killing all four of his daughters. Shortly after, Spafford travelled to meet his grieving wife and on top of the waters where his daughters perished, he was inspired to write these lyrics:
When peace like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, you have taught me to say
It is well,
It is well with my soul
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It is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
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Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come
Let this blessed assurance control
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate
And has shed his own blood for my soul
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My sin, O the joy, of this glorious thought
my sin, not in part, but the whole
is nailed to the cross, I bear it no more
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! O, my soul!
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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 well with my soul!
Meet Torvin's Uncle!!! haha
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I know that I alrd posted this pop art before but it was not as in a pop art post yet so here it is again!
