| 839 | Glory to God#840 | 841 |
| Text: | When Peace like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) |
| Author: | Horatio G. Spafford |
| Tune: | VILLE DU HAVRE |
| Composer: | Philip P. Bliss |
| Media: | Audio recording |
1 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.
Refrain:
It is well with my soul;
it is well; it is well with my soul.
2 Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control,
that Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
and hath shed his own blood for my soul. [Refrain]
3 He lives: O 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]
4 Lord, hasten the day when our faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
the trumpet shall sound and the Lord shall descend;
even so it is well with my soul. [Refrain]
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| First Line: | When peace like a river attendeth my way |
| Title: | When Peace like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) |
| Author: | Horatio G. Spafford (1876, alt.) |
| Refrain First Line: | It is well with my soul |
| Meter: | 11.8.11.9 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Atonement; Christ's Return; Grief (1 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | VILLE DU HAVRE |
| Composer: | Philip P. Bliss (1876) |
| Meter: | 11.8.11.9 with refrain |
| Key: | D♭ Major |
This text is a remarkable expression of faith born of grief. The author, an active Presbyterian layman who had just lost four daughters in a tragic shipwreck, wrote it while sailing to Paris to meet his wife, who had survived. The tune was named for the ship that sank.
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