It Is Well

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

My sin, 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.
It is well
With my soul.
It is well, it is well with my soul.

O, Lord haste the day when my faith shall by 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.
It is well
With my soul.
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Horatio G. Spafford lost all 4 of his daughters in a ship wreck in 1873. While traveling home to be with his wife after the accident, the captain of his ship told the passengers they were passing over the place where the accident had happened. Horatio said to himself, "It is well, the will of God be done." He later wrote the famous hymn based on these words.

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all." Psalm 34:19