{"id":10413,"date":"2018-07-26T22:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?p=10413"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T22:38:50","slug":"horatio-spafford-it-is-well-with-my-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/horatio-spafford-it-is-well-with-my-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Horatio Spafford &#8211; It Is Well With My Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><em>Horatio Spafford &#8211; It is Well with My Soul<\/em> is a remarkable story of the deep faith of Horatio Spafford and his timeless song &#8220;It is Well with My Soul.&#8221; The following article by Ph.D. was published in <em>The St. Augustine Record<\/em>, Oct. 16, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Horatio_Spafford.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10415 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Horatio_Spafford.jpg\" alt=\"Horatio Spafford\" width=\"196\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a>Horatio G. Spafford was a successful lawyer and businessman in Chicago with a lovely family &#8211; a wife, Anna, and five children. However, they were not strangers to tears and tragedy. Their young son died with pneumonia in 1871, and in that same year, much of their business was lost in the great Chicago fire. Yet, God in His mercy and kindness allowed the business to flourish once more.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 21, 1873, the French ocean liner, Ville du Havre was crossing the Atlantic from the U.S. to Europe with 313 passengers on board. Among the passengers were Mrs. Spafford and their four daughters. Although Mr. Spafford had planned to go with his family, he found it necessary to stay in Chicago to help solve an unexpected business problem. He told his wife he would join her and their children in Europe a few days later. His plan was to take another ship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The_sinking_of_the_Steamship_Ville_du_Havre.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10414 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The_sinking_of_the_Steamship_Ville_du_Havre-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The sinking of the Steamship Ville du Havre\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The_sinking_of_the_Steamship_Ville_du_Havre-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The_sinking_of_the_Steamship_Ville_du_Havre-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/The_sinking_of_the_Steamship_Ville_du_Havre.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>About four days into the crossing of the Atlantic, the Ville du Harve collided with a powerful, iron-hulled Scottish ship, the Loch Earn. Suddenly, all of those on board were in grave danger. Anna hurriedly brought her four children to the deck. She knelt there with Annie, Margaret Lee, Bessie and Tanetta and prayed that God would spare them if that could be His will, or to make them willing to endure whatever awaited them. Within approximately 12 minutes, the Ville du Harve slipped beneath the dark waters of the Atlantic, carrying with it 226 of the passengers including the four Spafford children.<\/p>\n<p>A sailor, rowing a small boat over the spot where the ship went down, spotted a woman floating on a piece of the wreckage. It was Anna, still alive. He pulled her into the boat and they were picked up by another large vessel which, nine days later, landed them in Cardiff, Wales. From there she wired her husband a message which began, \u201cSaved alone, what shall I do?\u201d Mr. Spafford later framed the telegram and placed it in his office.<\/p>\n<p>Another of the ship\u2019s survivors, Pastor Weiss, later recalled Anna saying, \u201cGod gave me four daughters. Now they have been taken from me. Someday I will understand why.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Spafford booked passage on the next available ship and left to join his grieving wife. With the ship about four days out, the captain called Spafford to his cabin and told him they were over the place where his children went down.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bertha Spafford Vester, a daughter born after the tragedy, Spafford wrote \u201cIt Is Well With My Soul\u201d while on this journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When peace like a river attendeth my way,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When sorrows like sea billows roll,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It is well, it is well with my soul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Chorus:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It is well with my soul,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It is well, it is well with my soul<\/p>\n<p>Anna gave birth to three more children, one of which died at age four with dreaded pneumonia. In August 1881, the Spaffords moved to Jerusalem. Mr. Spafford died and is buried in that city.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, shall keep your hearts, your minds through Christ Jesus. &#8211; Philippians 4:7.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Doing the Lord&#8217;s Work<\/h3>\n<p>The following is sourced from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It_Is_Well_with_My_Soul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their Presbyterian church regarded their (the Spaffords) tragedy as divine punishment. In response, the Spaffords formed their own Messianic sect, dubbed &#8220;the Overcomers&#8221; by American press. In 1881, the Spaffords, including baby Bertha and newborn Grace, set sail for Ottoman-Turkish Palestine. The Spaffords settled in\u00a0Jerusalem\u00a0and helped found a group called the\u00a0American Colony. Colony members, later joined by Swedish Christians, engaged in philanthropic work among the people of Jerusalem regardless of their religious affiliation and without proselytizing motives\u2014thereby gaining the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. During and immediately after World War I, the American Colony played a critical role in supporting these communities through the great suffering and deprivations by running soup kitchens, hospitals, orphanages and other charitable ventures. The colony later became the subject of\u00a0<i>Jerusalem<\/i>\u00a0by the\u00a0Nobel prize-winning author,\u00a0Swedish\u00a0novelist\u00a0Selma Lagerl\u00f6f.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The song:\u00a0<em>It is Well with My Soul<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>(Original lyrics)<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\">[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>When peace like a river, attendeth my way,<br \/>\nWhen sorrows like sea billows roll;<br \/>\nWhatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to\u00a0<i>know<\/i><sup>a<\/sup><br \/>\nIt is well, it is well, with my soul.<\/p>\n<p><i>Refrain:<\/i><br \/>\nIt is well, (it is well),<br \/>\nWith my soul, (with my soul)<br \/>\nIt is well, it is well, with my soul.<\/p>\n<p>Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,<br \/>\nLet this blest assurance control,<br \/>\nThat Christ has regarded my helpless estate,<br \/>\nAnd hath shed His own blood for my soul.<\/p>\n<p>My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!<br \/>\nMy sin, not in part but the whole,<br \/>\nIs nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,<br \/>\nPraise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!<\/p>\n<p>For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:<br \/>\nIf Jordan above me shall roll,<br \/>\nNo pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,<br \/>\nThou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.<\/p>\n<p>But Lord, &#8217;tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,<br \/>\nThe sky, not the grave, is our goal;<br \/>\nOh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!<br \/>\nBlessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.<\/p>\n<p>And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,<br \/>\nThe clouds be rolled back as a scroll;<br \/>\nThe trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,<br \/>\n<i>A song in the night, oh my soul<\/i>!\u00a0<sup>b<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><sup>a<\/sup>\u00a0<small>&#8220;know&#8221; (at the end of the third line) was changed to &#8220;say&#8221;.<\/small><br \/>\n<sup>b<\/sup>\u00a0<small>&#8220;A song in the night, oh my soul&#8221; (last line)<br \/>\nwas changed to &#8220;Even so, it is well with my soul&#8221;.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<span class=\"reference-text\"><cite class=\"citation web\"><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130311140635\/http:\/\/spaffordhymn.com\/html\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;History&#8221;<\/a>. Kosinski Studio. Archived from\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spaffordhymn.com\/reproduction-original-manuscript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the original<\/a>\u00a0on March 11, 2013<span class=\"reference-accessdate\">. Retrieved\u00a0<span class=\"nowrap\">March 26,<\/span>\u00a02013<\/span>.<\/cite><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FexGqNDBK3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>It is Well with My Soul<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>==&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/testimonial\/\">Read more inspiring testimonials on our website, by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Horatio Spafford &#8211; It is Well with My Soul&#8221; is a remarkable story of the deep faith of Horatio Spafford and his memorable song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[201,23,36,202,59,200,204,199,198,203,205],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Horatio Spafford - It is Well with My Soul - West Park Baptist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Horatio Spafford - It is Well with My Soul&quot; 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