Tag: Horatio Spafford

‘It Is Well With My Soul’ (Special Christmas Narrative)

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Requested by Teddy Kiara–and you’re right, Teddy: it’s very hard to keep a dry eye while watching this.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville, backed up by the Tabernacle Choir and a cast of re-enactors, It Is Well With My Soul was written by Horatio Spafford who, in 1873, after he’d lost most of his wealth in the Great Chicago Fire, then lost his four children in a shipwreck.

That was when he composed the hymn.

Mr. and Mrs. Spafford were to have further troubles in their lives (only two of their seven children survived to adulthood).

But as you will hear, they never gave up.

[16 minutes, but well worth your time: very inspiring]

 

‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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Late again, and sorry! Didn’t get much sleep last night.

Is it well with my soul? I think the Lord our God has got that covered.

It Is Well With My Soul, by Horatio Spafford–who lost everything, in fire and in shipwreck, and still blessed the Lord.

By Request, ‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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Thank you, Erlene, for requesting this: It Is Well With My Soul, sung by the Mennonite Hour Men’s Chorale.

The author, Horatio Spafford, was a rich man; but he lost all his wealth in the Chicago Fire. He was a family man; but he lost his family in a ship sinking.

Somehow he stood–in Christ. Because he knew that whatever happened, his sins were taken away and nailed to the Cross.

Beautiful! ‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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In 1873 Horatio Spafford lost everything–all his wealth (in the Chicago Fire), and his children, in a calamity at sea. And he wrote It Is Well With My Soul.

His hymn comes to us today from Chennai, India, sung by the Choir Masters Assn. in the Voice of Eden ministry. I couldn’t tell my wife about it without my voice breaking–the hymn is that beautiful, and it stirred my soul today.

There is some powerful Christianity coming forth from India!

By Request, ‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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Horatio Spafford lost all his wealth in the Chicago Fire; he lost his children when their ship sank; and then he wrote It Is Well With My Soul. His faith was awesome. Terrible things can happen to us in this fallen world. Without faith, they can destroy us.

By Request, ‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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Horatio Spafford wrote these lyrics after losing his wealth in the Chicago Fire and losing his children at sea. His point was: his soul is kept secure by Jesus Christ; and in that he can trust.

Requested by Erlene–It Is Well With My Soul, sung by Audrey Assad.

Rejoice! An Answered Prayer. Rejoice!

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I don’t know how to tell you how my heart leaped when I went to check the comments and there I found that little snowman avatar that announces a comment by our friend and brother, Dave, aka “thewhiterabbit.”

Dave and his wife, Linda, were down with COVID, very weak and sick. They’re still feeling somewhat the worse for wear, so keep praying for their full recovery. However, they have survived. They’re still here. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise God who hears our prayers.

Now, requested by “thewhiterabbit,” we have Horatio Spafford’s classic hymn, It Is Well With My Soul, sung by the Mennonite Hour Men’s Choir. Prior to writing this hymn, Mr. Spafford, who had much, lost everything but his life. Take the lyrics to heart.

Thank you, O Lord, for answering our prayers and once again showing the power of Jesus’ name–amen!

‘It Is Well with My Soul’

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Horatio Spafford wrote this hymn in 1873–after losing his son, and all his wealth in the Chicago Fire, 1871, and then all four of his daughters in a disaster at sea, two years later. How any soul can bear up under so much tragedy can only be explained by the power and the grace of God.

It Is Well with My Soul, sung by Anthem Lights…

‘It Is Well with My Soul’

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Businessman Horatio Spafford wrote this hymn after losing most of his wealth, his son in the Chicago Fire, and his four daughters in a shipwreck: It Is Well with My Soul (1876), sung by Acapeldridge (in four-part harmony with himself).

Bonus Hymn, ‘It Is Well With My Soul’

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Folks, I hope you don’t mind our doing hymns today instead of news–but then the hymns are the news, aren’t they? The real news. The good news.

Our friend “Weavingword” sent us this, a beautiful rendition by Chris Rice of the classic hymn, It Is Well With My Soul.

Horatio Spafford lost his two-year-old son to scarlet fever, then lost all his wealth in the Chicago fire, and then his daughters in a sea disaster… and in 1876 he wrote It Is Well With My Soul. Surely God had a firm grip on his hand, and went with him through the valley of the shadow.