Cross and Comfort

It Is Well With My Soul

Words:
Horatio G. Spafford, 1873. Music and Setting: 'It Is Well' or 'Ville Du Havre' Philip P. Bliss, 1876.
Metre:
11 8 11 9 6 9
  1. 1When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou has 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.
  2. 2Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,Let this blest assurance control,That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed His own blood for my soul.It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well with my soul.
  3. 3My sin, oh, 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.
  4. 4For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:If Jordan above me shall roll,No pang shall be mine, for in death as in lifeThou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well with my soul.
  5. 5But, Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,The sky, not the grave, is our goal;Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!It is well, with my soul,It is well, it is well with my soul.
  6. 6And 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 is well with my soul.

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  • Written in 1873, the words are in 605 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
  • The tune, It Is Well Ville Du Havre, is in 495 hymnals. The tune →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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