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Text:It Is Well With My Soul
Author:Horatio G. Spafford (18299-1888)
Tune:VILLE DU HAVRE
Composer:KPhilip P. Bliss (1838-1876)

530. It Is Well With My Soul

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 My sin–oh, the joy 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]

3 And, 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. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
Title: It Is Well With My Soul
Author: Horatio G. Spafford (18299-1888) (1876)
Refrain First Line: It is well with my soul,
Meter: 11.8.11.9.Ref.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Christan Life: Faith and Trust
Tune Information
Name: VILLE DU HAVRE
Composer: KPhilip P. Bliss (1838-1876)
Meter: 11.8.11.9.Ref.
Incipit: 55433 23465 43517
Key: C Major



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