Needham, Jimmy - It Is Well Lyrics

In 1871 the Great Chicago Fire virtually ruined Horatio Spafford. It was almost the biggest trauma in his life but not the biggest. Two years later 1873 put his wife and his four daughters on a ship to sail for England. And the ship runs into another ship and sinks very quickly, and all four girls die and his wife barely escapes. He hears about the accident and he receives a telegraph from his wife saying Alone. He gets on a ship and he heads over with his grieving wife. And as he passes over the ocean where the girls went down and were at the bottom, he wrote:

When peace like a river attendeth my soul
When sorrows like sea billows roll

And you can hear the part

When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hath taught me to say
It is well it is well with my soul

So the question is how could it be well.
It goes on in the song and it says

Let this blest assurance control
That God hath regarded my helpless estate
And Christ hath shed his own blood for my soul

He knew Christ loves him. He saw it on the cross. And when it gets to the end he has Christ is coming back with the great triumph not to judge him but to raise His daughters from the death. So it is well with my soul.

No song quite gets it in terms of its cadence, and tune, and especially its words
It doesn't get any better than sorrowful but always rejoicing through.

It is well. It is well with my soul.

Hallelujah!

It is finished... thank you Adonai thank you Yeshua

what is wrong with her I mean his voice , can a man sing like a man anymore, why do men try to sound like a little girl . be a man

no I did not miss the point ,, sing like a man and sound like a man@Micah Gelatt

I'm sorry for you if you cannot feel the presence of God when he is singing this song. I pray that you will find the Lord Jesus Christ.

@Steve Roop not when you turn it in to some phony voice thing that you do , sing it normal and the holy spirit will be there , don't need to fake it

It is well with my soul 😍

My father just lost his brother. The first song that came to mind was this. Praying for anyone going through a loss and praying that God comforts you.

"Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul"

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

Chorus:

It is well, (it is well)
With my soul, (with my soul)

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

My 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!

(Chorus)

Oh 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

samarasaratnam thank you

i need to add subtitles to this, i need to share it! please, could someone send me what pastor John says in this song so I can translate it? English is not my mother language so I can't understand everything he says, please!

Here you go. Hope you can share this with others!

In 1871 the Great Chicago Fire virtually ruined Horatio Spafford. It was almost the biggest trauma in his life but not the biggest. Two years later 1873 put his wife and his four daughters on a ship to sail for England. And the ship runs into another ship and sinks very quickly, and all four girls die and his wife barely escapes. He hears about the accident and he receives a telegraph from his wife saying Alone. He gets on a ship and he heads over with his grieving wife. And as he passes over the ocean where the girls went down and were at the bottom, he wrote:

When peace like a river attendeth my soul
When sorrows like sea billows roll

And you can hear the part

When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hath taught me to say
It is well it is well with my soul

So the question is how could it be well.
It goes on in the song and it says

Let this blest assurance control
That God hath regarded my helpless estate
And Christ hath shed his own blood for my soul

He knew Christ loves him. He saw it on the cross. And when it gets to the end he has Christ is coming back with the great triumph not to judge him but to raise His daughters from the death. So it is well with my soul.

No song quite gets it in terms of its cadence, and tune, and especially its words
It doesn't get any better than sorrowful but always rejoicing through.

It is well. It is well with my soul.

wonderful arrangementI  I harmonize with Jimmy Needham

Amazing!!

Hallelujah

This is so kool

Thank you for this.

Wow cant even talk after this! all is well with my soul only because of Him †††

Wow! My favorite song, now I know the story behind this treasure.

Randy Funk what's the story?

Absolutely awesome!