Horatio Spafford

I was reminded of the backstory of why that song was written.

Horatio Spafford lost his whole family at sea.

And when he returned in a boat to that very spot in the ocean, he wrote those words, God, I trust you.

It is well with my soul.

But I mean that line, it is well with my soul.

Horatio Spafford wrote that hymn.

He wrote the hymn on a boat in the ocean traveling from Europe to America over the place where his four daughters were drowned in a shipwreck.

He wrote those words.

So it's like some of the most profound suffering that a human could experience.

Horatio Spafford discovered that if you have Christ, you can say that it is well with my soul.

And so when you ask a big question and the answer comes back no, whether from God or from another person, we can say it is well with my soul.

Dallas Willard used to say that this is one of the most challenging sentences to hold on to.

I hope you're cultivating God's peace in your life for your soul's sake, for your sake.

It was back in 1873, Horatio Spafford sent his wife Anna and their four daughters ahead of him to Europe.

while he stayed behind on business.

During the voyage, their ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Atlantic.

It will live forever.

Could I encourage you as I encourage myself? Take care of your soul." It was back in 1873, Horatio Spafford sent his wife Anna and their four daughters ahead of him to Europe while he stayed behind on business.

During the voyage, their ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Atlantic.

Anna survived, but all four of their daughters were lost.

charles billingsley is joining us today here on the meeting house on faith radio as we talk about the album replay and you were mentioning that hymn it is well with my soul if you had one song that's that's high praise and also really it's a it's a great declaration of the meaning of that song it is well with my soul elaborate on that if you would just a bit why that's so meaningful to you

You know, so many people know the story behind the song with Horatio Spafford losing his four daughters at sea and his wife alone was saved and, you know, how he took that trip over the water to go meet his wife and had the captain show him on the trip over where his daughters had been killed in that awful sea wreck in 1873.

And, you know, it's a tragic story, but I think Bob...

As you well know, a lot of our greatest songs come out of great tragedy and heartache.

This is the kind of peace that is supernatural and will cause you to say, it is well with my soul.

Horatio Spafford, a Christian lawyer from Chicago, wrote, "'It is well with my soul after an unimaginable tragedy.

In 1873, his four daughters died when their ship sank crossing the Atlantic Ocean.'" His wife, Anna, survived and sent him a telegram beginning with this, saved alone.

So when he receives the telegram, he boards the ship, begins to go to his wife to meet her.

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How will you respond when you receive the news that you fear the most? Shortly after learning of the death of his four daughters and amidst a season of financial and personal ruin, Horatio Spafford responded, by penning these words, When sorrows like sea billows roll, Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to know, It is well, it is well with my soul.

The man Job, upon hearing that virtually all of his earthly possessions had been destroyed and that his ten children had been killed, responded this way, The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away.

Blessed be the name of the Lord.