"On Thursday last we passed over the spot where she went down in mid-ocean, the water three miles deep. But I do not think of our dear ones there. They are safe, folded, the dear lambs, and there, before very long, shall we be too. In the meantime, thanks to God, we have an opportunity to serve and praise Him for His love and mercy to us and ours. I will praise Him while I have my being. May we each one arise, leave all, and follow Him."

(Horatio Spafford 1873)                                                                 

When peace like a river attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea-billows roll,

Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to know;

It is well, it is well with my soul.

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Tho' Satan should buffet, tho' trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control,

That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

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My sin - oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin - not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to His cross and I bear it no more;

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, oh my soul.

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And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend

A song in the night, oh my soul!

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(the following verse was added some time later)

For 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 life

Thou shalt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

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