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What If It’s Not Well With My Soul? Deep Depression and Suicide
Perhaps one of the most recognized church songs, besides the song Amazing Grace, is the song It Is Well With My Soul.
Written by Horatio Spafford, 1873
Here is the first stanza of the song:
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. Back Story: Horatio lived with his family of 5 children (1 son and 4 daughters) in Chicago. Horatio was a successful lawyer and was a close friend to Dwight L. Moody, an evangelist from Chicago. Horatio was a very successful lawyer and was able to…
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