It Is Well With My Soul

𝄞: A 🕑: 4/4 ⌛: 96 CCLI: 25376 URL 🖉 Horatio Gates Spafford, Bertha Spafford Vester, Philip Paul Bliss © 1873 Public Domain


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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,


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When sorrows like sea billows roll;


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Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,


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



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



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Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,


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Let this blest assur- ance control,


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That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,


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And hath shed His own blood for my soul.



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


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My sin, not in part but the whole,


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Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,


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Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!



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For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live,


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If Jordan above me shall roll,


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No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life


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Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.



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



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But, Lord, tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,


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The sky, not the grave, is our goal;


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Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!


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Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!



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


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The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;


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The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,


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Even so, it is well with my soul.



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