Ever hear of the hymnn "It is well" or "All is well"?

Question

who wrote it

Answer 1

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
by Horatio G. Spafford, 1828-1888

Hope this helps and God bless!

Answer 2

I don't know if this is the one you are talking about but here's this one.

30
Come, Come, Ye Saints
With conviction

31243, Hymns, Come, Come, Ye Saints, no. 30

1. Come, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
’Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell—
All is well! All is well!

2. Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
’Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward
If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take.
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we’ll have this tale to tell—
All is well! All is well!

3. We’ll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away in the West,
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the Saints will be blessed.
We’ll make the air with music ring,
Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we’ll tell—
All is well! All is well!

4. And should we die before our journey’s through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the Saints their rest obtain,
Oh, how we’ll make this chorus swell—
All is well! All is well!

Text: William Clayton, 1814–1879

Music: English folk song

D&C 61:36–39

D&C 59:1–4

Answer 3

Horatio G. Spafford, 1828-1888

it is a great song. emotional. inspiring. motivating. but i have been told that the story of the song ends badly...i have not validated this, but apparently Horatio was a missionary. His wife and child passed away. and in the midst of the struggle he wrote this song...shortly thereafter he ended his own life. i had a hard time, at first, listening and/or singing this tune since i heard this story. but i have since come to the conclusion that it is still a great piece. When i hear it i am thankfull i have not experienced what Horatio did, and i ask God that in the event i do experience something similar that he gives me the strength and courage to prevail...

Please note: i have no sources for this information, other than someone who i consider to be somewhat of a Theologian. But i have not checked it out for myself...

All this being said..this song still moves me. Although differently now from when i first heard...but it still has a strong message...

Answer 4

It is well.

Horatio G. Spafford. This is an amazing story.

In 1870 he lost his son (I forget how)
In 1871 he lost everything in the Chicago fire (he was a doctor or something)
In 1873 his wife and four daughters were sailing and their ship struck another. The wife was saved, the four daughters were not. Horatio was sailing to meet his wife, was near the place where his daughters had drowned, when he wrote this song.

After all of that, he wrote: "It is well with my soul."
How's that for faith?

Answer 5

Its called "It Is Well With My Soul" The words were written by Horatio Spafford and the music was composed by Phillip Bliss. Spafford wrote the words after his family perished at sea.

Answer 6

The words were written by Horatio G. Spofford, 1828-1888.
The "traditional" tune was written by Philip P. Bliss, 1835-1876.

The hymn begins:
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way .....

The tune is known as "It Is Well".

Answer 7

Words: Ho­ra­tio G. Spaf­ford, 1873.

Music: Phil­ip P. Bliss, 1876 (MI­DI, score). The tune is named af­ter the ship on which Spaf­ford’s child­ren per­ished, the S.S. Ville de Havre. Iron­ic­al­ly, Bliss him­self died in a tra­gic train wreck short­ly af­ter writ­ing this mu­sic.

This hymn was writ­ten af­ter two ma­jor trau­mas in Spaf­ford’s life. The first was the great Chi­ca­go Fire of Oc­to­ber 1871, which ru­ined him fi­nan­cial­ly (he had been a weal­thy bus­i­ness­man). Short­ly af­ter, while cross­ing the At­lan­tic, all four of Spaf­ford’s daugh­ters died in a col­li­sion with an­o­ther ship. Spaf­ford’s wife Anna sur­vived and sent him the now fa­mous tel­e­gram, “Saved alone.” Sev­er­al weeks lat­er, as Spaf­ford’s own ship passed near the spot where his daugh­ters died, the Ho­ly Spir­it in­spired these words. They speak to the eter­nal hope that all be­liev­ers have, no mat­ter what pain and grief be­fall them on earth.


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When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain

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

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

Refrain

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!

Refrain

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 wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

Refrain

But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!

Refrain

And 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.

Refrain

Answer 8

Used to sing that in church all the time. If you are in church find it in your hymn book. Most of them have who wrote a song and when it was written at the bottom of the page.

Answer 9

Here is "It Is Well with My Soul" Words: Horatio Spafford, 1873. Music: Philip Bliss, 1876.
www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/t/i/itiswell.htm < YOU CAN LISTEN TO IT HERE.

Answer 10

I don't know; it's an old hymn. It's called "It is well with my soul" or something like that (and it's a beautiful song, by the way).