Bible Songs — Funeral Occasions

It is Well with My Soul

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

No. 1373
Tune IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL.
Words H. G. Spafford.
Music P P. Bliss.
Key D-flat major
Singing key D♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

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."

Refrain.

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 hath regarded my helpless estate,And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

My sin— O the bliss of the 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, O my soul!

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 deseend;"Even so"—it is well with my soul.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1373» (large, left), title «IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals, «It is Well with My Soul.»); on the next line «H. G. SPAFFORD.» at the left (words, capitals and small capitals), the epigraph «"He hath delivered my soul in peace."—Ps. 55 : 18.» in the centre (old-style figures) and «P P. BLISS.» at the right (music; no period after the first «P» in this scan). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line. Ink handwriting of a former owner at the top of the page (a line cut by the edge of the scan, «LS 450» beside the number, a date «July 18, 19..» at the right) is not part of the print and is not transcribed. All four stanzas are interlinear, numbered «1.»–«4.», between the staves of systems 1–3; the printed lines run on across the systems and are given here one verse line per line. «REFRAIN.» (bold capitals) stands over the treble after the heavy bar in system 3; the refrain words are printed once, in two lines: the upper line is the soprano's («It is well . . . . with my soul . . .», with leader dots under her held notes); the lower line is sung by alto, tenor and bass, who enter after rests under those held notes («It is well with my soul,»); its last verse line, «It is well, it is well with my soul.», is printed once and sung by all. Stanza 4, last verse line: the print has «de- / seend;» (an «e» where «descend;» needs a «c») — kept as printed. Stanza 4: «resound,» is printed unbroken under two notes; stanza 2: «shouldcome,» is set without a word space (restored here). Under the music, centred: «By permission The John Church Co» (no final period). The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («roll ;», «thought !», «soul !», «55 : 18»); it is closed up here; curly quotes are written straight. Spelling and punctuation are the print's.