When Peace Like a River (It Is Well With My Soul)

The hymn "It Is Well With My Soul" has a fascinating and truly inspiring back story. The lyrics were written by Horatio Spafford after a series of devastating events in his life - the loss of his family's wealth and the loss of all four of his daughters in a tragic shipwreck - all occurring within a short period of time. You can read about it in this Wikipedia article. 

The version of this song that we are featuring is a piano solo recorded by Dean McIntyre. It is part of a collection of hymns from the United Methodist Church that has been made freely available to use as a worship resource. (https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/articles/piano-accompaniment-recordings)

We hope that you enjoy this beautiful recording and that it can be a source of solace and hope, as it has for so many over the years. Note that 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the tragic shipwreck that partly inspired Horatio Spafford to write the lyrics for this hymn.