1000 Songs/It is well with my soul (P. P. Bliss)

It is well with my soul (P. P. Bliss)

1000 Songs

Text

The text was written by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Spafford and is found here. The original manuscript only has four verses but another one was added and one of the lines was modified.

Author

Horatio Spafford.

Editor's Choice

The only version is P.P. Bliss'.

Music

The music is written by Philip Bliss.

Tune

The tune is Ville du Havre and is named after the SS Ville du Havre that Spafford's wife and family was on that sank.

Background

Author biography

He ran away from home at the age of 11, only attended school sporadically, then became a teacher. He travelled around playing music and was very successful, but after a brief period of joining the army, he did not regain the same level of popularity. He and his wife died together when a bridge broke under their train, and their carriage caught on fire (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtabula_River_Railroad_Disaster2). Philip survived, but went back to save his wife and neither of their bodies were recovered. They were survived by their two children, who were at the ages of 2 and 4 at the time of their deaths.

Cultural setting

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