The oft-told story of Horatio Spafford and his writing of the text “It Is Well With My Soul” is as heartbreaking as it as inspirational. It is also somewhat incomplete. In this video, we share the story of the hymn, plus explore more of the Spafford’s story than is usually told. In the later years…
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“It Is Well With My Soul”
Their story began quite happily. Anna Larson was young, lovely and intelligent. Horatio Spafford was a businessman and senior partner in a successful law firm. They married in 1861 when Anna was 19 and Horatio was 33, and had a beautiful home in Chicago. They were devout and active Christians, Ira Sankey and Dwight Moody…
Gail Masinda (History Heights & Maestro Heights) 