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Oasis Chorale & Minerva Community Choir - "When Peace Like A River" - Bliss, arr. Kauffman

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Oasis Chorale and Minerva Community Choir performing "When Peace Like A River" - Philip P. Bliss arr. Lloyd Kauffman. Download our recording of this song here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/when-peace-like-a-river/id567629692?i=567629708 This is a piece from "Shout for Joy - A Choral Festival", which culminated the 10th anniversary reunion of Oasis Chorale. The festival was held at Bethany Mennonite Church in Hartville, Ohio on August 11, 2013.
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Oasis Chorale & Minerva Community Choir

Words by Horatio G. SpaffordMusic by Philip P. BlissWritten Tune VILLE DU HAVRE

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.

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 sinβ€”oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!β€”
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!

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.

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!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of 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 descend;
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Story Behind the Song

Horatio G. Spafford wrote the text after a series of devastating losses, including the death of his four daughters in the 1873 sinking of the steamship Ville du Havre. Tradition says he penned the words while crossing the Atlantic near the place where the ship had gone down. Philip P. Bliss composed the tune, naming it VILLE DU HAVRE, and the hymn was published in Gospel Hymns No. 2 in 1876.

Scripture

Found In

Gospel Hymns No. 2, Trinity Hymnal, Baptist Hymnal, The United Methodist Hymnal, Psalter Hymnal