It is well

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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!
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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.
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My sin—oh, the bliss of this 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!
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For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live;
  If dark hours about me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
  Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
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L Sue Meyer

Old Bridge, NJ, U.S.A.

I was brought up in the Bible belt in Alabama. My parents did not always agree, hence the three divorces from each other. They even went on to marry others. Mother had three husbands under her belt, one she buried. Father has had four wives all ending in divorces. I married a Navy man. His first ship was the USS Stark FFG 31. That was the ship that was hit by two Iranian missiles. He had gotten off six miths before the disaster. He knew 39 of the 41 killed. His rack was distroyed. Not long after that my husband's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. It went from one breast to the other, to her lungs, to her spine, and finally she had a brain tumor. I always told her when I talked to her that I was praying for her. She gave me the best compliment. Before she died she accepted the Lord because she said I had witnessed to her by my actions since I had married her son. Mom was dead just after her 49th birthday after a five year battle. Through all this I remember the song saying 'whatever my lot, it is well with my soul.' After hearing the history of this song (which I wish you provided to others), I knew that no matter what happens in my life, God is there to help make it well in my soul. I just have to give it over to Him which is never an easy task. We all want to have that control, but if we give the control to the Lord then He will make it right.

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