It is well with my soul

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Ville Du Havre & Loch Earn

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Justin Taylor at Between Two Worlds writes:

[Tomorrow] in history, 1873, the steamship Ville du Havre was struck by an iron sailing vessel while crossing the Atlantic. 246 people died, including the four daughters of Chicago lawyer Horatio Spafford. His wife Anna survived. Just two years earlier their four-year-old son died of scarlet fever, and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 financially ruined him.

The tragedy led Spafford to write the moving Christian hymn, "It is Well With My Soul." Go read the rest.

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