Is it Well with Your Soul?

Horatio G Spafford, an attorney in Chicago, lost a fortune in real estate during the great Chicago fire in 1871. His 4 year old son died of scarlet fever around the same time. He became consumed with work.

A couple of years later he decided to take his wife and 4 daughters to Europe to visit some evangelistic meetings in England and have a vacation. He was detained from boarding with them and was to take another ship. The ship collided with an iron sailing vessel, and his daughters drowned. However his wife survived.

Horatio immediately took a ship to join his wife. Along the way, the captain informed him that they were passing over the place where the first ship went down. Horatio went to his cabin and prayed. He said, "It is well; the will of God be done." He later wrote this hymn based on those words.

I invite you to listen to this magnificent rendition of "It is Well With My Soul".

https://musicrow.com/2020/03/nashville-studio-singer-community-presents-it-is-well-with-my-soul-with-virtual-cell-phone-choir/

Here is the story of how it came about from 31 out-of-work back-up singers:

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV News 4) -- Many people are working from home during the COVID-19 outbreak, but what if your job is as a studio background vocalist?

Nashville has a deep talent pool when it comes to singers. Some have sung background for the biggest stars you've heard of, all kinds of records, even performed demo recordings for songs that went on to become a giant smash hit.

So if you can't gather in groups larger than ten, if you're supposed to sanitize every surface you can if you go to work, then hundreds of studio performers who live here have no options. They're out of work.

Someone had the idea to each sing "it is well with my soul" on their phones.

They emailed it to a producer and he put it all together to come up with this absolutely AMAZING video/recording.

Thank you to Pamela Furr for sharing this with us, and thank you as well to Ten Two Six Music Group, and David Wise who arranged it.

And of course thank you to the brilliant singers who put their work into it.

They have used their God-given talents during this trial. They are praising the God who is in control. Horatio used his God-given talents to craft the words which give us hope and encouragement. Let us continue to use our God-given talents and gifts and praise Him while we do.

Thanks for stopping by,

Rachel