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In 1871, Horatio Spafford, a prosperous lawyer and devout Presbyterian church elder and his wife, Anna, were living comfortably with their four young daughters in Chicago. In that year the great fire broke out and devastated the entire city. Two years later the family decided to vacation with friends in Europe.
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul. Refrain: 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.
8 de abr. de 2018 · Horatio Spafford is best known for being the author of the famous hymn “It Is Well with My Soul.”. While the hymn may be beautiful, Spafford’s theology was not. You see, Spafford was a universalist who believed that hell was only purgatorial in nature and that eventually all created beings, including the devil, would be reconciled to God.
20 de abr. de 2024 · Spafford and his wife had a consistent history of acting on their faith. After the great Chicago Fire of 1871, they devoted countless hours to helping the survivors. In 1881, they moved to Jerusalem (taking two daughters born after the shipwreck tragedy) and helped found a group called the Ameri ...
Horatio Spafford (1828–1888) was a successful businessman, a native of Troy, New York, who had moved to Chicago in 1856. By trade, he was a prominent lawyer specializing in national and international law, including work as Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Lind University, but he also had extensive real estate holdings, was a Sunday School teacher in his Presbyterian church, was an ...
- Spafford wrote "Jerusalem, Syria" in his diary, referring to the large Eastern Mediterranean region of the Levant (which encompassed a large territory that later came to include the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories).
