First, The 1871 Chicago fire financially ruined Spafford.
Next, the tune is called the Ville de Havre, after the S.S. Ville de Havre, the ship on which all four of Spafford's daughter died after colliding with another ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Finally, the same year after writing the music, Bliss died in a train accident.
Words: 1873 Horatio G. Spafford
ReplyDeleteMusic: 1876, Philip P. Bliss
Tragic inspiration behind the hymn:
First, The 1871 Chicago fire financially ruined Spafford.
Next, the tune is called the Ville de Havre, after the S.S. Ville de Havre, the ship on which all four of Spafford's daughter died after colliding with another ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Finally, the same year after writing the music, Bliss died in a train accident.