Rebecca St. James - It Is Well Lyrics

This recording sings the well-known hymn "It Is Well with My Soul," which sets calm trust beside grief. The opening picture is "peace like a river" in one line and "sorrows like sea billows" in the next, and both lead to the same response: "Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, even so, it is well with my soul."

The later verses look ahead to the return of Christ, asking the Lord to "haste the day when my faith shall be sight," with clouds rolled back like a scroll and the trumpet sounding. The chorus repeats the confession so that the congregation can hold onto it after each verse.

The hymn text gathers images from the prophets and from Paul's letters about the final trumpet. Its steady, restrained wording has made it a common choice for funerals and times of loss, and this version keeps the traditional verses and chorus in their familiar order.