Horatio Spafford: Not Well With His Soul
Rev. Angus Stewart critiques the popular hagiographic accounts of hymn writer Horatio Spafford, arguing that the true historical record reveals serious theological errors including Arminianism and other heresies that contradict Reformed doctrine. This article challenges readers to look beyond sanitized narratives and confront uncomfortable truths about a celebrated figure in church history.
Rev. Angus Stewart Getting Beyond Hagiography If one searches for information on the internet or in short books on hymn writers about Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) and his very popular song “When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,” with its moving chorus “It is well with my soul” and catchy tune by P. P. Bliss, one will typically find repetition of the moving story of the author’s tragic loss of four young daughters in the sinking of the SS Ville du Havre in the North Atlantic (2...