http://www.pietisten.org/authors/HoffmanPaul.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/HoffmanPaul.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//xli/1/life_sings.html http://www.pietisten.org//xli/1/life_sings.html Most everyone who knows the beloved hymn “It Is Well with My Soul” also knows the tragic story of its text. Horatio Spafford wrote the text in 1873 after the death of his four daughters in a shipwreck at sea.