"It Is Well with My Soul" is one of the hymns families most often choose for a funeral or thanksgiving service. The words below are free to print in an order of service.
In our starting orders of service it appears as: Hymn in the Anglican order; Hymn in the Baptist order. Your minister has the final say on where it is sung.
Words
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; 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.
My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!— My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll; The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul.
Hymn books differ by a word here and there. Check these words against the book your church uses.
Print it in a programme
When you choose this hymn in Homegoing, its words are added to the booklet for you. You can also paste your church's own version. See the orders of service by church.