His life
tells a story.
Unexpected
business caused the lawyer to stay home in Chicago a few extra days instead of
joining his family on the trip across the ocean. A companion of the famous
evangelist D. L. Moody, the Presbyterian layman and his family planned to join
Moody in England for one of his crusades.
Tragedy
befell the steamship S.S. Ville du Havre, when struck by an iron sailing
vessel. 226 reportedly died because of the accident, including Spafford’s four
daughters. Annie, Maggie, Bessie, and Tanetta – ranging in ages from two to
eleven – all drowned in the waters of the Atlantic on November 22, 1873.
Spafford’s wife Anna survived the trip. Arriving in England, she sent a simple
telegram to her husband that read “Saved Alone.”
Read my entire article, A Story to Tell, here.
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