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Raging Waters
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Raging Waters is the name of three water theme parks located in Sacramento, San Dimas, and San Jose, California. They are the largest water parks in the state of California.[citation needed] The three parks are owned by Palace Entertainment but each contains different attractions. The three parks are generally closed during the winter months.
There are also parks named Raging Waters in Wildwood, New Jersey, but only the three California Raging Waters parks are owned by Palace Entertainment. Until early 2011, there was also a Raging Waters park in Salt Lake City, Utah, now operating as Seven Peaks Salt Lake.[1]
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1 Raging Waters San Jose
2 Raging Waters Sacramento
3 Raging Waters Los Angeles
3.1 Attractions
4 In popular culture
5 References
6 External links
Raging Waters San Jose[edit]
View of Raging Waters San Jose
The Raging Waters San Jose amusement park is located in Lake Cunningham Park in East San Jose, adjacent to Capitol Expressway, Eastridge Mall, Eastridge Transit Center and Reid-Hillview Airport.
Raging Waters Sacramento[edit]
Main article: Raging Waters Sacramento
Raging Waters Sacramento water park is located at Cal Expo and was formerly known as Six Flags Waterworld.
Raging Waters Los Angeles[edit]
A play area for young children at Raging Waters San Dimas
Raging Waters opened June 18, 1983, located in Los Angeles Los Angeles County in the city of San Dimas, near SR 57 between Interstate 10 and Interstate 210. Park officials described it as California's largest water park in 2011.[2]
The park was formerly known as "Raging Waters San Dimas", but as of 2016, official media was using the name "Raging Waters Los Angeles" for this location.[3]
Attractions[edit]
"Little Dipper Lagoon", another play area for children, at Raging Waters San Dimas
Aqua Rocket
Aqua Rocket is a coaster-style slide that uses magnetic propulsion to propel a raft up hills.
Amazon Adventure
The Amazon Adventure is a quarter-mile-long, 3-foot-deep (0.9 m), tropical river that runs through a section of the park. Riders sit in rafts as the current pulls them around the river route.
Dark Hole
The Dark Hole is a system of two fiberglass tunnels with a total drop of fifty-two feet. Riders used to sit in a single person raft identical to the ones used in Amazon River, but as of 2016 riders sit in a two-person raft speeding through the total darkness of the long flumes, the first of its kind in the country. Riders travel at a speed of 26 miles per hour.[4]
Dragon's Den
This slide debuted in 2004 and is a two-rider tube ride that sends guests plummeting down a steep 45-foot (14 m) tunnel,[4] circling around a 35-foot (11 m) bowl 9-foot (2.7 m) until they fall though a secret tunnel at the bottom. As of 2016, Dragon's Den is ridden as a single-rider with tubes identical to the ones used in Amazon River. The current record for complete revolutions of the bowl before exiting is six (6) revolutions, held by Mykel Pickens and Marcus Thomas of Victorville, CA.
DropOut
DropOut is a seven-story body slide. Riders plunge at a near free fall, reaching speeds close to 40 miles per hour. Some riders will lift off the slide when coming down.[4]
High Extreme at Raging Waters San Dimas, with dining area visible in foreground
High Extreme
Standing at 10 stories[citation needed], High Extreme sends riders through 600-foot (180 m) flumes, reaching speeds of up to thirty-five miles per hour. This ride originally used a toboggan-like raft for single riders; however, for many years thereafter only the two-person raft was used. As of 2006, the head-first toboggans returned and guests could choose between the two. In 2007, use of the double tubes was again discontinued, in favor of the head-first toboggans.
Ragin' Racer
Riders race down the eight-lane slide on head-first toboggan mats similar to those used on High Extreme. At eight lanes and over 200 feet (61 m) long, Ragin' Racer is the largest slide of its type in the country. Going up to 34 miles per hour.[citation needed].
Wave Cove
The Wave Cove is one of Raging Water's oldest and most popular attractions[citation needed]. It is a million-gallon pool with fan blades at the deep end, producing waves of up to three feet. Riders may be in the pool with or without an inner tube.
FlowRider
FlowRider Debuting in 2007, riders ride on a boogie board on a jet-made continuous wave that moves 36,000 gallons of water per minute. Riders may perform tricks and other stunts at their own discretion. Although similar rides can be found throughout the US, FlowRider is the first of its kind at Raging Waters.
Neptune's Fury
Neptune's Fury is a closed tube ride in which 3 or 4 people sit together. It is dark inside to cause disorientation. This 600-foot-long (180 m) wild ride plunges the raft into total darkness through a 108-inch-diameter (270 cm) tunnel and down a 60-foot (18 m) drop at 30 miles per hour.
Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda Triangle consists of three twisting, turning, downward tunnels that recycle more than 2,500 gallons of water a minute and make riders feel like they have entered the Bermuda Triangle.
Vortex
The Vortex is a four-story tower featuring two enclosed, 270-foot-long spiral body flumes.
Splash Island Adventure
A tropical-themed collection of 75 activities – including four slides, water cannons, web crawl tunnels, spiral cargo nets and swinging bridges. Splash Island’s centerpiece is a 1,000-gallon bucket atop a five-story tower that tips hundreds of gallons of water over the whole attraction every few minutes.
Dr. Von Dark's Tunnel of Terror
A slide in which rides experience a 40 feet drop into a dark tunnel. Riders will then drop into a small mini funnel.
In popular culture[edit]
San Dimas Raging Waters is featured on Baywatch in season 1 episode 15 "Muddy Waters".
San Dimas Raging Waters is featured as a fictional water park called Waterloo in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
The 1991 Nickelodeon kids' game show Wild and Crazy Kids featured an episode shot entirely within the park.
Raging Waters is mentioned in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Raging Waters is mentioned in the 1994 film Little Big League, although it takes place in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Raging Waters is always mentioned in The Steve Harvey Show (1996–2002) as being visited by the main characters, although the show takes place in Chicago, Illinois.[citation needed]
Raging Waters is mentioned in the 2006 film How to Eat Fried Worms, where Woody mentions to Billy that he "threw up at Raging Waters and they had to drain the whole pool".
The San Dimas park was used in the production of the 2007 film Norbit. As Rasputia slides down the a slide, she overshoots the base and ends up splashing out all of the water from a nearby pool.
Raging Waters is mentioned in the 2008 film Drillbit Taylor, by one of the candidates for the boys' bodyguard.
The San Dimas park was the setting of the music video for Justin Bieber's 2012 song "Beauty and a Beat".
The San Dimas park is referred to in the episodes "Josh and I Go to Los Angeles" and "When Do I Get to Spend Time with Josh?" of the series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–present).
It was the setting for the S12E02 episode of "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia "[5] Bird and Max both go down the vortex, with High extreme and Tiki Head from Splash Island Adventure
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Page not found - Seven Peaks Resort". SevenPeaks.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ Jauregui, Andres (October 21, 2011). "Water Parks In Southern California: A Huffington Post Travel Guide". Retrieved June 11, 2017 – via Huff Post.
Jump up ^ RagingWatersLA (April 8, 2016). "Five weeks until Opening Day! #LiveForSummer with a @RagingWatersLA Season Pass! BUY NOW! http://bit.ly/239k4TM pic.twitter.com/OJ22klOdNx". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017. External link in |title= (help)
^ Jump up to: a b c "Family & Kid-Friendly Things to Do in Los Angeles - Attractions | Raging Waters Los Angeles". RagingWaters.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=20&v=HKNLyjpo0Ss
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Continental Divide of the Americas
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The Continental Divide in North America in red, among other major hydrological divides
The Continental Divide in Central America and South America
The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Continental Gulf of Division, or merely the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. The Continental Divide extends from the Bering Strait to the Strait of Magellan, and separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain into the Atlantic Ocean (including those that drain into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea) and, along the northernmost reaches of the Divide, those river systems that drain into the Arctic Ocean.
Though there are many other hydrological divides in the Americas, the primary Continental Divide (Great Divide) is by far the most prominent of these because it tends to follow a line of high peaks along the main ranges of the Rocky Mountains and Andes, at a generally much higher elevation than the other hydrological divisions.
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1 Geography
1.1 Triple points
1.2 Hiking trail
2 Exceptions
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Geography[edit]
The Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado, taken from the International Space Station on October 28, 2008
The Continental Divide of the Americas begins at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas. The Divide crosses northern Alaska into the Yukon, then zig-zags south into British Columbia via the Cassiar Mountains and Omineca Mountains and northern Nechako Plateau to Summit Lake, north of the city of Prince George and just south of the community of McLeod Lake. From there the Divide traverses the McGregor Plateau to the spine of the Rockies, following the crest of the Canadian Rockies southeast to the 120th meridian west, from there forming the boundary between southern British Columbia and southern Alberta.
Grays Peak, here in mid-June 2007, at 14,278 ft it is the highest point of the Continental Divide in North America.
Historically, the Continental Divide was the line between British and US land possession and the disputed Oregon Country.
The Divide crosses into the United States in northwestern Montana, at the boundary between Waterton Lakes National Park and Glacier National Park. In Canada, it forms the western boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park, and in the US bisects Glacier National Park. Further south, the Divide forms the backbone of the Rocky Mountain Front (Front Range) in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, heads south towards Helena and Butte, then west past the namesake community of Divide, Montana through the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness to the Bitterroot Range, where it forms the eastern third of the state boundary between Idaho and Montana. The Divide crosses into Wyoming within Yellowstone National Park and continues southeast into Colorado where it reaches its highest point in North America at the summit of Grays Peak at 4,352 m (14,278 feet)[citation needed] . It crosses US Hwy 160 in southern Colorado at Wolf Creek Pass, where a line symbolizes the division. The Divide then proceeds south into western New Mexico, passing along the western boundary of the endorheic Plains of San Agustin. Although the Divide represents the height of land between watersheds, it does not always follow the highest ranges/peaks within each state or province.
In Mexico, it passes through Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, México, the Federal District, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. In Central America, it continues through southern Guatemala, southwestern Honduras, western Nicaragua, western/southwestern Costa Rica, and southern Panama. The divide reaches its lowest point in Central America at the Isthmus of Rivas at 47 m (154 feet) in Nicaragua.
The Divide continues into South America, where it follows the peaks of the Andes Mountains, traversing western Colombia, central Ecuador, western and southwestern Peru, and eastern Chile (essentially conforming to the Chile-Bolivia and Chile-Argentina boundaries), southward to the southern end of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
In North America, another, mainly non-mountainous divide, the Laurentian Divide (or Northern Divide), further separates the Hudson Bay-Arctic Ocean drainage region from the Atlantic watershed region. Secondary divides separate the watersheds that flow into the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River (ultimately into the Atlantic) from watersheds that flow to the Atlantic via the Missouri-Mississippi complex. Another secondary divide follows the Appalachian chain, which separates those streams and rivers that flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean from those that exit via the Mississippi River.
Triple points[edit]
Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park, Montana, is the point where two of the principal continental divides in North America converge, the primary Continental Divide and the Northern or Laurentian Divide. From this point, waters flow to the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean via the Gulf of Mexico, and the Arctic Ocean via Hudson Bay. Most geographers, geologists, meteorologists, and oceanographers consider this point the hydrological apex of North America, as Hudson Bay is generally considered part of the Arctic. For example, the International Hydrographic Organization (in its current unapproved working edition only [1] of Limits of Oceans and Seas) defines the Hudson Bay, with its outlet extending from 62.5 to 66.5 degrees north (just a few miles south of the Arctic Circle) as being part of the Arctic Ocean, specifically "Arctic Ocean Subdivision 9.11."
This hydrological apex of North America status of Triple Divide Peak is the main reason behind the designation of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park as the "Crown of the Continent" of North America.[2] The summit of the peak is the world's only oceanic triple divide point.[3] Discounting Antarctica and its ice sheets, only one other continent (Asia) borders three oceans, but the inward-draining Endorheic basin area of Central Asia from western China to the Aral and Caspian Seas is so vast that any Arctic and Indian Ocean tributaries are never within proximity of each other.[3] Thus, North America's status of having a single location draining into three oceans is unique in the world.
Sources differ, however, on whether Hudson Bay, entirely south of the Arctic Circle, is part of the Atlantic or Arctic Ocean.[4] Hudson Bay's water budget connects to the Atlantic more than to the Arctic Ocean.[5] The channels to the north of Hudson Bay are largely cut off by Baffin Island from the Arctic, so much of the water that enters it mixes with the Atlantic to the east via Hudson Strait rather than north into the Arctic. The result is that most of the ice flowing down the Saskatchewan Glacier eventually ends up as water in the Atlantic Ocean.[6][7]
If Hudson Bay is considered part of the Atlantic, then the triple point is at an unimportant-looking, permanently snow and ice covered hump on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, on the southern slope of Snow Dome at 3,456 metres (11,300 ft). The exact location of this potential triple point is somewhat indeterminate because the Columbia Icefield and the snow on top of it shifts from year to year. The snow that falls on it (about 10 metres (33 ft) per year) doesn't actually flow downhill as water, but creeps downhill in the form of glacial ice.
That ice flows down the Athabasca Glacier to the Arctic Ocean via the Athabasca and Mackenzie Rivers. Ice flowing west goes to the Pacific Ocean via Bryce Creek and the Bush and Columbia Rivers. Ice flowing down the Saskatchewan Glacier goes via the North Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, and Nelson Rivers into Hudson Bay.[8]
While Triple Divide Peak (or, alternatively, Snow Dome) is the world's only oceanic triple divide, there are secondary triple divide points wherever any two continental divides meet. North America could be considered to have five major drainage systems: into the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, plus Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Other sources such as the International Hydrographic Organization add a sixth: Canada's Northwest Passage basin. Using just the five, there are four secondary continental divides and three secondary triple points, the two mentioned previously and a third near Hibbing, Minnesota where the Northern Divide intersects the Saint Lawrence Seaway divide.[9] Since there is no true consensus on what a continental divide is, there is no real agreement on where the secondary triple points are located.[10] However, the main Continental Divide described in this article is a far more distinctive geological feature than the others and its two main triple points are much more prominent.
Hiking trail[edit]
The Continental Divide Trail often remains above the treeline and on the Divide, providing spectacular vistas along its route.
The Continental Divide Trail (CDT) follows the Divide through the U.S. from the Mexico–US border to the Canada–US border. The trail itself is a corridor of pathways - i.e. dedicated footpaths or back roads, either on or near the Continental Divide. A less-developed Canadian extension called the Great Divide Trail continues through five national parks and six provincial parks, ending at Kakwa Lake in east-central British Columbia.[11]
Exceptions[edit]
Many endorheic regions in North and South America complicate the simple view of east or west, "ocean-bound" water flow. Several endorheic basins straddle or adjoin the Continental Divide, notably the Great Divide Basin in Wyoming, the Plains of San Agustin and the Animas Valley in New Mexico, the Guzmán Basin in New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico, and both the Bolsón de Mapimí and the Llanos el Salado in Mexico. Such basins can be, and routinely are, assigned to one side of the Divide or the other by their lowest perimeter pass; in other words, an assignment is made by determining how the drainage would occur if the basin were to be progressively filled with water until it overflowed. Large-scale maps, such as those on this page, often show double divide lines when endorheic basins are involved. However, the detailed USGS topographic maps of the United States generally show only the main Divide as determined by the overflow rule. Among other things, this eliminates the need to trace out the boundary for a basin that is very shallow and has a nebulous rim, such as the San Luis Closed Basin in Colorado and the sink of the lost streams of Idaho.
Another rare exception occurs when a stream near a divide splits and flows in both directions, or a lake straddling the divide overflows in both directions. Examples of these are, respectively, North Two Ocean Creek and Isa Lake, both located on the Continental Divide in Wyoming. The Panama Canal has this same feature, but is man-made. Both the Chagres and Gatun rivers flow into Gatun Lake, which empties to both oceans.
Several small lakes along the Divide in the Rocky Mountains between Alberta and British Columbia flow into both provinces and thus into both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. An example is the "Committee Punch Bowl", a small lake located in the Athabasca Pass named by Sir George Simpson, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, while touring his vast Canadian fur-trading empire in 1825. According to historical sources, "The small circular basin of water at the summit, twenty yards in diameter, is dignified with the name of the 'Committee's Punch Bowl' in honour of which the Governor treated them (his fur traders) to a bottle of wine as they had 'neither time nor convenience to make a bowl of punch, although a glass of it would have been acceptable.'" The reference is to the governing committee of the Hudson's Bay Company in London, England.[12]
The Alpine Club of Canada's Abbot Pass Hut sits directly astride the Divide in Abbot Pass on the boundary between Banff National Park and Yoho National Park, and thus rainwater falling on the eastern half of the roof flows via Lake Louise into Hudson Bay, while rain falling on the western half flows via Lake O'Hara into the Pacific Ocean.
See also[edit]
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All the Pain Money Can Buy
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All the Pain Money Can Buy
Studio album by Fastball
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March 10, 1998
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Alternative rock, power pop
Length
42:03
Label
Hollywood
Producer
Julian Raymond & Fastball
Fastball chronology
Make Your Mama Proud
(1996) All the Pain Money Can Buy
(1998) The Harsh Light of Day
(2000)
Singles from All the Pain Money Can Buy
"The Way"
Released: February 24, 1998
"Fire Escape"
Released: 1998
"Out of My Head"
Released: June 1999
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All the Pain Money Can Buy is the second album by American rock band Fastball, released on March 10, 1998, on Hollywood Records. The album includes the hit singles "The Way" (1998), "Fire Escape" (1998), and "Out of My Head" (1999). The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in June 1998 and went Platinum in September of the same year, making it Fastball's most successful release.[8]
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1 Track listing
1.1 Bonus Tracks
2 Personnel
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Track listing[edit]
"The Way" – 4:17 (Tony Scalzo)
"Fire Escape" – 3:21 (Miles Zuniga)
"Better Than It Was" – 2:48 (Scalzo)
"Which Way to the Top?" (Featuring Poe) – 3:50 (Zuniga / Jeff Groves)
"Sooner or Later" – 2:39 (Zuniga)
"Warm Fuzzy Feeling" – 1:55 (Scalzo)
"Slow Drag" – 3:37 (Zuniga)
"G.O.D. (Good Old Days)" – 3:31 (Scalzo)
"Charlie, The Methadone Man" – 3:17 (Zuniga)
"Out of My Head" – 2:32 (Scalzo)
"Damaged Goods" – 3:02 (Zuniga)
"Nowhere Road" – 3:25 (Scalzo)
"Sweetwater, Texas" – 3:53 (Zuniga)
Bonus Tracks[edit]
"Freeloader Freddy"
"This Guy's In Love with You" (Burt Bacharach / Hal David)
"Sweetwater, Texas (Live)" (Zuniga)
Personnel[edit]
Tony Scalzo - vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar
Miles Zuniga - vocals, guitar
Joey Shuffield - drums, percussion
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Greg Prato. "All the Pain Money Can Buy". Allmusic. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
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Jump up ^ Chris Willman (April 17, 1998). "All the Pain Money Can Buy Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
Jump up ^ John Metzger (July 1998). "Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy (Album Review)". Music Box. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy CD Album". CDUniverse.com. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
Jump up ^ Robert Christgau. "CG: Fastball". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
Jump up ^ Mac Randall (April 16, 1998). "Fastball: All The Pain Money Can Buy : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
Jump up ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Database RIAA. Accessed February 19, 2012.
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It Is Well with My Soul
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It Is Well With My Soul
by Horatio Spafford
Horatio Spafford
Genre
Hymn
Written
1873
Based on
3 John 2
Meter
11.8.11.9 with refrain
Melody
"Ville du Havre" by Philip Bliss
(Original lyrics)[1]
When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to knowa
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well, (it is well),
With my soul, (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 has 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!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
But Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.
And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
A song in the night, oh my soul! b
a "know" (at the end of the third line) was changed to "say".
b "A song in the night, oh my soul" (last line)
was changed to "Even so, it is well with my soul".
"It Is Well With My Soul" is a hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss. First published in Gospel Songs No. 2 by Ira Sankey and Bliss (1876), it is possibly the most influential and enduring in the Bliss repertoire and is often taken as a choral model, appearing in hymnals of a wide variety of Christian fellowships.[2]
Contents
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2 Notable performances
3 References
4 External links
Background[edit]
This hymn was written after traumatic events in Spafford's life. The first was the death of his son at the age of 2 and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a successful lawyer and had invested significantly in property in the area of Chicago that was extensively damaged by the great fire). His business interests were further hit by the economic downturn of 1873, at which time he had planned to travel to Europe with his family on the SS Ville du Havre. In a late change of plan, he sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business concerning zoning problems following the Great Chicago Fire. While crossing the Atlantic, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with a sea vessel, the Loch Earn, and all four of Spafford's daughters died. His wife Anna survived and sent him the now famous telegram, "Saved alone …". Shortly afterwards, as Spafford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daughters had died.[3]
The sinking of the steamship Ville du Havre
Bliss called his tune Ville du Havre, from the name of the stricken vessel.[4]
Philip Bliss
The Spaffords later had three more children. On February 11, 1880, their son, Horatio Goertner Spafford, died at the age of four, of scarlet fever. Their daughters were Bertha Hedges Spafford (born March 24, 1878) and Grace Spafford (born January 18, 1881). Their Presbyterian church regarded their tragedy as divine punishment. In response, the Spaffords formed their own Messianic sect, dubbed "the Overcomers" by American press. In 1881, the Spaffords, including baby Bertha and newborn Grace, set sail for Ottoman-Turkish Palestine. The Spaffords settled in Jerusalem and helped found a group called the American Colony. Colony members, later joined by Swedish Christians, engaged in philanthropic work among the people of Jerusalem regardless of their religious affiliation and without proselytizing motives—thereby gaining the trust of the local Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. During and immediately after World War I, the American Colony played a critical role in supporting these communities through the great suffering and deprivations by running soup kitchens, hospitals, orphanages and other charitable ventures. The colony later became the subject of Jerusalem by the Nobel prize-winning author, Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf.[3]
Notable performances[edit]
The Georgia Southern University marching band Southern Pride plays the song at the end of each win.[5]
1961: Tennessee Ernie Ford; Hymns at Home
1963: Doris Akers; Forever Faithful
1968: Mahalia Jackson; A Mighty Fortress
1991: Don Moen; Eternal God
1995: Jennifer Holliday; On & On
1995: Crystal Lewis; (Hymns) My Life
1999: Audio Adrenaline; Underdog
1999: Selah; Be Still My Soul
2000: 4Him; Hymns: A Place of Worship
2001: Dwight Yoakam; South of Heaven, West of Hell
2002: Rebecca St. James; Worship God
2002: Amy Grant, with a portion of the song along with "The River's Gonna Keep On Rolling" (written by Vince Gill) on her album Legacy... Hymns and Faith
2003: The Three Tenors; Bath 2003
2005: Jars of Clay; Redemption Songs
2006: Chris Rice; Peace Like a River: The Hymns Project
2008: Kristyn Getty (YouTube)[6]
2009: Kutless; It Is Well
2011: Hillsong Music (Darlene Zschech) single (new bridge added by Reuben Morgan & Ben Fielding); all proceeds from the recording go to help the Queensland Flood Relief Effort[7]
2011: Josh Wilson; See You, instrumental version, finger-style guitar
2011: Mary Mary; Something Big
2013: Eleventyseven; Good Spells (EP)
2014: Michael W. Smith; Hymns
2014: Shane & Shane; The Worship Initiative, Vol. 4
2014: Sebastian Demrey; Heritage; Hymns of our Faith
2014: Newsboys; Hallelujah for the Cross
2014: Bro. Philemon featuring Morris Babyface[8][9]
2015: Kristian Stanfill from the Passion Conferences's album Even So Come
2016: Audrey Assad; Inheritance
2016: Joey + Rory; Hymns That Are Important to Us
2017: Vocal Point; Music Video Hits (Vol. 2)[10]
2017: MercyMe sampled this song in "Even If" from their album Lifer
2017: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed this song during their weekly broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word on June 25th.
2017: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Hugh Bonneville performed this song while recounting its history during its annual Christmas concert from December 15th through 17th.
2018: Kaleb Lee performance on NBC’s The Voice. May 14, 2018.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "History". Kosinski Studio. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
Jump up ^ Although the presence of a refrain makes the item technically a gospel song versus a hymn in the strict sense, it has a remarkably sustained and sonorous quality, which makes it comparable to the stateliest hymns in both Protestant and Roman Catholic hymnody. It has been prolifically translated and has demonstrated an appeal in various cultures.
^ Jump up to: a b "The American Colony in Jerusalem, 1870-2006". Retrieved May 2, 2013.
Jump up ^ McCann, Forrest M. (1997). Hymns and History: An Annotated Survey of Sources. Abilene, TX: ACU Press. ISBN 0-89112-058-0, pp. 154, 327-328, 359-360, 520, 597.
Jump up ^ Sandra Bennett (2012). "The Beat Goes On". Retrieved March 2, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Gettys—It Is Well". YouTube. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
Jump up ^ Reuben Morgan (2011). "Hillsong collected blog—It Is Well". Retrieved January 22, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Bro Philemon - It Is Well ft. Morris Babyface (Official Video with lyrics) | GhanaMusic.com Video" (partly sung in Mandarin Chinese), YouTube.
Jump up ^ Francis Doku, "Best Male Artiste in African Inspirational Music category for AFRIMA 2014", Modern Ghana, 28 September 2014.
Jump up ^ BYU Vocal Point, "It Is Well with My Soul | BYU Vocal Point (A Cappella)", YouTube, Feb 20, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
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It Is Well with My Soul
Library of Congress item mamcol.016 High resolution images of the restored original manuscript (up to 22 MB) front AND back at the Library of Congress. (Includes an extra verse on the back, as well as notes from his prayer meetings)
SpaffordHymn.com The original Hymn manuscript
The American Colony in Jerusalem (A Library of Congress Exhibition)
McCann, Forrest Mason (1997). Hymns & History: An Annotated Survey of Sources. Abilene, Texas: ACU Press, pp. 327–328, 520, 597. ISBN 0-89112-058-0
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