Philip Bliss, who composed the music for the hymn, called his tune "Ville du Havre", after the sunken vessel.
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SS Ville du Havre
Notable passengers.:Spafford family tragedy.
Upon receiving her telegram, Horatio Spafford immediately left Chicago to bring his wife home. During the Atlantic crossing, the Captain called Spafford into his cabin to tell him that they were passing over the spot where his four daughters had drowned. 
 Spafford later wrote to Rachel, his wife's half-sister, "On Thursday last we passed over the spot where she went down, in mid-ocean, the waters three miles deep. But I do not think of our dear ones there. They are safe, folded, the dear lambs". During that same voyage, Spafford composed the beloved Protestant hymn "It Is Well with My Soul".