Sou Feliz com Jesus

Translator: William Edwin Entzminger

William Edwin Entzminger was born in South Carolina in 1859. He earned a B.S. from Furman University in South Carolina and then went to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY for a Doctor of Theology degree. He married Maggie Grace Griffith, and together they became Baptist missionaries in Brazil in 1891. He wrote and translated many hymns.… Go to person page >

Author: Horatio Gates Spafford

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Text Information

First Line: Se paz a mais doce eu puder desfrutar
Title: Sou Feliz com Jesus
English Title: It Is Well with My Soul
Author: Horatio Gates Spafford (1873)
Translator: William Edwin Entzminger
Meter: 11.8.11.9 with refrain
Language: Portuguese
Refrain First Line: Sou feliz com Jesus
Publication Date: 1991
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1991.

Tune

VILLE DU HAVRE

The gospel tune by Philip Bliss (PHH 482) was named after the ship on which his friends died; VILLE DU HAVRE (also called IT IS WELL) is best sung in harmony throughout. The refrain may be sung only once–after stanza 4 as a final testimony. Use a moderate organ accompaniment to support confident s…

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