jan 1, 1983 - Ron Lee Davis, Gold in the Making

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You may never have heard of H. G. Spafford, but you have probably heard—and even sung—the words he wrote over a century ago (quotes first verse). Spafford wrote these words after the loss of his two daughters, who were drowned at sea in a shipwreck. The words sorrows like sea billows are no mere figure of speech; these words were penned by a grieving father who saw the sea billows literally crash into his life and sweep away his on- ly two children. This hymn is the only hymn Spafford ever wrote, but it eloquently expresses the heart of a man who was becoming conformed into the image of Christ.[30] Source [30] Ron Lee Davis, Gold in the Making (Nashville, Tenn.: Nelson Publishers, 1983), 75–76, http://archive.org/details/goldinmaking0000davi.

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