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Horatio Spafford Grave

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From FindAGrave: Hymn Writer, Religious Figure. He was a successful businessman in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1800s who lost a great deal of real estate in the Chicago Fire. He penned the famous hymn “It Is Well” after receiving word of the death of his four daughters in an accident at sea on November 22, 1873. Eventually having two Read more...
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American Colony / It Is Well With My Soul

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Written on stationary from the Brevoort House in Chicago, Horatio Spafford penned this famous hymn while on a ship as he crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Not that long ago, his daughters had drowned after the Ville du Havre suffered a tragic crash. His wife telegraphed back, “Saved alone.” The manuscript is now found at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem. Read more...
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Horatio Spafford Grave

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From FindAGrave: Hymn Writer, Religious Figure. He was a successful businessman in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1800s who lost a great deal of real estate in the Chicago Fire. He penned the famous hymn “It Is Well” after receiving word of the death of his four daughters in an accident at sea on November 22, 1873. Eventually having two Read more...
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Western ‘Wailing’ Wall

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Photos from Randy Melchert   From Wikipedia:   The Western Wall, Wailing Wall, or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי),[1] known in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: Ḥā’iṭ al-Burāq حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق Arabic pronunciation: [‘ħaːʔɪtˤ albʊ’raːq]),[2] is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the “Western Wall”.[3] The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion Read more...
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Garden Tomb

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From Wikipedia: The organisation maintaining the Garden Tomb refrains from claiming that this is the authentic tomb of Jesus, while pointing out the similarities with the site described in the Bible, and the fact that the Garden Tomb better preserves its ancient outlook than the more traditional, but architecturally altered and time-damaged tomb from the mostly crowded Church of the Holy Read more...
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