This'll keep you from feeling sorry for yourself

Think you’ve got it tough?  This guy had a child die from scarlet fever, a fire ruin him financially, then four daughters drowned in a shipwreck.  Later, passing over the spot where his daughters died, he wrote these words:

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Maybe you’ve sung it in church.  The shipwreck was 136 years ago today.  Here’s the story in 3 minutes:

(thanks Justin)