Fanny Crosby
Biography – Composer of over 8,000 hymns
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Fanny Crosby, 1820-1915
Fanny Crosby was probably the
most prolific hymnist in history. Though blinded by an
incompetent doctor at six weeks of age, she wrote over 8,000 hymns.
About her blindness, she said:
It seemed intended by the
blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I
thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were
offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung
hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful
and interesting things about me.
In her lifetime, Fanny Crosby
was one of the best known women in the United States. To this day, the
vast majority of American hymnals contain her work.
Read more and listen to over 400 of her hymns here http://cyberhymnal.org/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm
Fanny’s most famous hymn (music composed by her friend Phoebe Knapp
Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
Refrain
Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
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