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Profile of a Hymn Composer: Fanny Crosby

January 18, 2015 2 comments

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Frances Jane Crosby was born on March 24, 1820 in Brewster, New York. She is best known as Fanny. At the age of six weeks, Fanny caught a cold that caused inflammation in her eyes. Mustard poultices were applied to treat the inflammation, damaging her optic nerves and blinding her. Her father died the same year she was born and […]

Behind the Song Sunday: Blessed Assurance

June 29, 2014 Leave a comment

Fanny Crosby went blind at the age of six weeks in 1820. Her blindness was not necessary but was due to an improper medical procedure. One day in 1873, Fanny was visiting her friend Phoebe Knapp. Phoebe began to play a tune for Fanny, which she {Phoebe} had composed. She asked Fanny what the tune said to her. Fanny’s […]

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Profile of a Hymn Composer: Fanny Crosby

Behind the Song Sunday: Blessed Assurance