Fanny crosby biography facts
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Fanny crosby biography facts
Fanny Crosby — Biographies and Information
| Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1820-1915), American hymn writer and poetess who wrote over 8,000 hymns. Once a preacher sympathetically remarked, "I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered so many other gifts upon you." She replied quickly, "Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I should be born blind?" "Why?" asked the surprised minister.
"Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior!" |
Writings:
Handfuls of Purpose - Poems by Fanny Crosby
Marriage and Family:
In 1858, Fanny married a fellow teacher at the New York Institution of the Blind, the blind musician and composer Alexander Van Alstyne.
Their only child, a daughter named Frances, died as an infant. Fanny and Van had been married 44 years when he died in 1902.
Recommended Books:
Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography