Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior is a hymn about asking Jesus for mercy and not to overlook the person praying. It expresses a ...

"Oh, what a happy soul I am, / although I cannot see! / I am resolved that in this world / Contented I will be." Francis Jane Crosby wrote more than 9,000 hymns, some of which are among the most ...

p>In her day, especially on Sunday mornings, Fanny Crosby was one of the most ... She was actually grateful for her blindness." Crosby was fortunate enough to have an enlightened mother and ...

She told S. Trevena Jackson her little "love story," which he recorded in his book, "Fanny Crosby's Story of Ninety-Four Years," She said... "Some people seem to forget that blind girls have just ...

Readers may recognize Fanny Crosby’s hymns, including “Blessed Assurance” and “I Am Thine, O Lord,” before they recognize her name. Hence the need for this biography. Blumhofer faced a major obstacle ...

She was a pioneer in promoting public education for the blind and was a teacher ... a poem written for Miss Crosby and a biography by Edith L. Blumhofer. Many of Fanny Crosby’s 8,000 plus ...

Crosby’s devout grandmother set out to make sure her blind granddaughter was as well-educated as possible. By age 8 or so, Fanny was writing poems. Her grandmother had her memorize chapters of ...

"Blessed Assurance," "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior," "I Am Yours, O Lord." You may never have heard of Fanny Crosby, but there's a good chance that you've heard her hymns. During her lifetime ...