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Born: March 24, 1820
Died: February 12, 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."
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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.
When she died, her tombstone carried the words,
“Aunt Fanny”
and
“Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh, what a
foretaste of glory divine.”
Eliza Hewitt memorialized Fanny’s passing in a poem:
Away to the country of sunshine and song,
Our songbird has taken her flight,
And she who has sung in the darkness so long
Now sings in the beautiful light.
Song Playing another of "Aunt Fanny's"
AS THE BIRD FLIES
HOME
As the bird flies home to its parent
nest,
When the hunter seeks his prey,
O child of God, to thy Father haste,
From the tempter’s snare away.
Refrain
Under His wings thy defense shall be,
He with His feathers shall cover thee,
Cover thee, cover thee,
He with His feathers will cover thee.
When the winds are cold, and the days are long,
And thy soul from care would hide,
Fly back, fly back, to thy Father then,
And beneath His wings abide.
Refrain
Oh, the tranquil joy of that dear retreat,
Where the Savior bids thee rest,
With steadfast hope, and a trusting faith,
In His love secure and blest.
Refrain
’Tis the Lord thy God that to thee has said,
He will guide thee with His eye;
In all thy need, like the weary dove,
To Thy only refuge fly.
Refrain
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