Fanny Crosby: The Hymn Writer

by Bernard Ruffin

Publisher:

Barbour Books

, 2013

For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith. The novelized biographies of this series are inspiring and easy-to-read, ideal for Christians of any age or background. In Fanny Crosby, readers will get to know the disabled woman, blinded as a young child, whose spiritual “eyes” saw great biblical truths—and turned them into thousands of hymns to God. Appropriate for readers from junior high through adult, helpful for believers of any background, these biographies encourage greater Christian commitment through the example of heroes like Fanny Crosby.

 

 

From the Back Cover

The scars on her eyes meant that Fanny Crosby would not see as others did.

 

The rocky soil of Putnam County, New York, was good for little farming, yet many Puritan families, buoyed by their Christian faith, eked out an existence there. Into such a family was Frances Jane “Fanny” Crosby born on March 24, 1820.

            Young Fanny’s eyes displayed the scars of incompetent medical treatment that would render her sightless for life. Yet the light that illuminated this brave girl’s soul was destined to electrify generations to come. Though Fanny Crosby saw nothing with her eyes, she “saw” much with her spirit—and penned scores of timeless, beloved hymns like “Blessed Assurance,” “To God Be the Glory,” “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” and “All the Way My Savior Leads Me.”

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Top Highlights

“Carleton’s Fanny Crosby’s Life-Story, by Herself went over like a lead balloon with Fanny’s publishers. The text said nothing unfavorable about them, but neither did it say anything positive about the firm and its members, except that Fanny had cordial, ‘even affectionate’ relations with them. The book dealt primarily with Fanny’s early life, before she had become associated with Biglow and Main. Main, Doane, and others indignantly complained they did not receive the recognition they deserved for their part in Fanny’s career.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : Fanny Crosby: The Hymn Writer
• Author: Ruffin, Bernard
• Publisher: Barbour Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• ISBN: 9781624164279

About Bernard Ruffin

Bernard Ruffin (born 1947) is an American non-fiction writer who has written many books on religious subjects. He currently resides in Reston, Virginia where he taught history for twenty-five years at South Lakes High School. He is assistant pastor at Holy Comforter Lutheran Church in Washington, DC.