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	Fanny Crosby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fanny Crosby was born in Southeast, Putnam County, New York to poor parents, John and Mercy Crosby.
		Crosby was very well known during her time and often met with presidents, generals and other dignitaries.
		Crosby is buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fanny_Crosby (952 words)

	Fanny Crosby: Her Early Education Experience
		Fanny Crosby died at the age of 95 in 1915.
		Fanny Crosby was born March 24, 1820 to John and Mercy Crosby in the humble town of Gayville, New York.
		Fanny Crosby believed in Christ’s full atonement for her sin at the cross, and was born again.
	www.songsofscripture.com /Fanny-Crosby.html (1624 words)

	Frances Jane Crosby, 1820- 1915 A biography of hymnwriter Fanny Crosby Believersweb.org
		Fanny never felt any resentment against him, but believed it was permitted by the Lord to fulfill His plan for her life.
		Fanny clapped her hands joyfully and cried, "O thank God, He has answered my prayer, just as I knew He would." So it was on March 3, 1835, that Fanny boarded a stage for Norwalk and then a boat for New York City.
		She sang and Fanny Crosby recited her poem called, "The Swedish Nightingale." When Henry Clay visited the school, Miss Crosby was elected to recite a poem in his honor.
	www.believersweb.org /view.cfm?ID=83 (3697 words)

	Fanny Crosby - Portraits of Great Christians - In Touch Ministries
		Fanny knelt with her grandmother beside her rocker and prayed: "Dear Lord, please show me how I can learn like other children." It wasn't long before her mother gave her the exciting news about an opportunity to attend the New York Institute for the Blind.
		By the time Fanny was twenty, she was famous throughout New York and a sought-after speaker for poetry recitations and official ceremonies.
		Fanny usually composed dozens of songs in her head before dictating them to a secretary, but no matter what she created, she used the same approach.
	www.intouch.org /myintouch/mighty/portraits/fanny_crosby_213693.html (919 words)

	Glimpses bulletin #198: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)
		Fanny memorized several chapters each week and could quote the Pentateuch, the Gospels, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and many of the Psalms, and in her own words "The Holy Book has nurtured my entire life." This nurturing started very early in her life due to the influence and teaching of her grandmother.
		Fanny is best remembered for the nearly 9,000 hymns she wrote, but amazingly enough, she did not begin her hymn writing until she was in her forties.
		Fanny Crosby excelled as a student at the school for the blind and was later asked to become a staff member.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses2/glimpses198.shtml (1847 words)

	Amazon.ca: Fanny Crosby: Books: Bernard Ruffin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Not only that, until she became too old to care for herself, Fanny lived in the Bowery, which was then, as now, one of the worst sections of New York City, and daily spent her time and the little money she had giving aid to some of the most needy segments of her day's society.
		Not long after her birth in 1820, Fanny Crosby was blinded by the improper treatment of an eye infection by a supposed doctor.
		Fanny Crosby would surpass her obstacle of blindness and become a prolific poet and a compassionate servant of the Gospel of Jesus.
	www.amazon.ca /Fanny-Crosby-Bernard-Ruffin/dp/1557487316 (791 words)

	Fanny Crosby blind American hymn writer, poetess - Christian Biography Resources
		Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby (1820-1915) was an American hymn writer and poetess, who wrote over 8,000 hymns during her life.
		In 1858, Fanny married a fellow teacher at the New York Institution of the Blind, the blind musician and composer Alexander Van Alstyne.
		Fanny and Van had been married 44 years when he died in 1902.
	www.wholesomewords.org /biography/biorpcrosby.html (124 words)

	Faith Hall of Fame - Fanny Crosby
		Fanny's grandmother took on the education herself and became the girl's eyes, vividly describing the physical world.
		In 1834 Fanny learned of the New York Institute for the Blind and knew this was the answer to her prayer for an education.
		In her lifetime, Fanny Crosby was one of the best known women in the United States and a strong Christian whose legacy of faithfulness to God is exhibited by the hymns that will be sung for all eternity!
	www.eaec.org /faithhallfame/fanny_crosby.htm (1111 words)

	Fanny Crosby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Though Fanny could write complex poetry as well as improvise music of classical structure, her hymns were aimed at bringing the message of the Gospel to people who would not listen to preaching.
		Though her hymn writing declined in later years, Fanny was active in speaking engagements and missionary work among America's urban poor almost until the day of her death in 1915.
		Fanny Crosby could have made many excusesshe was blind.but she served the Lord any way and look the Lord did through her.
	www.gospelcenterchurch.org /fanniecrosby.html (2024 words)

	«~ Living Waters : Fanny Crosby ~» (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Songwriter Fanny Jane Crosby was born of humble parents at Southeast, New York, on March 24, 1823.
		Fanny Crosby showed her talent for poetry early in life.
		Fanny Crosby's songs have inspired and encouraged many, and knowing something of her circumstances and her attitude toward them as one who believed in Christ should inspire us as well.
	livwat.com /past/fannycrosby.html (679 words)

	Fanny J. Crosby blind hymn writer and poetess - Christian Biography Resources
		Frances Jane Crosby, the daughter of John and Mercy Crosby, was born in Southeast, Putnam County, New York [United States], March 24, 1820.
		In connection with her meeting these notable men, we might add that Miss Fanny Crosby had the honor of being the first woman whose voice was heard publicly in the [United States] Senate Chamber at Washington.
		Fanny is extremely young for her age, and she laughingly avers that she "will live to be 103." When her time comes to pass into the glory-world, her eyes will be opened, and she "shall see Him face to face, and tell the story — Saved by grace."
	www.wholesomewords.org /biography/bcrosby5.html (1097 words)

	Fanny Crosby Biographies
		As Johann Strauss reigned in Vienna as the "Waltz King", and John Phillip Sousa in Washington as the "March King", so Fanny Crosby reigned in New York in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century as the "Hymn Queen".
		One of Miss Crosby's hymns was so personal that for years she kept it to herself.
		At the age of 95 Fanny Crosby passed on and on her grave in Bridgeport, Conn., there is a simple little headstone with the name "Aunt Fanny," and these words:
	www.nyise.org /fanny/bios.html (365 words)

	Fanny Crosby's legacy of hymns is music evangelist's passion - (BP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Neptune travels to churches and seminaries throughout the United States sharing Crosby's personal life with a generation that is familiar with the hymns, but not the hymn writer.
		She discusses Crosby's childhood, the inspiration for many of Crosby's hymns and Crosby's passion for the homeless.
		Neptune notes that biographer Bernard Ruffin said Fanny Crosby "in her day, was considered by most people to be the greatest in America.
	www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=6400 (503 words)

	Fanny Crosby: American hymn writer and poetess
		Known as an American hymn writer and poetess, Fanny Crosby wrote over 9,000 hymns during her life.
		She entered what was then known as the New York Institution for the Blind at the age of fifteen and afterward taught English and history (1847-58).
		As a pupil and as a teacher, Fanny spent 35 years at the school.
	www.nyise.org /fanny (204 words)

	Fanny J. Crosby
		Fanny refused to feel sorry for herself because of her blindness, and she did not let it hinder her from engaging in a full and active lifestyle.
		She was said to have been a physically unattractive person -- a long face, prominent front teeth with a gap between them, thick, wavy hair parted in the middle and pulled backward in curls that hung to the shoulders, and always the dark, rectangular glasses obscuring her sightless eyes.
		Fanny was "known for her musical abilities as well as a talent for writing poetry.
	www.zianet.com /maxey/reflx188.htm (3925 words)

	FAMILY TREE: Fanny Crosby: Prolific Poet Who Filled Hymnals - Today's Christian
		Shortly before her fifteenth birthday, Crosby was sent to the recently founded New York Institute for the Blind, which would be her home for 23 years: 12 as a student, 11 as a teacher.
		Crosby herself put music to only a few of her songs, though she played harp, piano, guitar, and other instruments.
		Crosby could write very complex hymns, but preferred to write simple, sentimental verses that could be used for evangelism.
	www.christianitytoday.com /tc/2000/002/10.13.html (902 words)

	Fanny Crosby (1593103832) - Barbour Publishing Books - Barbour Publishing, Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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.
		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."
	www.barbourbooks.com /book/detail/fanny-crosby (194 words)

	CFMedia - Fanny Crosby
		Fanny Crosby excelled as a student at the school for the blind.
		She was later asked to become a staff member.
		It was her husband who encouraged Fanny to write Hymns for the church such as "Blessed Assurance," "To God be the Glory," "Resuce the Perishing," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "Praise Him, Praise Him."
	www.cfmedia.com /Listings/fanny_crosby.shtml (181 words)

	Fanny Crosby Still Lives - Christian Literature
		This book shares the story of Fanny Crosby by portraying Darlene Neptune as a person who goes back in history to meet her.
		Many of our beloved hymns were written by Fanny Crosby, a blind woman.
		Fanny knew many famous people including presidents of the United States during her life time.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art15063.asp (366 words)

	Fanny Crosby, in Music, on Creative Youth Ideas
		The grave of Fanny Crosby, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has a simple marker that reads, "Aunt Fanny -- She Hath Done What She Could."
		Fanny Crosby was blind from six weeks of age because of a mistreatment by a man claiming to be a doctor.
		Yet God used her to write more than 9000 hymns such as: "Blessed Assurance; All The Way My Saviour Leads Me; I Am Thine O Lord; Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross; Praise Him, Praise Him; Rescue The Perishing; To God Be The Glory;" and "Tell Me The Story Of Jesus," to name a few.
	www.creativeyouthideas.com /blog/music/fanny_crosby.html (232 words)

	Fanny Crosby - AOL Music
		Fanny Crosby is known as an American hymn writer and poetess, she wrote over 9000 hymns during her life (1820-1915).
		Biography and hymns of Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1820-1915)
		Download, listen and watch Fanny Crosby music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/fanny-crosby/296549/main (104 words)

	Fanny Crosby by Bernard Ruffin - Used, New, & Out-of-Print - Alibris
		Crosby was destined to encourage generations to come as she became the author of hundreds of hymns such as "Blessed Assurance" and "Sweet Hour of Prayer".
		Fanny Crosby: the Hymn Writer (Heroes of the Faith)
		Fanny Crosby: the Hymn Writer (Heroes of the Faith) [Paperback] By Ruffin...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/qwork/2252647/used/FannyCrosby (372 words)

	Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby Christian Century - Find Articles
		Blumhofer understands Crosby's continuing impact as a token of her ubiquity during the 19th-century heyday of Protestant song, and she hopes to give the hymnwriter her due as a linchpin of popular Protestant musical culture.
		She writes vividly of the small New York town where Crosby was born and of the rapidly urbanizing New York City, where she attended the Institution for the Blind beginning in 1835.
		Blumhofer offers an extraordinarily lively picture of 19th-century evangelical culture, with the implication that Crosby lived and worked at its center, but she cannot deliver the same level of detail about the hymnwriter's engagement with that culture.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_22_122/ai_n15966439 (708 words)

	Glimpses bulletin #30: Fanny Crosby more helpful because blind
		As a baby, she had an eye infection which a quack doctor treated by placing hot poultices on her red and inflamed eyelids.
		Grandmother took the education of her little granddaughter on herself and became the girl's eyes, vividly describing the physical world.
		On March 5, 1858, Fanny married Alexander van Alstine, a former pupil at the Institute.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps030.shtml (1045 words)

	Historia ecclesiastica: EMINENT CHRISTIANS: 2. FANNY CROSBY
		It was also in New York that she found assurance of her salvation while attending an evangelistic meeting at the Methodist Broadway Tabernacle on November 20, 1850.
		During the American Civil War, in 1863, Fanny composed her first hymn for a worship service at the Dutch Reformed Church at 23rd Street.
		There is little doubt that Moody and Sankey’s use of Fanny’s hymns in their evangelistic campaigns were a key reason in the growing popularity of the hymns.
	mghhistor.blogspot.com /2006/02/eminent-christians-2-fanny-crosby.html (564 words)

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		In her lifetime, Fanny Crosby was one of the best known women in the United States.
		When Fanny 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 which was read at her funeral:
	www.cyberhymnal.org /bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm (345 words)

	CSS- Fanny Crosby, Evangeline Carmichael McPherson
		Blessed Assurance, To God Be The Glory, Safe In The Arms Of Jesus, and He Hideth My Soul are some of the Fanny Crosby hymns you’ll hear on this video.
		Fanny Crosby was probably the most prolific hymnist in history.
		This long-play 1½ hour stereo cassette is a musical dramatization of the life and music of Fanny Crosby complete with narrator, actors, soloists, choir and orchestra.
	www.churchsupply.com /catalog8.htm (372 words)

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