"Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I was born blind?" said the poet, who had been able to see only for her first six weeks of life. "I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when he showered so many other gifts upon you," remarked one well-meaning preacher.įanny Crosby responded at once, as she had heard such comments before. ![]() ![]() And, for most people, the most remarkable thing about her was that she had done so in spite of her blindness. She wrote so many that she was forced to use pen names lest the hymnals be filled with her name above all others. "Oh, what a happy soul I am, / although I cannot see! / I am resolved that in this world / Contented I will be."įrancis Jane Crosby wrote more than 9,000 hymns, some of which are among the most popular in every Christian denomination.
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