Take fifteen hymnals and stack them one on top of
another. Taken all together, that's about the number of
hymns Fanny Crosby wrote in her lifetime! Of course,
many of those have been forgotten today, but a large
number remain favorites of Christians all over the
world.
Francis Jane Crosby was born into a family of strong
Puritan ancestry in New York on March 24, 1820. As a
baby, she had an eye infection which a quack doctor
treated by placing hot poultices on her red and
inflamed eyeli...(+)
Take fifteen hymnals and stack them one on top of
another. Taken all together, that's about the number of
hymns Fanny Crosby wrote in her lifetime! Of course,
many of those have been forgotten today, but a large
number remain favorites of Christians all over the
world.
Francis Jane Crosby was born into a family of strong
Puritan ancestry in New York on March 24, 1820. As a
baby, she had an eye infection which a quack doctor
treated by placing hot poultices on her red and
inflamed eyelids. The infection did clear up, but scars
formed on the eyes, and the baby girl became blind for
life. A few months later, Fanny's dad became ill and
died. Mercy Crosby, widowed at 21, hired herself out as
a maid while Grandmother Eunice Crosby took care of
little Fanny.
She wrote "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" on November
20, 1850 at Thirtieth Street Methodist Church in
Cincinnati. Businessman William Doane gave her a melody
he had written. Fanny, listening to it, felt it said,
?Jesus keep me near the cross,? and she promptly wrote
the words.
This is my Concert (Pedal) Harp arrangement of their
work, with added introduction measures, ornamentation,
and prepared for the Sierra Vista United Methodist
Church (SVUMC).
SHEET MUSIC