Fanny Crosby's Life Essay

The story of Fanny Crosby’s life began in Putnam County, New York on March 24, 1820. Crosby’s parents were John and Mercy Crosby. At an early age, Fanny became blind because the doctor prescribed her a mustard treatment. The doctor was a fraud and never studied medicine. Shortly after Fanny’s accident her dad dies. Fanny was interested in poetry. She wrote her first poem at the age of eight. Later, her family moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut at the age of nine and lived there for six years. Fanny was fifteen when she attended the Institution of the Blind, and where she attended for many years. This is how Fanny life began and how she praise God for everything she did.
Fanny’s grandmother was a huge influence on her ministry life. Her grandma taught her about the Bible and the Gospel. She memorized many different books of the Bible such as
Proverbs, Psalms, and the New Testament. On the other hand, her mom’s life was hectic and she had not influence on Fanny’s spiritual life. Fanny was at the Institution of the Blind at this time and was there for twenty- three years. Fanny’s grandmother taught her many things about Christ and the ministry. Her grandmother was preparing Fanny of how she can spread about Christ even with her disability.
Fanny did not let her disability get in her way.
Of course, she didn’t because she wrote over 8,000 hymns and wrote poems. Some of the hymns that Fanny wrote are Blessed Assurance, O Gentle Savior, and Rescue the Perishing. At the age of twenty, she fell in love with Alexander VanAlstyne who was a student at the Institution, but did not marry until age thirty- seven. Her ministry did not end here, Fanny was a teacher and so was Alexander. The couple also had a baby, but died at birth. Here are some important events in Fanny’s life. Sadly, Fanny’s life does end. Her main influential person is her grandmother. She taught her about God and the books of the Bible. Some of Fanny’s famous quotes is “If I had a choice, I would still choose to remain blind....for when I die, the first face I will ever see be the face of my blessed Savior”, and “Chords that were broken will vibrate once more . She wrote poetry and hymns all the way up to the end day. Fanny died at the age of ninety five on February 12. Fanny inspired a whole lot of people including me, and taught people never to give up. She is truly a hero of
faith.