“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”: Fanny Crosby’s prayer set to William Doane’s tune
Fanny Crosby wrote "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" in 1869 to a melody by William Howard Doane. The simple prayer to stay close to the…
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“Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour”: the prison cry behind Fanny Crosby’s hymn
Fanny Crosby wrote "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour" in 1868 after hearing a prisoner cry out, "Good Lord, do not pass me by." Set to…
Forgotten in America, revived in London: the unusual journey of “To God Be the Glory”
"To God Be the Glory", with words by Fanny Crosby and music by William Howard Doane, was first published in 1875. Ira Sankey used it in…
Blind from infancy, she wrote thousands of hymns. Fanny Crosby and “Blessed Assurance”
Fanny Crosby lost her sight as a baby and went on to write more than 8,000 hymns, including "Blessed Assurance", written in 1873 to a tune…