Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby Paperback - 2005
by Edith L. Blumhofer
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Sixty miles north of New York City, the Croton River and its tributaries water the rugged hills of a narrow strip of land in eastern Putnam Country, near the Connecticut border.
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"Her Heart Can See" offers an intimate, informed look at Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the most prolific of all American hymn writers. Having lost her sight in infancy through a doctor's negligence, Fanny went on to compose more than 9,000 hymns, as well as various other songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions. Crosby's hymns, including such all-time favorites as "Blessed Assurance," "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior," "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross," "Rescue the Perishing," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "I Am Thine, O Lord," continue to be sung around the world.
Celebrated in her own day for her gospel hymns, Crosby was also very publicly involved with New York City's rescue missions and with other benevolent efforts. She rubbed shoulders with the likes of Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, Winfield Scott, Dwight L. Moody, Ira Sankey, Jenny Lind, P. T. Barnum, and many other famous figures who people these pages. More than two dozen black-and-white photographs depict the people and settings among which Crosby moved.
Drawing on primary sources -- including thousands of unpublished Crosby manuscripts -- Edith Blumhofer sorts fact from fiction in the life of this remarkable woman. Blumhofer responsibly limns Crosby's life as a gifted nineteenth-century northeastern Protestant woman, in the process showing why "this diminutive woman" was -- and is -- so beloved.Details
- Title Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby
- Author Edith L. Blumhofer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 405
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids MI / Cambridge UK
- Date 2005-05-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780802842534 / 0802842534
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 6.1 x 0.91 in (22.66 x 15.49 x 2.31 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Theometrics: Evangelical
- Library of Congress subjects Blind - United States, Poets, American - 19th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005040487
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Christian Century, 11/01/2005, Page 48
- Christianity Today, 08/01/2005, Page 71
- Publishers Weekly, 04/11/2005, Page 49
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