April 23, 2016 (Saturday)
Also published as, “Draw Me Nearer,” the words of this hymn were written by Fanny Crosby, who wrote many of our most beloved hymns. It expresses the desire for a closer walk with God.
She was blinded by a physicians mistake when she was six weeks old. Her blindness never kept her from becoming a successful poet and model Christian. When she was 8 years old, she wrote a poem which became the motto of her life:
“O what a happy soul am I!
Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.”
People would bring her tunes they had composed and ask her for a poem to fit the music. This is how most of her hymns were written.
