Blessed Assurance

March 5, 2017 (Sunday)
Fanny Crosby was blinded by a doctor when she was six weeks old. Her father died when she was still a toddler, her mother had to find employment and could not be with her, so she was raised by her grandmother, who led her to memorize the Bible and much well-known poetry. She became a poet, writing both religious and secular verse. She composed 9,000 hymns. She provided the words to tunes that others presented to her. Her method was to let the tunes speak to her, and she wrote down what they said. Mrs. Knapp brought her the tune and asked her if it said anything. After hearing it three times, she said, it says, “Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine.”