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Post by Charity on Mar 21, 2005 14:59:02 GMT -5
This mini-co-op is all about Mrs. Fanny Crosby.
Frances Jane Crosby
She wrote many of the hymns we sing in our churches today.
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Post by Charity on Mar 21, 2005 15:00:14 GMT -5
Born: March 24, 1820, Putnam County, New York. Died: February 12, 1915, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Buried: Bridgeport, Connecticut. Fanny Crosby was probably the most prolific hymnist in history. Though blinded by an incompetent doctor at six weeks of age, she wrote over 8,000 hymns. About her blindness, she said: It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me. In her lifetime, Fanny Crosby was one of the best known women in the United States. To this day, the vast majority of American hymnals contain her work. When she died, her tombstone carried the words, “Aunt Fanny” and “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.” Eliza Hewitt memorialized Fanny’s passing in a poem: Away to the country of sunshine and song, Our songbird has taken her flight, And she who has sung in the darkness so long Now sings in the beautiful light. more here... www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/c/r/crosby_fj.htm |
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Post by Charity on Mar 21, 2005 15:01:17 GMT -5
THE CHRISTIAN FLAG The Christian Flag! behold it, And hail it with a song, And let the voice of millions The joyful strain prolong, To every clime and nation, We send it forth today; God speed its glorious mission, With earnest hearts we pray. Refrain The Christian Flag! behold it, And hail it with a song, And let the voice of millions The joyful strain prolong. The Christian Flag! unfurl it, That all the world may see The bloodstained cross of Jesus, Who died to make us free. The Christian Flag! unfurl it, And o’er and o’er again, Oh! may it bear the message, “Good will and peace to men.”<br> Refrain The Christian Flag! God bless it! Now throw it to the breeze, And may it wave triumphant O’er land and distant seas, Till all the wide creation Upon its folds shall gaze, And all the world united, Our loving Savior praise. Refrain Listen to music here.. www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/h/chriflag.htm |
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Post by Charity on Mar 21, 2005 15:02:36 GMT -5
BLESSÈD ASSURANCE Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. Refrain This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior, all the day long; This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior, all the day long. Perfect submission, perfect delight, Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; Angels descending bring from above Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Refrain Perfect submission, all is at rest I in my Savior am happy and blest, Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His goodness, lost in His love. Refrain Listen to music here www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/l/blesseda.htm |
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Post by Charity on Mar 21, 2005 15:02:59 GMT -5
More to come
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