Fanny Crosby

"It's not enough to have a song on your lips. You must also have a song in your heart." – Fanny Crosby

Fanny Crosby excelled as a student at the school for the blind. She was later asked to become a staff member. Her leadership and sensitivity endeared her to her students who regularly enjoyed doses of her songs and poetry. Her personal search to truly know the Savior was tested, first through the deathly cholera epidemic that devastated the school. After her marriage, her faith again was tested through the death of her only child. It was her husband who encouraged Fanny to write Hymns for the church such as "Blessed Assurance," "To God be the Glory," "Resuce the Perishing," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "Praise Him, Praise Him."