Fanny Crosby and the Riches She Could Not See

Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old due to a doctor's mistake. She never saw a sunset, never read a printed page, never glimpsed the face of a single friend. Yet by the time she died in 1915 at age ninety-four, she had written over eight thousand hymns — more than any other hymnist in history. "Blessed Assurance," "To God Be the Glory," "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" — these poured from a woman who could not see the hand in front of her face.…