The Hymn Writer Who Trusted from the Cradle

When Fanny Crosby was just six weeks old, a doctor's mistake left her permanently blind. By the time she was a year old, her father was dead. The world had given this infant from Southeast, New York, every reason to grow bitter. Instead, her grandmother placed a Bible in her hands — or rather, placed its words in her ears — reading Scripture aloud until young Fanny had memorized entire books by heart.…