The Woman Who Saw Light Without Eyes
Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old due to a doctor's error. She lived ninety-four years in total darkness — and wrote over...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 36:5-10.
Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old due to a doctor's error. She lived ninety-four years in total darkness — and wrote over eight thousand hymns celebrating the faithfulness of God. When asked if she resented her blindness, Crosby replied that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. "When I get to heaven," she once said, "the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior."…
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