Fanny Crosby BLOG

Known as an American hymn writer and poetess, Fanny Crosby wrote over 9,000 hymns during her life. Many stories have been told about her. This little corner of the Internet is dedicated revealing a small gimpse to this remarkable woman.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Welcome to the Fanny Crosby Blog

This blog is for the many fans of renowned hymnist Fanny Crosby. When I created the first webpage in 1996 about this special woman that was a student and teacher at the NY Institute for Special Education, I had no clue how much love there was out there for this woman. Her hymns still are sung and her efforts on this earth are still felt. What was one brief page is now a complete website at http://www.nyise.org/fanny/index.html that is always growing and expanding.

I am glad to finally have found a vehicle for other to express their faith and their passions for her hymns.

posted by jhernandez @ 12:35 PM  

27 Comments:

  • At 7:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    First of all, you need to include "word verification" on this blog to keep the spammers off.

    But to what I was going to say, yes, there are still many of us who have been touched by Fanny Crosby's hymns, and I'm glad to find this information about this great saint.

     

  • At 7:13 PM, Blogger jhernandez said…

    Thank you for your suggestion. I have added verification like you suggested.

     

  • At 10:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    lolz your names fanny.

     

  • At 2:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hello, I am wondering if anyone has information about Fanny's salvation experience. If so could you direct me to it? Thanks

     

  • At 7:27 AM, Blogger Unknown said…

    I'm very happy for what Mr.Jhernandez
    has done to expose a wonderful and faithful Child of God who lived on this earth as a blind person.I would really thank him on behalf of all fans of FANNY CROSBY(includind my mom)for creating a website on such a nice Godchild and I than k my mother for naming as Fanny after the great hymn-writer FANNY CROSBY.

    HATS OFF!

     

  • At 4:00 PM, Blogger speckofdust said…

    If only I could see as well as Fanny saw her Lord, each have our own talent may we all find our special place in God's service.

     

  • At 3:06 PM, Blogger jhernandez said…

    Thanks for the lovely comments. I do try to do justice to this woman with the website and I am glad to see that her fans are finding an outlet for expressing their love of this woman. PS: Soon I will be adding a chapter from one of her books on what she wrote about her salvation.

     

  • At 10:21 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    myspace.com/friendsoffannyjcrosby


    check it out

     

  • At 3:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I was wondering if you could give me information on any hymn that Fanny wrote for a report I'm doing? Thanks!

     

  • At 11:46 AM, Blogger Maeta said…

    michelle - just saw her salvation experience at wholesomewords.org/biography/bcrosby3.html

     

  • At 11:48 AM, Blogger Maeta said…

    Does anyone have Fanny's story about how the Lord gave her the words to "Blessed Assurance?"

    Maeta

     

  • At 7:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    i had no idea there was a fanny crosby blog and not trying to knock it or anything but what in the world can you possibly blog about her sure her songs are great and she was an awesome person but shes been dead for years. yeah that was all i wanted to say. good luck though

     

  • At 8:46 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Hey.. im on this site for help with a research paper,, but i need a index of her life . like a time line,, do you know anysites tht would have that?

     

  • At 4:59 PM, Blogger Howard said…

    I am 61 years old. I was raised on Fanny Crosby and William Howard Doane hymns. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was a member of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church (an affiliate of the American Baptist Convention) for nearly 30 years. William Howard Doane was (long before my time) also a long-term member of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church in Cincinnati.

    For those familiar with Fanny Crosby’s works may recall that many of her hymns, such as “To God Be the Glory” were written jointly with William Howard Doane (or W. H. Doane), who wrote the music to Fanny Crosby’s lyrics.

    Legend (at the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church) has it, that Fanny would periodically come (I believe in the springtime) to Cincinnati to visit with William Howard Doane and jointly write hymns at his home on Auburn Avenue. Legend also has it that some of the hymns may have been written in the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. The William Howard Doane house still stands to this day, and is two (2) doors (and within the same block) up the street from the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church. The William Howard Doane house is now owned by the Christ Hospital, which is also located on Auburn Avenue, next to the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church.

    Although I’m no longer a member of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church, my wife and I periodically visit the church, and remain close friends with some of its members.

    As a side note… If you ever visit Cincinnati, the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church is located at 2147 Auburn Avenue. In addition to being within the same block as the William Howard Doane House, the church is within two (2) blocks of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, located at 2038 Auburn Avenue. It was the birthplace and boyhood home of President William Howard Taft.

    My name is Howard. My e-mail address is luvinsco@msn.com.

     

  • At 11:58 AM, Blogger §ᴜᴢᴀᴎᴎᴈ said…

    hey fanny love your blog

     

  • At 8:57 PM, Blogger Unknown said…

    Oh, how I love Miss Fanny Crosby---her music is filled with such a direct inspiration of the scriptures. I wonder if we could do much more for the Lord, if we also listened to his still small voice like she did!
    Linda Cline-Ingram
    October 12, 2008

     

  • At 5:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am looking for the words and music to one of Fanny Crosby's hymns entitled "Be Thou Exalted". Can anyone help me locate this?
    EBM, Dothan, Al.

     

  • At 10:12 PM, Blogger Howard said…

    Anonymous (EBM, Dothan, Alabama) asked in the previous blog, "I am looking for the words and music to one of Fanny Crosby's hymns entitled 'Be Thou Exalted'. Can anyone help me locate this?"

    I found the lyrics to "Be Thou Exalted" at this website: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/t/e/btexaltd.htm

    I may be able to find the music at the church where I attend. Please contact me at luvinsco@msn.com for further information. My name is Howard. In the "subject" line, please include the words, "Fanny Crosby".

    I posted a previous blog on this website. In it, I mentioned that I was a member of the Mt. Auburn Baptist Church (in Cincinnati, Ohio) for nearly 30 years. It is the same church where William Howard Doane (who wrote music for Fanny Crosby) was a long-term member.

     

  • At 7:17 AM, Anonymous leo udtohan said…

    I love her hymns...and bring me closer to God.

     

  • At 9:05 AM, Anonymous debiirenewahl said…

    Thank you for your blog on Fanny J. Crosby. I have been blessed to perform as Miss Fanny for almost 15 years and the amount of information I have found on her, while hard to research due to her incredible humilty, has been astounding. Someone asked about her salvation experience. She actually was in New York at the time and heard a hymn being sung in a revival service of a Methodist Church. The words she heard sung were, "alas and did my Savior bleed and did my Soverign die..." and at that moment made a decision to live completely for Christ. Up until that time, she has been quoted as saying, she had one hand holding tightly to Jesus and the other around the world. But at that moment wanted only Jesus."

    A great biography on her is done by Bernard Ruffin. I also have her two autobiographies which go into greater detail about her personal life.

    Blessings on you as you serve Jesus by sharing the hymns of Frances Jane Crosby.

    Debi Irene Wahl

     

  • At 9:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    A few nights ago I was unable to sleep. I tuned in to a christian tv station that happened to broadcast the biography of Fanny Crosby. I had been singing so many of the hymns she wrote but never knew her life story. I was b so moved that I took my SDA hymnal and searched for songs she had written. I sang the songs alone in my bedroom and I felt so much better. I needed to praise the Lord and He gave me the songs that would build trust and love for Him in my heart. I do not worship Fanny Crsoby. I only pray that I will meet her in Heaven by the Tree of Life. I want to tell her that I learned to lean on the Lord and trust Him. Because of the songs His Holy Spirit inspired her to write so many years before I was born my heart carries a tune that blesses me day by day. To God Be The Glory,great things He hath done.

     

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  • At 9:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I hope to meet Aunt Fanny someday soon when the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more.....

     

  • At 9:44 PM, Anonymous Elizabeth said…

    The best song i love is in SDA shona hymn book number 44, particularly the last stanza 'Through the gates to the city in a robe of spotless white, He will lead me wher no tears will ever fall..In the glad song of ages i shall mingle with delight, but i long to meet my saviour first of all... I Shall thank Aunt Fanny for such a wonderful song when we meet by the tree of life soon....

     

  • At 10:05 PM, Blogger Maeta said…

    Wish I knew the tune and had the rest of the words for this one - not familiar with that hymn book

     

  • At 5:10 PM, Blogger vickie gaynier said…

    What a surprise to come across a blog about Fanny. I have been doing Fanny Crosby as a dramatization of her telling her life story. I have read numerous books about her and have loved her for many years now. I have been doing her for about 14 yrs. I came across this blog when i was looking into the house of William Howard Doan. I will be performing a program at Dr. Doan's gravesite in Oct 2010.

     

  • At 9:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I am doing a research report on this woman, so came hear to find out some of her Salvation experience. Thanks!

     

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