Safe in the Arms of Jesus: Biography of Fanny Crosby [Paperback]

Chester Hearn (Author)

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• Paperback: 143 pages
• Publisher: Christian Literature Crusade (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875086659
• ISBN-13: 978-0875086651
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,294,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Methodist Saint, September 24, 2005

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This review is from: Safe in the Arms of Jesus: Biography of Fanny Crosby (Paperback)

Although Protestant, she is known as the "Methodist Saint" who was famous in her day as a great hymmal poet ("Pass me not, O gentle Savior", "Safe in the Arms of Jesus", "The Blood Washed Thong") and as a great Christian.

Blind since childhood, she longed for "the crystal streams of literature" and later expressed her faith and personal relationship with Jesus ("floodtide of celestial light") through her "song-theology."

"That some of my hymms have been dictated by the blessed Holy Spirit, I have no doubt," she said.

Though blind she wrote such line as:

"The winds a carol murmur, soft and low,
While silver stars, that gem the arch of night"

Active and vital to her ninties--"when I look down the avenue of these ninety years..."--she donated most of her royalties from her books to the needy and the blind.

Her songs are well-known staples of churches and devotionals today.