Fanny Crosby
Fanny Crosby (1820–1915) was an American hymn writer who composed over eight thousand hymns despite being blind from infancy.
Her works include "Blessed Assurance" and "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior," which remain standards in Protestant worship.
She is among the most prolific hymnists in history.
Unable to perceive visually
- vision-impairedHaving reduced eyesight
- unsightedUnable to perceive visually
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
perception · tactile · auditory · darkness · perseverance · overcoming · accessibility · white cane
Metered poetic passage
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- chorusSingers performing together
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- sacred musicCompositions for worship
gospel songs · devotional · psalmody · anthem · spiritual · congregation · choir · organist
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- salvationDeliverance from harm
grace · holiness · reverence · gospel · scripture · testimony · sanctuary · altar
Producing abundantly and often
- productiveGenerating useful output
- pseudonymsFictitious adopted names
- influencePower to affect others
- enduringPersisting through time
beloved · role model · inspiration · mentor · visionary · humanitarian · charity · compassion
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
industrialization · gaslight · telegraph · revival movement · Sunday school · temperance
sightless
Unable to perceive visually
- vision-impairedHaving reduced eyesight
- unsightedUnable to perceive visually
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
adaptation · perception · tactile · auditory · darkness · perseverance · overcoming · accessibility · white cane · guide dog
verse
Metered poetic passage
sacred music · gospel songs · devotional · psalmody · anthem · spiritual · congregation · choir · organist · hymnbook
prayer
Address to deity
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
salvation · grace · holiness · reverence · gospel · scripture · testimony · sanctuary · altar · sermon
prolific
Producing abundantly and often
- productiveGenerating useful output
- pseudonymsFictitious adopted names
- influencePower to affect others
enduring · beloved · role model · inspiration · mentor · visionary · humanitarian · charity · compassion · mission work
Victorian
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
suffrage · industrialization · gaslight · telegraph · revival movement · Sunday school · temperance
- American ReligionChristianity, Catholic, Catholics, Baptist, Baptists
- Blind WritersHomer, John Milton, Jorge Luis Borges, Helen Keller, James Thurber
- Sacred MusiciansBach, Handel, organists, choir directors, choirmasters
- worship musicworship band, worship song, worship hymns, worship songs, praise music
- Hymn WritersIsaac Watts, Martin Luther, Bernard of Clairvaux
- Sacred PoetsRumi, Hafiz, John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard
Fanny CrosbyFriedrich Nietzsche
Voltaire · Aleister Crowley · Bertrand Russell · atheist · skeptic