Top 8 Fanny Crosby Hymns (with lyrics) | The Blind Poet Who Wrote 8,000 Hymns

Fanny Crosby - blind since infancy, she wrote over 8,000 hymns. Here are 8 of her most beautiful, performed by Rosemary Siemens with on-screen lyrics on violin, voice, and piano. Fanny Crosby (1820–1915), affectionately known as "Aunt Fanny," was the most prolific hymn writer in American history. Born in Putnam County, New York, she lost her sight at six weeks old to a medical mistake - yet wrote her first poem at age 8 and went on to compose more than 8,000 Christian hymns and gospel songs across her 95-year life. Her work fills Methodist, Baptist, and evangelical hymnals around the world more than a century after her death. If one of these hymns has carried you through a hard season, leave its title in the comments below - I read every one. Top 8 Fanny Crosby Hymns: 0:00 Blessed Assurance 3:54 To God Be the Glory 8:44 Tell Me the Story of Jesus 14:30 He Hideth My Soul 19:06 All the Way My Savior Leads Me 23:52 Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior 29:48 Near the Cross 34:03 Close to Thee ABOUT THESE HYMNS "Blessed Assurance" was written to a melody composed by Crosby's friend Phoebe Palmer Knapp. "To God Be the Glory" became a hymn of praise sung worldwide, popularized through 20th-century evangelistic crusades. "Tell Me the Story of Jesus" is a beloved hymn for children, families, and Sunday Schools. "He Hideth My Soul" draws from Isaiah's image of God as the cleft of the rock. "All the Way My Savior Leads Me" is Crosby's hymn of trust, written from her own walk of faith. "Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior" is a prayer hymn pleading for the Savior's mercy. "Near the Cross" reflects on the meaning of Calvary. "Close to Thee" expresses the desire to walk daily with Christ. THE STORY BEHIND BLESSED ASSURANCE "Blessed Assurance" - Crosby's most famous hymn - was written in minutes. Knapp had composed a new melody and played it on the piano, asking, "Fanny, what does this say to you?" Crosby's answer was the lyrics we still sing today. Crosby published many of her hymns under more than 200 pen names so hymnals wouldn't be dominated by a single author. When asked late in life whether she wished she could see, she said she would not have changed her blindness - "for when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior." Every hymn on this channel is real violin, real voice, real arrangement - Rosemary Siemens, no AI, no synthesized vocals. Subscribe for new hymns every Sunday and Wednesday. ✦ FOLLOW ROSEMARY ✦ → Website: https://www.rosemarysiemens.com → Hymn Sheet Music: https://www.rosemarysiemens.com/categ... → Patreon:   / rosemarysiemens   → Email list: https://mailchi.mp/66ae7d397e8f/bring... #FannyCrosby #Hymns #WithLyrics