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edaczt.en nor 81 great az influence, 4n1
certainly aor 80 Eas q memory she
knows s greaE many portions q the
Blale ~ heaFt. and committed 70 mem
orv tile books Of Genesis. Exodus. Ie-
vilicas and Numbers and the four Cos
pes before she Vas Is. Inen her mind
Is stored With much that she has learned
iren i.eE favorige authors Because Of
this fle l-emory she IS very entertain
lns t.iA.s.
As Is tLe case with the blind her other
seuses are very keen. and she knows
friends and acqualntances simply by a
touch II rae hand. An air of marvellous
contentaeut Is apparent in her She
loves her work. and Is happy ia il, for
she bias the satisfaction of being inde.
pendent thereby besides the pleasure Of
knowing that her hymns are a power FOR
goot They are sung every where. and
are suited % all occasions. Keep Thou
Ny Way, o Lord. was written for 4
piece az music already composed. and
Was used Tor several years as the prayer
song" al the Mayhower mission con
nccted uIth Plymouth church. Brooklyn
Her scope OF subjects 10 wide, embracing
verytAing from d contemplation Of
heaven. as IN The Bright Forever" 10
an appeal 70 the work Of this world, as
in " Rescue the Perishing."
Mis- Crosby tells an interesting story
Of this hymn. One evening she attended
mission prayer meeting and during the
services Rescue the Perishing" was
sung. Vt is close young man spoke,
telling how the sound Of is familiar
words had helped % save him. He had
got into bad ways, and one night, when
homeless. peuniiess and hopeless, heard
some people singing il. He followed the
sound until it led him 10 a room where
meeting was in progress. He went
IN and sat down. The words impressed
him deeply. and he was finally res
cued' by their influence. As the young
man finished his story. he expressed a
great desire To see the writer OF that
hymn, and after the meeting the pleas
uTe was granted, not only TO his own but
to Miss Cr0s5y's great qualification.
She told me three other incidents con-
nected with well known hymns Of her
own, which | will give in her language
The first is about safe in the Arms Of
Jesus"
While | was coming out Of church
with Mr.. Sankey after one of the North
Ge!d meetings. lady stepped up and
asked his permission 70 speak TO me. He
gave it, and she said 10 me: %. thank
Godl l have prayed that l might see
you before | died. Safe in the arms of
Jesus" was the last thing my mother
said before she went bone"
The second shows one of the infu-
ences arising from the hymn, Pass No
Not" and was told by the subject OF the
story TO 4 friend of Miss Crosby.
An old man spent Sundays fishing in
a brook near a school house where Sun
day school and preaching services were
held. One Sunday he heard the children
singing, and said TO himself: I'll go and
see what they are doing he went, and
heard them singing:
Pass me not gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others thou art calling
Do not pass me by.
''Thc words seemed 10 touch him. He
listened several minutes until some kind
person invited him in. He said, NO,
am not dressed 10 come in. After a
little persuasion he said, i will if the
children will sing that hymn again His
request was granted, and the result was
the conversion of a man who had not
been near n church for fifty years"
The third relates the personal expert
ence which inspired her to write, IAN
the Way NJ Saviour Leads Me-"
Il was sitting in my room on a hot
day in July, thinking. Some one came
came in and gave me ten dollars
didn't expect it. The gift awakened a
train of thought, and reflected that
step by step, God was leading me, and
said, Praise God that cannot see any
moro than dor"
This, in brief, is tho career Of Fanny
Crosby.
In this case, as in the case Of all favor
ito writers. it Is the personality-ibe life
behind the words that makes them at
tractivc. If I have shown this person
aiify and character at all clearly / at
tribute it 20 the influence Of the conver-
sations have had with Miss Crosby.
The following list - her best known
hymns. with dates when they were writ
tom. may prove interesting:
ear, in The Arms q lsss s.-.....-............1sc
Pass Size Nc'. % Gentle saviour ..-......... ..l>a
,-'e .i.iiiS ----- ------.-------- --i I'd
ar .tnr. - Lord ..-.... .---..-.....-.....-.ls.j
10 tl- Wolk........ .-.-.....-.-..-.....-. 1850
There a C.F f-ou Tlcefcr'a .--.-...... 1864
Jesus. Dear Come - Ilee. ...-...---...-..is,7
I4rbt aal Comfort &C vs. soul .....-..-....-.i ''-
Theros Gerfls Voice Within ......-...-----isr1
Tie R~-at sareecr .....-.....-..-..--...-f fe-l
Ilaee fn Thee .... -.......... .s
Tsri ~ 7rr Mercy e,rt ... .....-........-... frl l
7a lal Ie te Glory .-.......-..--. ..-
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