365 Things I Believe: Blessed Assurance
American Methodist mission worker and hymn writer Fanny Crosby was born on this day in 1820. Blind from infancy, Crosby was known as “the premier hymnist of the gospel song period.” She is credited with writing over 8,000 hymns. “Blessed Assurance” is one of the best-known and most-loved songs that she wrote. Fanny Crosby died …