. Christian herald and signs of our times. ? are goinga home I-. THE BLIND HYMN-WRITER, FANNY J. CROSBY,Dictating to her Amanuensis. )d the skies, was written in New York City for Feb. 5,1864, and since that, timeso diligently and harmoniously have brainand pen wrought that Miss Crosby, up tothe present time, has composed over fourthousand hymns, many of which have be-come favorites in all Christian lands. Be-fore she began her career as a writer ofhymns, she had already written a numberof secular pieces for George F. Root, thefamous composer, and had dedicated a lit-tle poem of w
. Christian herald and signs of our times. ? are goinga home I-. THE BLIND HYMN-WRITER, FANNY J. CROSBY,Dictating to her Amanuensis. )d the skies, was written in New York City for Feb. 5,1864, and since that, timeso diligently and harmoniously have brainand pen wrought that Miss Crosby, up tothe present time, has composed over fourthousand hymns, many of which have be-come favorites in all Christian lands. Be-fore she began her career as a writer ofhymns, she had already written a numberof secular pieces for George F. Root, thefamous composer, and had dedicated a lit-tle poem of welcome to Henry Clay on theoccasion of his visit to New York after theclose of the Mexican War. She had thehonor of being the first woman whosevoice was ever heard in the United StatesSenate Chamber, where she recited a poemby invitation to a most distinguished au-dience. In the course of her long career as ahymn writ-e r , MissCrosby hasattained, inan unsur-passed de-gree, the fac-ulty of mov-ing the heartand theaffections byher sense ofrhythm isa
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