And, for most people, the most remarkable thing about her was that she had done so in spite of her blindness. ![]() She wrote so many that she was forced to use pen names lest the hymnals be filled with her name above all others. "Oh, what a happy soul I am, / although I cannot see! / I am resolved that in this world / Contented I will be."įrancis Jane Crosby wrote more than 9,000 hymns, some of which are among the most popular in every Christian denomination.
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