Blessed Assurance

Blessed Assurance was composed by two of the most prolific Christian hymn writers in history. The lyrics come from a woman with over 8000 hymns to her credit and the music comes from the organ of a lady with over 500 hymns to her credit. Fanny Crosby was visiting her friend Phoebe Knapp as the Knapp home was having a large pipe organ installed. The organ was incomplete so, using the piano, Mrs. Knapp played a new melody she had just composed. What does it say to you, Fanny Her reply was quick and simple: Blessed assurance, Jesus is This hymn is still being played on the church organ in thousands of churches today. Despite being blind, Fanny Crosby s impact on Christian hymns was tremendous. She once described how her blindness affected her songs. I verily believe that God intended that I should live my days in physical darkness so that I might be better prepared to sing His praise and lead others from spiritual darkness into His etern