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“ 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 mine.“ 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
