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Safe in the Arms of Jesus is the life story of one of America's greatest hymnists--and a challenge to us all.

Safe in the arms of Jesus by Fanny Crosby, American hymn writer and poetess, who wrote over hymns during her life.

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Safe in the Arms of Jesus is the tale of a girl who, blinded from infancy, was blessed with creativity, composition skills and a natural ear for rhythm.

Fanny Crosby – who wrote both words and music – was born in upstate New York and began writing in her early Thirties when she collaborated.

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Frances Jane Crosby, 1823-1915

by Norman Mable

Safe in the arms of Jesus.
Rescue the perishing.

A little blind girl, only eight years of age, wrote a hymn, in which appeared the following verse:

Oh, what a happy soul am I!
Although I cannot see,
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be.

That little girl became the famous hymn-writer, Fanny Crosby, whose two most popular hymns are, Safe in the arms of Jesus, and Rescue the perishing.

Fanny was born in America, in 1823.

When six weeks old the unwise application of a warm poultice to her eyes took away Fanny's sight; but in accordance with nature's usual compensation, the loss of the sense of seeing increased her other senses. Her hearing became particularly acute, and it was when listening to a gurgling stream that there awoke in her youthful mind an irresistible desire to express herself in song.

Her memory also became prodigious, and later in life she could repeat by heart th