When Fanny Crosby was only six weeks old, a man posing as a doctor treated an illness by putting hot mustard poultices on her eyes, and the treatment left her blind for life. She could have grown up bitter. Instead she became one of the most loved hymn writers in history, writing more than 9,000 hymns, including “Blessed Assurance,” “To God Be the Glory,” and “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior.” One well-meaning preacher told her it was a great pity the Master hadn’t given her sight. She said that if she could have made one request at birth, it would have been to be born blind. Why? “Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.”
