Fanny Crosby's Life Story: Autobiography of a Christian Poet, Lyricist and Mission Worker Blind from InfancyFanny Crosby's celebrated autobiography chronicles her life and achievements writing Christian poetry and hymnals in amazing quantity. Renowned as one of the 19th century's greatest hymn writers and lyricists, Fanny Crosby was the victim of grave misfortune during her infancy. As a baby only a few weeks old, her eyes became inflamed the doctor visited by her family suggested a procedure to alleviate the symptoms, but it was a failure: Fanny became