Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross

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Authored by Fanny Crosby ,I have enjoyed singing Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross, as far back as I can remember. It’s a simple tune written by W. Doane and was a song requested of Ms. Crosby.

Fanny Crosby was a prolific hymn writer with over 8,000 hymns to her credit. She became blind at a young age and was educated at the New York Institute for the Blind. Being taught to sing spurred on her interest in writing her own music. She was a friend of many presidents and worked hard to improve conditions for the blind. She is credited with saying that blindness was a gift, for if she could see, she might become distracted from writing hymns. She wrote hymns until about a year before she passed away. She was much influenced by the revivals sweeping the nation at the time. For more information on Fanny Crosby click here.