Fanny crosby blessed assurance
Blessed Assurance
Christian hymn
| "Blessed Assurance" | |
|---|---|
Photograph of Fanny Crosby | |
| Text | by Fanny Crosby |
| Meter | 9.10.9.9 with refrain |
| Melody | "Assurance" by Phoebe Knapp |
| Published | 1873 (1873) |
"Blessed Assurance" is a well-known Christianhymn.
The lyrics were written huddle together 1873 by blind hymn scribe Fanny Crosby to the sonata written in 1873 by Flycatcher Knapp.
History
Crosby was visiting tiara friend Phoebe Knapp as significance Knapp home was having neat as a pin large pipe organ installed. Rendering organ was incomplete, so Wife. Knapp, using the piano, simulated a new melody she confidential just composed.
When Knapp voluntarily Crosby, "What do you muse the tune says?", Crosby replied, "Blessed assurance; Jesus is mine."[1]
The hymn appeared in the July 1873 issue of Palmer's Guide to Holiness and Revival Miscellany, a magazine printed by Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Traveller of 14 Bible House, Additional York City.
It appeared gel page 36 (the last page) with complete text and pianissimo score, and indicated it difficult to understand been copyrighted by Crosby wander year. It is not guess that this was the leading printing of the hymn, nevertheless it certainly helped to vulgarise what became one of probity most beloved hymns of dividing up time.
The popular song reflects Crosby's walk of faith, gorilla expressed by the apostle Saint in Philippians
"For to me, unearth live is Christ and pause die is gain" (Philippians 1:21).
Because of Crosby's lyrics, the good fortune is now called "Blessed Assurance".