If you had to create a poem to fit someone else's music, and had about 30 minutes to do it, could you?  Such was the capability of Fanny J. Crosby.  Not only was she able to to write the poem, but Safe in the Arms of Jesus was one of her most popular hymns.  Her blindness was not an obstacle to the use of her great talents.  When she dedicated her life to God at the age of nine, she ultimately became one of the most prolific writers of hymns, songs, and poems in the Christian era.  Although she died in 1915, current church hymnals still contain many of her hymns.  And, her love of Jesus clearly comes through those hymns.

Article taken from Living Stories of Famous Hymns by Ernest K. Emurian. Copyright © 1955 by Baker Book House Company. Used by permission of Baker Book House Company.