Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart, George L. Carlson, Neal Ball, Margaret Rudkin, John C. Curtis, Robert E. De Forest, William D. Bishop, Samuel Simons. Excerpt: Frances Jane Crosby (March 24, 1820 - February 12, 1915), usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. During her lifetime, she was well-known throughout the United States. By the end of the 19th century, she was "a household name in evangelical Protestant circles" globally, and "one of the most prominent figures in American evangelical life," being one of the shapers of American culture, helping to "embed Christianity in the history and culture of the United States. Best known for her Protestant Christian hymns and gospel songs, Crosby was "the premier hymnist of the gospel song period (ca. 1870-1920)," and one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 despite being blind since infancy, with over 100 million copies of her songs printed. Crosby was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1975. Known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers," and as the "Mother of modern congregational singing in America," with "dozens of her hymns continue to find a place in the hymnals of Protestant evangelicalism around the world," with most American hymnals containing her work, as "with the possible exception of Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley, Crosby has generally been represented by the largest number of hymns of any writer of the twentieth century in nonliturgical hymnals." Her gospel songs were "paradigmatic of all revival music," and Ira Sankey attributed the success of the Moody and Sankey evangelical campaigns largely to Crosby's hymn...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart. To get started finding Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart, George L. Carlson, Neal Ball, Margaret Rudkin, John C. Curtis, Robert E. De Forest, William D. Bishop, Samuel Simons. Excerpt: Frances Jane Crosby (March 24, 1820 - February 12, 1915), usually known as Fanny Crosby in the United States and by her married name, Frances van Alstyne, in the United Kingdom, was an American Methodist rescue mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. During her lifetime, she was well-known throughout the United States. By the end of the 19th century, she was "a household name in evangelical Protestant circles" globally, and "one of the most prominent figures in American evangelical life," being one of the shapers of American culture, helping to "embed Christianity in the history and culture of the United States. Best known for her Protestant Christian hymns and gospel songs, Crosby was "the premier hymnist of the gospel song period (ca. 1870-1920)," and one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 despite being blind since infancy, with over 100 million copies of her songs printed. Crosby was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1975. Known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers," and as the "Mother of modern congregational singing in America," with "dozens of her hymns continue to find a place in the hymnals of Protestant evangelicalism around the world," with most American hymnals containing her work, as "with the possible exception of Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley, Crosby has generally been represented by the largest number of hymns of any writer of the twentieth century in nonliturgical hymnals." Her gospel songs were "paradigmatic of all revival music," and Ira Sankey attributed the success of the Moody and Sankey evangelical campaigns largely to Crosby's hymn...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart. To get started finding Burials at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport: P. T. Barnum, Fanny Crosby, Robert Lawson, General Tom Thumb, Lavinia Warren, Vernon Dalhart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.