Crosby, Frances Jane (Fanny) Van Alstyne
Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby Van Alstyne (1820-1915) was the most prolific and perhaps the most popular writer of Sunday school hymns that America has ever produced.
Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby Van Alstyne (1820-1915) was the most prolific and perhaps the most popular writer of Sunday school hymns that America has ever produced.
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