Inspirational People » Famous Women http://patikay.com Stories of People Who Made a Difference Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:17:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Amanda Smith: God’s Image Carved in Ebony http://patikay.com/amanda-smith-gods-image-carved-in-ebony.htm http://patikay.com/amanda-smith-gods-image-carved-in-ebony.htm#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:52:08 +0000 Kaylene http://patikay.com/?p=60

 

I remember reading the life story of Amanda Smith when I was a teenager. Her life impacted mine in several ways. Primarily the way that

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 she overcame prejudice, poverty, & religious bigotry. I have not encountered very many people who have even heard of her. So I’ve chosen her as the subject of this blog post & trust that you will be enticed to read more about her remarkable life & contribution to American culture.

Amanda Berry Smith (January 23, 1837 – February 24, 1915) was a former slave who became an inspiration to thousands of women both black and white. She was born in Long Green, Maryland, a small town in Baltimore County. Her father’s name was Samuel Berry while her mother’s name was Mariam. Her father, a slave, worked for years at night and after long days of field labour, he had to make brooms and husk mats to pay for freedom for his whole family of 7.

Amanda taught herself how to read by cutting out large letters from newspapers and asking her mother to make them into words. When she was thirteen, only having three and a half months of formal schooling, Amanda went to work near York, Pennsylvania, as the servant of a widow with five children. While there, she attended a revival service at the Methodist Episcopal Church.

She worked hard as a cook and a washerwoman to provide for herself and her daughter after her husband was killed in the American Civil War. Prayer became a way of life for her as she trusted God for shoes, the money to buy her sisters freedom and food for her family. She became well known for her beautiful voice and hence, opportunities to evangelize in the South and West opened up for her. Wherever she travelled, she wore a plain poke bonnet and a brown or black Quaker wrapper, and she carried her own carpetbag suitcase.

In 1876, she was invited to speak and sing in England travelling on a first class cabin provided by her friends. The captain invited her to conduct a religious service on board and she was so modest that the other passengers spread word of her and resulted in her stay in England and Scotland for a year and a half. After her trip, she returned to her homeland and eventually founded the Amanda Smith Orphans’ Home for African-American children in a suburb of Chicago. She continued to visit various nations and gained a reputation as “God’s image carved in ebony.”

Her autobiography was published in 1893.
Read Amanda’s  Autobiography Online

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]]> http://patikay.com/amanda-smith-gods-image-carved-in-ebony.htm/feed 0 有福的確據Fanny Crosby (1820~1915) http://patikay.com/%e6%9c%89%e7%a6%8f%e7%9a%84%e7%a2%ba%e6%93%9afanny-crosby-18201915.htm http://patikay.com/%e6%9c%89%e7%a6%8f%e7%9a%84%e7%a2%ba%e6%93%9afanny-crosby-18201915.htm#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:50:28 +0000 Kaylene

20080607台灣神學院音樂系畢嶪公演于桃園基督長老教會（合唱有福的確據） 有福的確據Fanny Crosby (1820~1915) 1820年3月24日，芬妮出生於紐約州一個窮苦家庭；由於醫生不當診斷，6週大雙目便失明。 芬妮15歲進入盲人學校，在學期間詩作經常獲佳獎。畢業後芬妮留校任教，教授英語文法、修辭學與歷史…芬妮說：如果不是失明，她就無法受那麼好的教育和有極佳的記憶力。芬妮十歲會背舊約頭四卷和新約四福音。一位盲人竟創作八千多首聖詩！1873年的某日，芬妮好友腓比(美國大都會保險公司創辦人奈比夫人)來造訪：「芬妮，你聽看看，我新作的一曲…怎麼樣？ 妳覺得這曲調到底在說甚麼？」芬妮：「不就是在說『有福的確據』麼？」芬妮進入書房，隨即完成這首『Blessed Assurance』。

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A favorite Christian hymn written by Fanny J. Crosby (1873). Sung in the video by Harpeth Gospel Quartet.

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This was the last anthem directed by Elly Sturm at First Presbyterian Church of Vallejo. An earlier version, done with only seven singers, is improved this time with a full complement. Hope you enjoy

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]]> http://patikay.com/give-me-jesus-improved-version-fanny-crosby.htm/feed 2 Seligstes Wissen, Jesus ist mein ( Fanny Crosby ) http://patikay.com/seligstes-wissen-jesus-ist-mein-fanny-crosby.htm http://patikay.com/seligstes-wissen-jesus-ist-mein-fanny-crosby.htm#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:26:14 +0000 Kaylene

herunterzuladen auf sermon-online.de hier sermon-online.de Seligstes Wissen: Jesus ist mein (Original: Blessed Assurance) 1. Seligstes Wissen: Jesus ist mein! Köstlichen Frieden bringt es mir ein. Leben von oben, ewiges Heil, völlige Sühnung ward mir zuteil. Lasst mich’s erzählen, Jesus zur Ehr; wo ist ein Heiland, größer als er? Wer kann so segnen, wer so erfreun? Keiner als Jesus! Preis ihm allein! 2. Ihm will ich leben, o welche Freud! Herrliche Gaben Jesus mir beut: Göttliche Leitung, Schutz in Gefahr, Sieg über Sünde reicht er mir dar. Lasst mich’s erzählen, Jesus zur Ehr; wo ist ein Heiland, größer als er? Wer kann so segnen, wer so erfreun? Keiner als Jesus! Preis ihm allein! 3. Völlig sein eigen! Nichts such ich mehr; Jesus, er stillet all mein Begehr. Treu will ich dienen ihm immerdar, bis ich gelang zur oberen Schar. Lasst mich’s erzählen, Jesus zur Ehr; wo ist ein Heiland, größer als er? Wer kann so segnen, wer so erfreun? Keiner als Jesus! Preis ihm allein! Text: Frances Jane Crosby, 1820-1915 Melodie: Phoebe Knapp, 1839-1898 Deutsch: Heinrich Rickers, 1864-1928 Original: Blessed assurance 1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of his Spirit, washed in His blood. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior, all the day long. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior, all the day long. 2. Perfect submission, perfect delight! Visions of rapture now burst on my sight …

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Total Grace Baptist Church 1313 North Limestone Street Lexington, KY 40505 859.226.9242 Choir Day A Tribute to Fanny Crosby Rev. Michael C. Robinson – Pastor

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Trusting only in Thy merit, Would I seek Thy face; Heal my wounded, broken spirit, Save me by Thy Grace! Let me at a throne of mercy, Find a sweet relief; Kneeling there in deep contrition, Help my unbelief! Jesus, do not pass me by!

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The story of “Ti Fam: Witch Doctors daughter” told by George Anderson, Soprano Solo by Mrs. Julia Anderson accompanied by Rev. Patrick R. Anderson JD The Andersons are “Home Missionaries” for Child Evangelism Fellowship, North Central Chapter of Iowa. PO Box 123 Story City, Iowa 50248 www.savedkidz.com 1-800-300-4033

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A hymn written by Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) Fanny Crosby wrote more than eight thousand hymns…she didn’t start writing until she was forty, but she made up for lost time. The fact that she was blind didn’t diminish her productivity. Blinded in infancy due to a doctor’s error, Crosby demonstrates no bitterness in her songs. Blinded to the light of this world, she had a light shining in her soul. (from The One Year Book of Hymns)

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FANNY CROSBY STORY DONE BY DCFI LISBURN CHOIR

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