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Someone asked Fanny in Binghamton how long she was going to continue her vigorous activity. “How long,” she replied, “am I going to travel and lecture? Always!” “There is nothing that could induce me to abandon my work. It means nothing to be eighty-four years of age because I am still young! What is the use in growing old? People grow old because they are not cheerful, and cheerfulness is one of the greatest accomplishments in the world!” On February 8, Fanny was visited by a group of mission workers and she spoke of her life, telling them that she was especially concerned with four categories of people: railroad men, policemen, prisoners, and the poor. To the mission workers, Fanny reiterated what she had said all her life long about her blindness: “I believe that the greatest blessing the Creator ever bestowed on me was when he permitted my external vision to be closed. He consecrated me for the work which…
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