I generally agree with you about Fanny Crosby, but To God Be the Glory seems like a weird hymn to pick on. Surely it is primarily about what God has done in Christ. It's basically summing up the gospel and calling us to praise him for it, which is modeled on scripture. It's not feelings-focused at all.
I suppose I could have picked a better example here. That one particular section of that verse had very similar language to the more sentimental hymns, so I threw it out there. Problem is, everyone knows the rest of the song, and the rest of the song is very robust and God-focused when compared with the rest of her work.
I generally agree with you about Fanny Crosby, but To God Be the Glory seems like a weird hymn to pick on. Surely it is primarily about what God has done in Christ. It's basically summing up the gospel and calling us to praise him for it, which is modeled on scripture. It's not feelings-focused at all.
I suppose I could have picked a better example here. That one particular section of that verse had very similar language to the more sentimental hymns, so I threw it out there. Problem is, everyone knows the rest of the song, and the rest of the song is very robust and God-focused when compared with the rest of her work.