<Li> William B. Bradbury published her hymns in his Golden Censer (1864), a book of Sunday School hymns that sold three million copies . </Li> <Li> For several years Crosby contracted to write three hymns a week for Hubert Main, whose Biglow and Main Co. was formed after Bradbury's death . The company purchased 5900 poems from her for use in the Sunday School publications, and published nearly 2000 of them . By 1889, Crosby may have written over 2500 hymns for the combined publishing houses of Bradbury, and Biglow and Main . </Li> <Li> Methodist song publisher Philip Phillips, for whom Crosby wrote a cycle of forty poems based on the Pilgrim's Progress, and the lyrics for an estimated 525 hymns . </Li> <P> Howard Doane was an industrialist who became Crosby's principal collaborator in writing gospel music, composing melodies for an estimated 1,500 Crosby's lyrics . Doane and Crosby collaborated through Biglow and Main, and also privately through Doane's Northern Baptist endeavours . Eventually Crosby entrusted to Doane the business aspects of her compositions . </P>

Who wrote the song blessed be the name of the lord