This book contains all of Frances Ridley Havergal’s pamphlet essays (except one, “The Five Benefits,” long and earnestly sought, not yet found), full of golden lessons and encouragement for us. At the end is the small volume Treasure Trove, extracts from F.R.H.’s unpublished letters and Bible notes posthumously compiled by her niece and god-daughter, Frances Anna Shaw.
Frances Ridley Havergal, the daughter of a Church of England minister, is well known for her great hymns of consecration including the famous Take My Life and Let It Be. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children.
In 1852/3 she studied in the Louisenschule, Dusseldorf, and at Oberkassel. Otherwise she led a quiet life, not enjoying consistent good health; she travelled, in particular to Switzerland. She supported the Church Missionary Society.
She died of peritonitis at Caswell Bay on the Gower Peninsula in Wales. Her sisters saw much of her work published posthumously. Havergal College, a private girls' school in Toronto, is named after her. The composer Havergal Brian adopted the name as a tribute to the Havergal family.
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