Excerpt from Golden Thoughts From the Life and Works of Frances Ridley Havergal
The varied texture. No attempt is made to weave them into any definite, continuous pattern; though two or more are now and then put side by side, for mutual illustration or enrichment. But in general, continuity is rather avoided than sought for, in recognition of the fact that a motto, a text, or a paragraph, often gains both force and clearness from isolation. The mind is enabled to remain in contact therewith long enough to receive a clear-cut impression, and to follow out its own inevitably suggested line of thought, - which, it is scarcely necessary to add, is in no two cases the same.
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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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