Frances Ridley Havergal taught a Sunday school class in her early
teens, and for most of the rest of her life she was in several ways
extensively involved with children, though she never married or
had children of her own. She loved the little ones and wanted
them to know and love the Lord Jesus. Among her other writings
for children in poetry, prose, and music, she completed these
three 31-day books, having a brief piece for each day of a month.
These are so good. Though deeply beneficial for adults of any age,
these were specifically meant for and addressed to children. So
clearly, effectively, sweetly, compassionately written, you can
almost hear F.R.H. sitting on the side of the bed and saying these
to one of her nieces or nephews just before sleep or before breakfast.
God is love. These books are full of His love, wanting young
ones to know and follow Him.
This book is taken from the five-volume, 8,014-page edition of
The Complete Works of Frances Ridley Havergal, an edition
prepared over several years by a team of people in the U.S.,
England, and Canada.
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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