Two works by Frances Ridley Havergal, the author of the well-loved hymn: "Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee".
"Under His Shadow: the Last Poems" contains the manuscript works left at her death. Frances had earlier told her sister that her third volume of poems was to be called "Under His Shadow", and that she thought the book would be her "nunc dimittis".
"Kept for the Master's Use" is a devotional book based on the hymn "Take my Life". Each chapter takes a couplet from the hymn and considers what it means to put it into practice, and how that consecration can be maintained. The final chapter looks at the consecration that Jesus made of Himself to us.
These public domain works have been manually formatted for the Kindle with special care given to the layout of the poems.
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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