A Family Story

Letters by the late Frances Ridley Havergal

The lovely hymn "Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee" was just one of many hymns and poems written by Frances Ridley Havergal. She was a passionate and committed Christian who thought deeply about her faith as is shown by many of the letters in this volume. 

Under His Shadow, and, Kept for the Master's Use

"Under His Shadow: the Last Poems" contains the manuscript works left by Frances Ridley Havergal 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.