Excerpt from Blossoms From a Believer's Garden
Good-by, I shall not see you again. Then do you really think I am going Yes TO day Probably. Beautiful, too good to be true! She replied. Soon after looking up smiling, she said. Splendid to be so near the gates Of heaven l Later, after a convulsive sickness she folded her hands on her breast There, now it is all over! Blessed Rest! Looking up steadfastly as though she saw the Lord, her face reflected a glorious radiance; and she tried to sing with One high sweet note He her voice faltered; and as her brother prayed, she passed away satisfied, glorified, within the palace of her King!
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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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