Ever, only, all for thee

the long version

Born a pastor's daughter in 1836, Frances Havergal was an English poet and hymn writer. She wrote verses from the age of seven with remarkable fluency, and her poems were soon admitted into 'Good Words' and the best religious periodicals. Throughout her life she energetically engaged in religious and philanthropic work until her early death at the age of forty-two. While she lived, Miss Havergal was one of the most well-known and well-loved Christian writers in the English language. The Lord blessed the fruit of her hands with an amazing insight into spiritual truth. Accordingly, her words and songs helped countless believers in her lifetime and still echo through the church today in some of her well-known hymns: 'Take My Life and Let it Be' and 'Like a River Glorious'. It is unfortunate that so much of her work remains widely unknown. Thus Pamela Bugden has done us all a favor by highlighting Frances' life and work in these brief 'glimpses'. This book is a substantial introduction to the remarkable woman C.H. Spurgeon called, "the last and loveliest of our modern poets."