AND bis Service BY FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL MY KING ROYAL COMMANDMENTS ROYAL BOUNTY ROYAL INVITATION LOYAL RESPONSES PHILADELPHIA: HENRY ALTEMUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL. A GENTLE SPIRIT, a temperament alive to all innocent joys, to all the harmonies of life and literature, a deep and earnest faith, a loving self-surrender to the Saviour who was the object of that faith-these are the qualities which make Frances Ridley Havergal a character of exceptional interest, not only to professing Christians, but to all who recognize and revere the spirit of the Gospel teachings. For having the gift of expression-a simple and pellucid style through which the soul poured itself out in either prose or verse-the qualities which endeared her to the friends who knew her in person won her a world-wide circle of friends among those who only knew her through her published writings. Miss Havergal was born December 14th, 1836, and died June 3d, 1879. She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Havergal, famous as a writer of sacred music. The story of her life, as revealed |