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July 15th  St. Swithin’s day

St Swithin's Day, if it does rain

Full forty days, it will remain

St Swithin's Day, if it be fair

For forty days, t'will rain no more

And Also

The History of a Hymn.

Take My Life.

Frances Ridley Havergal was a natural musician and could have been a professional singer. She was not strong physically but she worked hard and used her musical and linguistic gifts to the full.

She lived out the words in her hymns, too. She wrote to a friend:   “‘Take my silver and my gold’ now means shipping off all my ornaments, including a jewel cabinet which is really fit for a countess, to the Church Missionary Society… I retain only a brooch for daily wear, which is a memorial of my dear parents; also a locket… I don’t think I need tell you I never packed a box with such pleasure.”

Take my life, and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to thee;

Take my moments and my days,

Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Frances Ridley Havergall (1836-79)