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dedicated "hands,"; Frances, Ridley
, Havergal told the group attend'
1 4ng the, week-end party at Areley
House,; not far from her, home at
. Astley' Worcestershire," England,
, one morning the first (week Jn
1874. v'Hands'that shed innocent
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brethren, and hands like those of
King Mdas with hia golden toucfti,
and even hands like Lady- Mc-
r, itfetn's, Jbearlng tne stain oi wooa
'thatc6uld not be washed away,
, are examples of devilish hands."
" "What, about dedicated hands,
vjMiss Havergal," one of the other
guests asked her.
"Oh, when I think of dedicated
hand," the thirty-eight old com
poser and poet explained, "I im
mediately remember Durer's fa
Tnous painting 'Praying Hands,
or I see the hands of Bach and
Handel writing down their im-
mortal music, or the hands of an
honest carpenter after a hard
day's work. And I also behold
the hands of our Lord, lifting the
little children into his lap, or seiz
ing a whip with which to drive
the animals from the Temple. I
think of His hands breaking bread
with which to feed the five thous
and, or picking up a basin and
towel and washing the disciples'
feet. And, of course, we must
never forget the nail-pierced
hands that He showed to Thomas
after the resurrection. While
King Midas' hands turned every
thing to gold, th hands of Jesus
pointed everyone to God," she ad
ded. " Frances had been a precocious
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ly in life dedicated all of her re
markable talents to the service of
the King of Kings. " When she
arrived t Areley . House oa Fri
day morning, for a five-day visit,
eh " soon realized that many of
tha ' other, guests were not pro
fessing Christians or practicing
Christian.. , to. her room that af
ternoon she prayed, "Lord,, give
ma 'all in ; this. huw. j Now ,H
was' offering ,iS .opportunity - of
witnessing 'foretf' faith; nl he
was ' taking, full" advantage of V it
The other guest? aturaUyKgry
itated about her, and;:;; she .' soon
turned the,- conversation into J the
desired1 channelfcii,c:f'l?''i'vf-
. "The Lord also hate 'feet that
are swift in running to mischief','
she continued, "The sincereChris
tian always direct his?feet into
the right paths. He dedicates his
feet as well as his hands to the!
service of the King."
"In what way?" one of the cur
ious young women inquired. s
"In many ways,", the author of
"Lord, speak to me that I may
speak," " replied. "When we read
iGeneais 5:22-24, that "Enoch
walked with God,' we recognize
the fact that Enoch dedicated his
feet to God to walk in the right
paths; In other parts of the Bi
ble we are admonished to walk in
the tight rather than in the dark
ness; to walk by faith, not neces
sarily by sight; to walk in the
spirit instead of the lusts of the
flesh; to walk in love, and not in
hate; to walk circumspectly, and
worthy of the- Lord; to walk in
the truth, shunning error; to walk
honestly and in newness of life
following l!he footsteps of the
Lord."
Eas early as 1869, Miss Havergal
had made a name for herself with
ithe publication of her book
"Ministry of Song." A daughter
of hymn-writer Kev. William
Henry Havergal (1796-1870), she
team by her talents naturally,
and used them effectively. Her
first hymn, "I gave my life for
thee,", written in 1858, her 22nd
year, was already being widely
used. Thus, the other guests at
tne week-end houses party respect
ed her for her' gifts and loved her
for her charming and magnetic
personality.
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to the others, she ' said, q I'y,
"We must also dedicate our voic
es to the praise of the Master.' If
God hates ' lying tongue,' then
He loves , a tongue ' that is afire
for His glory, like those of the"
Apostles on the day bf Pentecost.
Their silent tongues became - wit
nessing tongues of willing mar;,
tyrs when the ' Holy Spirit came
upon them that day. ' So whenev
er we speak or sing, we do it all
for the glory of the King. - The
Greek word : translated; Witness'
actually means ; fraartyr Aa Wause
sometimes witnessing for Christ
results in martyrdom.'' f , ;
'Th tav daughters of th host
and hostess sat on the floor near
the piano deeply impressed wih
Miss Havergal's words. . They did.
not take their eyes from her face
as she spoke quietly, sincerely,
and with deep emotion.
"Then when we are willing to
give Him our tithe, the one-tenfti
of our earnings that we owe Him,
and when we add to the tithe our
toffering, the money we - present
after we have paid the tithe, we
can feel that we are doing our
part in supporting and spreading
the good news of the Gospel."
A few mornings later, on Feb
ruary 4, 1874 to be exact, while
they were at breakfast, tSie young
people and adults talked about a
variety of subjects, from ttie lat
est cricket match to the record of
the university rowing contest on
the Thames. Miss Havergal lis
tened attentively and later wrot
in her diary, "We must also de
dicate our minds to God," t
think His thoughts after him a
well as to 'love him with all our
(minds'." Then, wTien He takes
our weak will and stengthens
them, they are no longer our wills
but His. When we finally give'
him our hearts, our deepest, high
est and broadest love, He makes
bf our hearts a royal throne, and
reigns there supreme. -
Later that night she had the
joy of knowing that all of the ten:
members of the party, including
the two daughters of her host and
hostess, had received - a blessing
from the Lord. "They all trusted
and rejoiced the last day I was
there," she said when she return
ed home. "I - was too happy ' to
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Jhcy, join their notes in grand
- - accord; , 1 y . -Hailto
December! Say they all,
''..It gave to us our Christ, ' the
. Lord!
. J.,K. Hoyt
, December, the last month of
1958, rolls around.. With, it come
happy anticipations' of Christmas
homecomings, holidays, whidh in
fcHude New Year's Eve", and the
wonders and tingle of winter and
celebration, the children's .won
drous world of Santa Glaus and
more important than anything
else observance of the anniver-
sleep, ' so I passed f most of the
night in praise "and renewal of
tmy own consecration."
Then it was that several coup
lets formed themselves and "chim
ed in her hear," one after anoth
er, almost spontaneously, express
ing in poetic form the words she
had spoken tne previous days. Her
poem began v. -FTake
my life and let it be,
Consecrated,-, Lord to Thee;
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy fove.
Subsequent verses spoke of God
taking her ' feet, - her voice, her
lips, her silver and gold, her mo
ments and days,- her intellect, her
will and her. heart The hymn
concluded with these lines:
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy Feet, its treasure-store;
Take myself, and L will be,
Ever, only all for Thee.-
Five years later, with the words
and . music of her- own hymn
"Golden harps -are sounding" on
her lips, Frances Ridley Haverga
1836-1879) passed' away to giv
an account of her stewardship to
the rd whom she had praised
in sacred song and served with
unreserved love during the forty
three eventful years of her earth
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Jerry William Green Jr.; 25, of
Marshall RFD 3, died Saturday
morning, November 29, J19C8 in a
Greeneville, ' Tenn., hospital after
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Cook, Miss Bottle Green, I Miss
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iServlcea were held at 2 . p. m.,
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an . Church. . Burial, was in Ga
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were friends of the family. ;
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