Under the Surface - Couverture souple

Havergal, Frances Ridley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1937236528 ISBN 13 : 9781937236526

Editeur : Havergal Trust, The, 2017

Synopsis

Under the Surface, in 1874, was Havergal’s second published volume of poems. James Nisbet & Co. (her primary publisher while she lived and after she died) first published this as a single book, and later also published many copies (the number not known now, certainly many thousands) of a set of three books of poetry by F.R.H., The Ministry of Song, Under the Surface, and Under His Shadow, in a gift box, the books being approximately 3 ½ inches wide by 4 ¾ inches tall, each of the three books easy to fit in a pocket or in a lady’s purse, to carry and read anywhere. Under the Surface was also published complete along with most of her other poems in the posthumous compilation of The Poetical Works of Frances Ridley Havergal (London: James Nisbet & Co., 1884). The following reviews give a glimpse of how this book was valued in her day, and the true treasure here (to the Lord’s glory and to the good of His people) is as rich now as it was then. These next seven reviews (or excerpts of reviews) of Under the Surface were published in periodicals, and quoted in an advertisement page in an 1876 Nisbet copy of Under the Surface. “There is a vigour and a strength in these poems which is really remarkable, and which in no way interferes with their tenderness and melody.”—Evening Hours. “Each poem is a life-song and a heart-story.”—Christian. “The gifted author of this new volume of exquisite poems may rest assured her multitudinous readers will testify, ‘the gold of this mine is good.’ ”—Our Own Fireside. “Another volume of sweet, sacred thought singing to us in the music of stirring and soothing verse.”—Woman’s Work. “Great freshness of feeling, fulness of thought, and ready command of measure.”—British Quarterly Review. “Few writers of the present day have richer, nobler thoughts, deeper insight into the springs of the human heart, or more touching pathos, and withal sweetly tender musical expression, than Miss Havergal. . . . Many of the pieces in the present volume have a power certainly not surpassed and not very frequently equalled by hymn-writers of recognized eminence, while others are exquisitely touching in their sweetness and tenderness.—Edinburgh Daily Review. “Rich in noble thought, and fresh and vigorous ideas.”—Literary World.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

About the Author Frances Ridley Havergal’s formal education ended when she was seventeen, with one term at a young women’s school in Dusseldorf, Germany, yet she was a true scholar all her life. Fluent in German and French and nearly so in Italian, she read and loved the Reformers in Latin, German, and French. Knowledge was never an end in itself, only a means to know better her Lord and Saviour and to help to bring others to know Him. The Bible was her only Book, and she studied deeply the Hebrew and Greek texts of Scripture, memorized nearly all the New Testament and large portions of the Old Testament, and loved the Author with all her being. Frances was brought to a saving knowledge of Christ when she was fourteen, and the rest of her life was consecrated to her Savior, the Lord Jesus. Keenly aware of her own sinfulness and inability, her sole desire was to please and glorify Him alone. Very finely gifted, she was truly diligent with her gifts: her poetry is among the finest Christian verse in the English language, after George Herbert; her prose works are deeply beneficial; a musician to the core, she left behind important compositions. Like her works, her life richly touched the ones near her and countless many who met or heard her. The Lord Jesus Christ was her alone, only beauty, and she glowed Him and His truth. These books are taken from the newly prepared edition of The Complete Works of Frances Ridley Havergal. Never wanting attention to herself, Frances’ desire of her heart was for herself and for others to know her King, the Lord Jesus Christ. Her works are a gold-mine of help and enrichment. As her sister Maria, wrote, Knowing her intense desire that Christ should be magnified, whether by her life or in her death, may it be to His glory that in these pages she, being dead, “Yet speaketh !” David L. Chalkley and Glen T. Wegge, editors

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Havergal Trust, The
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1937236528
• ISBN 13: 9781937236526
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Chalkley David L., Wegge Glen T.
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