Lord Speak to Me (589 VU) Frances Havergal -, Andy Cloutier - organ, Strathroy United Church

Frances Ridley Havergal (14 December 1836 – 3 June 1879) was an English religious poet and hymnwriter. Take My Life and Let It Be and Thy Life for Me (also known as I Gave My Life for Thee) are two of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children. She died of peritonitis near Caswell Bay on the Gower Peninsula in Wales at age 42. She is buried in the far western corner of the churchyard at St Peter's parish church. Her sisters saw much of her work published posthumously. Havergal College, a private girls' school in Toronto, is named after her.