17 Quotes by Frances Ridley Havergal

Do what Thou wilt! Yes, only do What seemeth good to Thee;Thou art so loving, wise, and true, It must be best for me.

Take my will, and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it is Thine own; It shall be Thy royal throne.

Earthly joy can take but a bat-like flight, always checked, always limited, in dusk and darkness. But the love of Christ breaks through the vaulting, and leads us up into the free sky above, expanding to the very throne of Jehovah, and drawing us still upward to the infinite heights of glory.

Love understands love; it needs no talk.

Silence is no certain token that no secret grief is there; Sorrow which is never spoken is the heaviest load to bear.

No life can be dreary when work is delight.

Hidden in the hollow Of His blessed hand, Never foe can follow, Never traitor stand; Not a surge of worry, Not a shade of care, Not a blast of hurry Touch the Spirit there.

In perplexities-when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us, let us be calmed and steadied and made patient by the thought that what is hidden from us is not hidden from Him.

Faithfulness to principle is only proved by faithfulness in detail.