ity," pledged to uphold and help and comfort all
who go to Him as little children. Another marked feature in her life was
her deep sympathy with others in their trouble and anxieties. And this
spirit of unselfishness enabled her in her prose writings and her hymns
to inspire something of her simple trust into those who read them with
receptive minds.

To see under the surface of Frances Ridley Havergal's character, look
into her works, and you find the humble servant of Jesus Christ
revealed. She "walked with God," and by the attraction of a life bright
with the beauty of holiness revealing itself in her writings, she has
exercised and still exercises a great power upon Christians by lifting
them up to a higher walk with God. And many singers will doubtless join
hereafter in the song of "Moses and the Lamb" whose souls were on earth
attuned to heavenly music through the pleading words or holy example of
Frances Ridley Havergal.

John P. Hobson, M.A.

HANNAH MORE.

I.

EARLY II

Amongst the staunchest supporters of Presbyterianism in the days of
Charles II. were the Mores of Harleston, Norfolk. Glorying in the risk
incurred of proscription and imprisonment, they turned their dwelling
into a conventicle. Here the faithful gathered stealthily at midnight to
hear the Gospel preached, whilst one of the house, with drawn sword,
stood at the threshold prepared to defend with his life both minister
and congregation. From this sturdy stock sprang Jacob, the father of
Hannah More. He married a sensible, high-principled farmer's daughter. A
family of five girls was born to them, the fourth being Hannah, whose
birth occurred on the 2nd of February, 1745.

Hannah displayed remarkable precocity. Before she was four she could
repeat the Catechism, much to the astonishment of the parish minister;
whilst startling questions about matters far beyond her age were put to
those around her. At eight her thirst for knowledge increased. Sitting
on her father's knee she listened eagerly to his recital of the brave
deeds of Greeks and Romans and the wise sayings of Plutarch. Sometimes
her father repeated orations of classic heroes, first in the original
tongue, and then in English. The interest thus excited led the child to
crave for a knowledge of Latin. Her father, although averse to girls
exceeding the limits of the three "R's" and a few accomplishments,
yielded at length to his promising daughter's desire. This early
introduc