HAVEN, GILBERT: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at Malden, Mass., Sept. 19, 1821; d. there Jan. 3, 1880. After his graduation at Wesleyan University in 1846 he taught for several years at the Amenia Seminary, Dutchess county, N. Y. In 1851 he joined the New England Conference, and thereupon preached for two years each at Northampton, Wilbraham, Westfield, Roxbury, and Cambridge. In 1861 he was commissioned chaplain of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, but resigned after three months on account of ill health. After spending a year in Europe he resumed his ministerial work as pastor of the North Russell Street Church, Boston. In 1867 he became editor of Zion's Herald, Boston, a post that he filled for the next five years. On May 24, 1872, he was elected bishop. He made Atlanta his official residence, but traveled extensively throughout the country. In the interest of missions he visited Mexico in 1873 and Liberia in 1876. He was active in the educational work of the denomination, particularly among the freedmen of the South, and by his wise counsels and liberal gifts contributed largely to the success of Clark University, at Atlanta. His more important works are: The Pilgrim's Wallet (Boston, 1865), sketches of travels in Europe; National Sermons (1869); Life of Father Taylor (New York, 1871); and Our Next-Door Neighbor (1875), sketches of Mexico.

Bibliography: G. Prentiss, Life of Gilbert Haven, New York, 1883; E. Wentworth,,Gilbert Haven, ib. 1880.

HAVERGAL, FRANCES RIDLEY: English hymnwriter; b. at Astley (9 m. n.w. of Worcester),

Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836; d. near Swansea,

South Wales, June 3, 1879. She was a daughter of the Rev. W. H. Havergal, for many years rector of

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St. Nicholas, Worcester. She attended a private school at Worcester, and afterward spent a year in the Luisenschule, Düsseldorf, Germany, attaining proficiency in several modern languages, and also in Greek and Hebrew, which she learned in order to be able to read the Bible in the original. She began writing verse at the age of seven, and soon her poems found their way into Good Words and other religious periodicals. Her hymns, for which she also furnished the tunes, are now included in all collections, the most familiar being the deeply suggestive consecration hymn, "Take my life and let it be." Her own life was spent in doing aggressive religious and philanthropic work, and in singing the love of God and the way of salvation. She published several collections of poems and hymns, including: The Ministry of Song (London, 1870); Under the Surface (1874); Loyal Responses (1878); and Under His Shadow (1879). Her prose writings include: Morning Bells and Little Pillows (1875); My King (1877); Kept for the Master's Use (1879); and Swiss Letters (1881). Her Poetical Works were edited by her sister, M. V. G. Havergal (2 vols., 1884).

Bibliography: Her Letters were edited by her sister, M. V. G. Havergal, London, 1885. Consult: M. V. G. Havergal, Memorials of Prances Ridley Haverpal, ib. 1880; E. Davies, Prances Ridley Havergal; Sketch of her Life, Reading, Mass., 1884; S. W. Duffield, English Hymns, pp. 189 et passim, New York, 1886; Miss L. B. Earle, Miss Haverpal'a Story, Boston, 1887; M. V. G. Havergal, Autobiography, with Journals and Letters, London, 1887; G. F. Bushnell, Miss Havergal'a Secret, New York, 1894; C. Bullock, The Sisters . . . Prances Ridley Havergal, Maria y. G. Havergal, London, 1896; N. Smith, Hymns historically Famous,, chap. xxvii., Chicago, 1901; Julian, Hymnology, pp. 496-498.