Jesus, Master, Whose I Am

Author: Frances R. Havergal

Havergal, Frances Ridley, daughter of the Rev. W. H. Havergal, was born at Astley, Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836. Five years later her father removed to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester. In August, 1850, she entered Mrs. Teed's school, whose influence over her was most beneficial. In the following year she says, "I committed my soul to the Saviour, and earth and heaven seemed brighter from that moment." A short sojourn in Germany followed, and on her return she was confirmed in Worcester Cathedral, July 17, 1853. In 1860 she left Worcester on her father resigning the Rectory of St. Nicholas, and resided at different periods in Leamington, and at Caswall Bay, Swansea, broken by visits to Switzerland, Scotland, and North Wales. She died… Go to person page >

Jesus, Master, Whose I am. Frances M. Havergal. [Servant of Christ.] Written for her nephew, J. H. Shaw, in Dec, 1865, printed as a leaflet (Parlane's Series), and then published in her Ministry of Song, 1869, and the Life Mosaic, 1879. In the original manuscript it is divided, stanzas i.-iii. being "Jesus, Master, Whose I am," and stanzas iv. vi., "Jesus, Master, Whom I serve." The hymn is suitable for Confirmation, or for personal Consecration to Christ.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)