“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.” – Proverbs 31:29-30
Anna L. Waring was born in 1820 at Neath in Glamorganshire, South Wales, where she spent her whole life. It has been said of her “Few authors are so sensitive or shy of publicity as Miss Waring. She has written her heart into her hymns, but particulars of her life and education are concealed from us”. She was the daughter of Elijah Waring and niece of Samuel Miller Waring. Her hymns were first introduced into America by a minister named F.D. Huntingdon in 1863.
Though her early upbringing was among the Quakers, she was impressed by the sacraments of the Anglican Church and became an Anglican in 1842. She wrote hymns in her teens and completed 39 of them by 1863. In order to read the Old Testament in the original, she learned Hebrew. She had a gentle but merry spirit and did helpful work for the “Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society”. It was written that in her ninety years of life were a blessing to all who knew her or read her poems and hymns.
In our churches and Christian organizations, there are millions of dedicated Christian women who need to be praised for their faithfulness in serving the Lord. Today in prayer, thank the Lord for these women of faith and seek out some of them and praise them for their service to other Christians and to the Lord.
“The faithful person lives constantly with God.” – Clement of Alexandria
God’s Word: “Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.” – Proverbs 22:4
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